Jimmy Carter, Proclamation 4726
“ The Northern Mariana Islands, as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, are administered by the United States under a Trusteeship Agreement between the United States and the Security Council of the United Nations (61 Stat. 3301) . Pursuant to Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Trusteeship Agreement, the United States has undertaken to promote the economic advancement and selfsufficiency of the inhabitants and to encourage the development of the fisheries of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. ”
