A/RES/65/115 A-B 1. Takes note of the proposed amendments to the 1967 revised Constitution of American Samoa adopted at the fourth Constitutional Convention held in June 2010; Welcomes the work of the territorial Government and legislature in 2. accordance with the recommendations made by the Future Political Status Study Commission in preparation for the fourth Constitutional Convention, and commends the related efforts of the territorial Government to enhance public awareness of the Convention; Expresses appreciation for the invitation extended in 2010 to the Special 3. Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the Governor of American Samoa to send a visiting mission to the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission if the territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all the steps necessary to that end; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 4. work concerning a public awareness programme recommended by the Future Political Status Study Commission in its 2007 report, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested; Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government 5. in the diversification and sustainability of the economy of the Territory and to address employment and cost-of-living issues; II Anguilla Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla 9 and other relevant information, Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla, hosted by the territorial Government and made possible by the administering Power, the first time that the seminar had been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory, Recalling also the statement of the representative of Anguilla at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009, Noting the internal constitutional review process resumed by the territorial Government in 2006, the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission, which prepared its report in August 2006, the holding of public and other consultative meetings in 2007 on proposed constitutional amendments to be presented to the administering Power, and the 2008 decision to set up a drafting team consisting of territorial Government officials, members of the House of Assembly and lawyers to draft a new constitution, as well as the presentation of the draft constitution for public consultation in the Territory in 2009 and the expectation that the draft text will be further discussed with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2010, with the aim of seeking full internal selfgovernment, _______________ 9 A/AC.109/2010/9. 7