NORFOLK AND THE UNITED NATIONS - part one

Many of us are probably asking ourselves where we can go for help in seeking a fair and just solution for Norfolk Island.
We can make endless submissions and write countless letters to DOTARS, the Minister, the P.M., and the Fact-finding Bodies they send our way, but their minds are all made up. We are told that both sides of Federal Parliament want to see Norfolk Island brought under the Australian taxation and welfare system. Even those brave MP's who have shown sympathy for Norfolk Island's case in the past have been well and truly muzzled.
We are hopeful about the High Court Case, but must remember that although those judges are independent of politics, it is still the High Court of Australia. We can play the media, but the media is fickle, and would be more interested in our cause if we showed some inclination for banner carrying, demonstrations and violent tactics, and other activities that are simply not in the Norfolk character.
What about the United Nations?
Sadly, they cannot and will not help us.
Australia has seen to that.
Back in 1977, when we were under threat from the Nimmo Report, we tried to appeal to the United Nations, and were unsuccessful.
WHY??
Well, back in 1945, Australia was a signatory to the U.N. Charter, which included article 73 which related to a country's responsibilities to non- self-governing territories. This article would have given considerable protection to Norfolk Island in its desire to move towards self-determination....except that Australia omitted to include Norfolk Island in its list of non-self-governing territories! Cocos was listed, and so was Papua - but not Norfolk Island. And in case you think this was just an oversight, Australia had the chance to make amends later in 1975 when a Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence on "United Nations Involvement with Australia's Territories" stated clearly that "a number of factors militate against even the possibility of United Nations involvement in Norfolk Island." They said that Norfolk Island is part of mainstream Australia.....and no other member state of the U.N. has ever questioned the matter. Britain even listed Pitcairn as a non-self-governing territory....but Australia refued to give us that status, although that is clearly what we were...and we were left with no international rights! Another case of "Australia does it simply because they can."
So if we wish to speak with the U.N., we must ask Australia to do so on our behalf (fat chance), and any approach to the Committee of 24 on Decolonisation must come from the General Assembly of the U.N.
Thus Australia has been absolved of any responsibility towards this island, according to U.N. Charter, "to develop self government, to take due account of the political aspirations of the peoples and to assist them in the progressive develoment of their free political institutions..."
So do we go on feeling too small and insignificant for the rest of the world to worry about us?
Can we do anything about it?
Or is it too late?