A/RES/57/138 A-B Taking note with interest of the statement made on the political status of American Samoa by the Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa at the Pacific regional seminar, held at Nadi, Fiji, from 14 to 16 May 2002, 9 Noting that the Government of the Territory continues to have financial, budgetary and internal control problems, but that it has recently taken steps to increase revenues and decrease government expenditures, Noting also that the Territory, similar to isolated communities with limited funds, continues to experience a lack of adequate medical and other infrastructural facilities, Aware of the efforts of the Government of the Territory to control and reduce expenditures, while continuing its programme of expanding and diversifying the local economy, 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. Notes that the Department of the Interior of the United States of America provides that the Secretary of the Interior has administrative jurisdiction over American Samoa; 3. Takes note with interest of the statement delivered by the Territory’s delegate to the United States Congress at the Caribbean regional seminar, held at Havana from 23 to 25 May 2001, 10 in which he indicated that he was not aware that the administering Power had selected American Samoa to be reviewed under the case-by-case informal method adopted by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the administering Power; 4. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to assist the territorial Government in the economic and social development of the Territory, including measures to rebuild financial management capabilities and strengthen other governmental functions of the Government of the Territory; 5. Welcomes the invitation extended to the Special Committee by the Governor of American Samoa to send a visiting mission to the Territory; II Anguilla Conscious of the commitment of both the Government of Anguilla and the administering Power to a new and closer policy of dialogue and partnership through the Strategic Country Programme 2000–2003, Aware of the efforts of the Government of Anguilla to continue to develop the Territory as a viable offshore centre and well-regulated financial centre for _______________ 9 See A/57/23 (Part I), chap. II, annex, para. 31. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23. 10 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/56/23), chap. II, annex, para. 31. 7