requesting that the U.S. abstain from impeding self-determination. The U.S. ignores the resolutions.

All political parties on the Island agree that Puerto Rico is a colony and call for different options: independence, statehood or some form of “enhanced commonwealth.” Year after year, Islanders and Puerto Ricans in the U.S. petition the U.N. to end the colonial status. In 2006, the Special Committee on Decolonization recognizes Puerto Rico as a part of Latin America with its own national identity and calls on the U.S. "to expedite the process to allow Puerto Ricans to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.” 

Source:
Negron-Muntaner, Frances. None of the Above, Puerto Ricans in the Global Era. 2001.