Conscious of the precarious nature of their position from an international legal standpoint, the present-day inhabitants of the islands were seeking in the Special Committee recognition by the international community of their right to self-determination.
31. 如今，群岛上的居民意识到从国际法的角度来说他们的地位不稳定，因此他们在特别委员会中谋求国际社会承认其自决权利。