Puerto Rico Status Plebiscite: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American & Insular Affairs of the Committee on Resources and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session ... October 17, 1995--Washington, DC. |
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1993 plebiscite ACEVEDO AGOSTO agreement alternative Amendment American and Insular approved Asociación ballot benefits BERRIOS-MARTINEZ bilateral compact bilateral pact bill BURTON Cambio XXI Carlos Vizcarrondo Chairman colonial Committee commonwealth commonwealth status Congressional corporations Court decolonization definition El Nuevo Dia election electorate Estado Libre Asociado FALEOMAVAEGA FARROW favor free association GALLEGLY Government of Puerto Governor Guam hearing Hector Luis Acevedo House of Representatives incentives independence island issue leaders legislation Luis mutual consent clauses Nations non-state areas November 14 Pedro Rosselló percent political status Popular Democratic Party President PROELA proposal Puerto Rico question RAMÍREZ referendum relationship response Rican Rico's ROMERO-BARCELÓ San Juan Section 936 sector self-determination self-government Senate sovereignty STANFORD LIBRARIES statehood statement status formula status plebiscite Territorial Clause Thank U.S. citizens U.S. citizenship U.S. Congress U.S. Constitution U.S. House United vote voters Washington
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Page 13 - Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount...
Page 13 - The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Page 318 - The principle asserted is, that one Legislature is competent to repeal any Act which a former Legislature was competent to pass ; and that one Legislature cannot abridge the powers of a succeeding Legislature." " The correctness of this principle, so far as respects general legislation, can never be controverted. But, if an act be done under a law, a succeeding Legislature cannot undo it. The past cannot be recalled by the most absolute power.
Page 53 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 175 - Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social, and educational conditions...
Page 13 - ... to develop self-government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development of their free political institutions, according to the particular circumstances of each territory and its peoples and their varying stages of advancement; c.
Page 171 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 68 - ARTICLE 3 The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights set forth in the present Covenant.
Page 318 - The United States cannot any more than a State interfere with private rights, except for legitimate governmental purposes. They are not included within the constitutional prohibition which prevents States from passing laws impairing the obligation of contracts, but equally with the States they are prohibited from depriving persons or corporations of property without due process of law.
Page 320 - All territory within the jurisdiction of the United States not included in any State must necessarily be governed by or under the authority of Congress. The Territories are but political subdivisions of the outlying dominion of the United States.