A/RES/67/132 A-B
Recalling the statement made by the representative of the Turks and Caicos
Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
from 12 to 14 May 2009,
Recalling also the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks
and Caicos Islands in 2006 at the request of the territorial Government and with the
concurrence of the administering Power,
Aware of the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body,
and acknowledging the Constitution agreed between the administering Power and
the territorial Government, which entered into force in 2006,
Noting the decision of the administering Power to suspend parts of the 2006
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, covering the constitutional right to
trial by jury, the ministerial Government and the House of Assembly, following the
recommendations of an independent Commission of Inquiry and the ruling of the
administering Power’s Court of Appeal, and the subsequent presentation of a draft
constitution for public consultation in 2011 and the introduction of a new
constitution for the Territory,
Acknowledging the impact that the global economic slowdown and other
relevant developments have had on tourism and related real estate development, the
mainstays of the economy of the Territory,
Notes with grave concern the ongoing situation in the Turks and Caicos
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Islands, and notes the efforts of the administering Power to restore good governance,
including through the introduction in 2011 of a new constitution and the holding of
elections in November 2012, and sound financial management in the Territory;
Notes the positions and repeated calls of the Caribbean Community and
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the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the restoration of a democratically
elected territorial Government as a matter of urgency;
Also notes the extensive public consultations undertaken by the
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Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser and the continuing debate on
constitutional and electoral reform within the Territory, and stresses the importance
of participation by all groups and interested parties in the consultation process;
Stresses the importance of having in place in the Territory a constitution
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that reflects the aspirations and wishes of the people of the Territory, based on the
mechanisms for popular consultation;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
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work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter,
and in that regard calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide
assistance to the Territory, if requested;
Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;
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Also welcomes the continuing efforts made by the territorial Government
addressing the need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of socioeconomic
development across the Territory;
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