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3.
Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating
public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United
Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to
provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;
Further requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing
4.
programmes for the sustainable development of the economic activities and
enterprises of the Territory, noting the special role of the Chamorro people in the
development of Guam;
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Montserrat
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Montserrat 15
and other relevant information,
Recalling the statement of the representative of Montserrat at the Caribbean
regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May
2009,
Recalling also the 2002 report of the Constitutional Review Commission, the
convening of a committee of the House of Assembly in 2005 to review the report
and the subsequent discussions between the administering Power and the territorial
Government on internal constitutional advancement and devolution of power,
Recalling further that the negotiating process with the administering Power on
a draft constitution giving greater autonomy to the territorial Government is
ongoing, and that, since March 2009, the administering Power has accorded stronger
emphasis to the redevelopment of the Territory,
Noting that, in May 2010, the newly elected territorial Government continued
the process of negotiating constitutional reforms with the administering Power and a
draft constitution agreed between the two parties was published for public
consultation,
Aware that Montserrat continues to receive budgetary aid from the administering
Power for the operation of the territorial Government,
Recalling the statements made by participants at the 2009 Caribbean regional
seminar encouraging the administering Power to commit sufficient resources to
meet the Territory’s special needs,
Noting with concern the continued consequences of the 1995 volcanic eruption,
which led to the evacuation of three quarters of the Territory’s population to safe
areas of the island and to areas outside the Territory, which continues to have
enduring consequences for the economy of the island,
Acknowledging the continued assistance provided to the Territory by States
members of the Caribbean Community, in particular Antigua and Barbuda, which
has offered safe refuge and access to educational and health facilities, as well as
employment for thousands who have left the Territory,
Noting the continuing efforts of the administering Power and the territorial
Government to deal with the consequences of the volcanic eruption,
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