A/RES/70/102 A-B 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 Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Food Programme, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific, Recalling the statement made by the representative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean at the 2015 Caribbean regional seminar that all seven Caribbean Non-Self-Governing Territories were active associate members of the Commission, Aware that the Human Rights Committee, as part of its mandate under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 6 reviews the status of the selfdetermination process, including in small island Territories under examination by the Special Committee, Recalling the ongoing efforts of the Special Committee in carrying out a critical review of its work with the aim of making appropriate and constructive recommendations and decisions to attain its objectives in accordance with its mandate, Recognizing that the annual working papers prepared by the Secretariat on developments in each of the small Territories, 7 as well as the substantive documentation and information furnished by experts, scholars, non-governmental organizations and other sources, have provided important inputs to update the present resolutions, Recalling the report of the Secretary-General on the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, 8 Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 65/119 on the Third Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, 9 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 2. Also reaffirms that, in the process of decolonization, there is no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right, as recognized under the relevant human rights conventions; 3. Further reaffirms that it is ultimately for the peoples of the Territories themselves to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection reiterates its long-standing call for the administering Powers, in cooperation with the territorial Governments and _______________ 6 See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex. A/AC.109/2015/1, 4–12 and 14. 8 A/65/330 and Add.1. 9 A/70/73 and Add.1. 7 4/18