Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands A/RES/70/102 A-B 4. Welcomes the work carried out on the preparation of the five-year strategic development plan for the island; IX Saint Helena Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Saint Helena 21 and other relevant information, Taking note also of the statement made by the representative of Saint Helena at the Caribbean regional seminar held in Managua from 19 to 21 May 2015 that the Territory had no aspiration to independence and had been able to have a formal form of government, Noting the concerns expressed by the representative of Saint Helena about the potential negative impacts of the construction of the airport, including the growing number of expatriate families settling in the Territory and the lack of a specific plan to operate an air route or sea link between Saint Helena and neighbouring islands, Noting also the information provided by the representative of Saint Helena that, although human rights provisions are enshrined in the 2009 Constitution of Saint Helena, some international instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 22 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 23 have not yet been extended to the Territory, Taking into account the unique character of Saint Helena in terms of its population, geography and natural resources, Recalling the fact that, in January 2013, following a resolution passed in September 2012 by the Legislative Council to undertake minor adjustments to the 2009 Constitution, a public consultation process was launched, Aware that a consultative poll was held in March 2013, with the majority opting for no change to the Constitution, and that, for the first time, a general election based on one constituency was held in July 2013, Cognizant that Saint Helena continues to receive budgetary aid from the administering Power for the operation of the territorial Government, Aware of the efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to improve the socioeconomic conditions of the population of Saint Helena, in particular in the areas of employment, transport and communications infrastructure, 1. Stresses the importance of the 2009 Constitution of the Territory and the further development of democratic and good governance; 2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 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; 3. Requests the administering Power and relevant international organizations to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the socioeconomic development challenges of the Territory; _______________ 21 A/AC.109/2015/1. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378. 23 Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910. 22 15/18