Noting that although 80.4 per cent of the 27.5 per cent of the electorate that voted in the referendum on the political status of the Territory held on 11 October 1993 supported the existing territorial status arrangements with the administering Power, the law required the participation of 50 per cent of the registered voters for the results to be declared legally binding and therefore the status was left undecided,
注意到27.5％的选民参加了1993年10月11日举行的关于领土政治地位问题的公民投票，虽然参加投票者中的80.4%的人支持与管理国保持现有的领土地位安排，但法律规定须有50%登记选民参加投票，结果才能宣布具有法律约束力，所以领土地位仍未确定，