A/RES/56/72 Noting also that general elections were held on 3 March 2000, resulting in a new coalition government in the House of Assembly, 1. Requests the administering Power, bearing in mind the views of the people of the Territory ascertained through a democratic process, to keep the Secretary-General informed of the wishes and aspirations of the people regarding their future political status; 2. Calls upon the administering Power and all States, organizations and United Nations agencies to continue to assist the Territory in social and economic development; 3. Welcomes the Country Cooperation Framework of the United Nations Development Programme for the period 1997–1999 currently being implemented following consultations with the territorial Government and key development partners in the United Nations system and the donor community; 4. Also welcomes the assessment by the United Nations Development Programme that the Territory has made considerable progress in the domain of sustainable human development and in its sound management and preservation of the environment, which has been incorporated into the National Tourism Plan; 5. Further welcomes the assessment by the Caribbean Development Bank in its 1999 report on the Territory that, despite economic contraction in the first quarter, the economy rebounded to reach 6 per cent growth during 1999; III. Bermuda Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, and conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory, Noting also the functioning of the democratic process and the smooth transition of government in November 1998, Noting further the comments made by the administering Power in its White Paper entitled “Partnership for Progress and Prosperity: Britain and the Overseas Territories”, 7 1. Requests the administering Power, bearing in mind the views of the people of the Territory ascertained through a democratic process, to keep the Secretary-General informed of the wishes and aspirations of the people regarding their future political status; 2. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to work with the Territory for its socio-economic development; 3. Requests the administering Power to elaborate, in consultation with the territorial Government, programmes specifically intended to alleviate the economic, social and environmental consequences of the closure of the military bases and installations of the United States of America in the Territory; _______________ 7 A/AC.109/1999/1 and Corr.1, annex. 7