7. 如以往工作文件所述，关岛周期性地出现谋求改变其政治地位的运动。1997年《关岛第 23-147 号公共法》成立了一个争取执行和行使查莫罗人自决的非殖民化委员会，以便讨论这个涉及查莫罗人的重要而具有争论的问题。该委员会配合关岛选举委员会组织的合格选民登记进程，负责监督依照国际标准就查莫罗人民的地位选择(独立、合并或自由联合)进行投票。
7. Periodically, there have been moves to change the island’s political status, as detailed in previous working papers. In 1997, Guam Public Law 23-147 established the Commission on Decolonization for the Implementation and Exercise of Chamorro Self-Determination in order to address an important but controversial issue involving the Chamorro population. The Commission, in concert with a process of registration of eligible voters organized by the Guam Election Commission, was to oversee the conduct of a vote with regard to the status preferences of the Chamorro people (independence, integration or free association), in accordance with international standards.