A/RES/67/132 A-B overhaul of the current Constitution, in particular a serious reduction in the powers of the Governor under a drafting exercise that began in 2011, Aware of the follow-up meeting, held after the 2012 Pacific regional seminar, between the Chair of the Special Committee and the Chief Minister of Anguilla, who reiterated the urgent need for a visiting mission, Noting the internal constitutional review process resumed by the territorial Government in 2006, the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission, which prepared its report in August 2006, the holding of public and other consultative meetings in 2007 on proposed constitutional amendments to be presented to the administering Power and the decisions taken in 2008 and 2011 to set up a drafting team to prepare a new constitution and present it for public consultation in the Territory, Aware of certain difficulties and tensions in the relations between the territorial Government and the administering Power regarding budgetary and economic matters, Noting the participation of the Territory as a member in the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Council and an associate member in the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Aware of the willingness expressed by the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community to assist in the resolution of difficulties being experienced by the territorial Government in respect of its relations with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Welcomes the preparations made for a new constitution, and urges that 1. constitutional discussions with the administering Power, including public consultations, be concluded as soon as possible; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its current 2. efforts with regard to advancing the internal constitutional review exercise, if requested; Notes the expression of grave concern by the Caribbean Community at 3. the tension between the administering Power and the territorial Government and the deterioration in the Territory’s governance arrangements; Stresses the importance of the previously expressed desire of the 4. territorial Government for a visiting mission by the Special Committee, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission, if the territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all the necessary steps to that end; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 5. work concerning public consultative 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; Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government 6. in strengthening its commitments in the economic domain, including budgetary matters, with regional support as needed and appropriate; Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the 7. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; 8

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