that the last reflection of U.S. policy on decolonization that I can recall was not at the U.N., but rather in correspondence to the U.S. Congressional Delegate of American Samoa some years back. Their position was that U.S. dependencies were domestic issues, and that the Decolonization Committee had no authority to change their political status. Of course, I do not know of anyone who argues that this has ever had committee such power, but this is part of a 'mis-direct' - to divert attention from the main point of political inequality. Then there is also the refrain that the resolutions of the Decolonization Committee are outdated. In reality, however, the resolutions of the committee are ultimately adopted by the full General Assembly so they are resolutions of all 193 member states   -- not of one committee. But, again, this is part of the 'mis-direct.' CAR Which are the U.S. dependencies? CGC The three U.S. dependencies are American Samoa , Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands which remain on the U.N. list of non self-governing territories subject to Article 73 of the U.N. Charter.  They were formally listed by the U.S. in 1946. There exists a process to 'de-list' a territory from the U.N. list - through a resolution of the General Assembly. But, then, this should entail the U.N. first analyzing the power relationship between the territory and the respective administering power concerned -- a process which might prove quite revealing in terms of the existent political and economic inequality