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Aware that the Government intends to continue its commitment to high-end
tourism and the implementation of various regulations in the financial services
sector,
Noting the participation of the Territory as an associate member in the
Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Welcomes the presentation of a new constitution for public consultation
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in 2009 with the aim of further discussing the new constitution with the
administering Power in 2010;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its current
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efforts with regard to advancing the internal constitutional review exercise, if
requested;
Stresses the importance of the previously expressed desire of the
3.
territorial Government for a visiting mission by the Special Committee, 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 necessary
steps to that end;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
4.
work concerning public consultative 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;
Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government
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in strengthening its commitments in the economic domain, including fiscal matters;
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Bermuda
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda 10
and other relevant information,
Recalling the statement of the representative of Bermuda at the Caribbean
regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May
2009,
Conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties on the future
status of the Territory, and noting a recent survey by local media on the matter,
Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to Bermuda in
2005, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the
administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory on
the role of the United Nations in the process of self-determination, on the legitimate
political status options as clearly defined in General Assembly resolution 1541 (XV)
and on the experiences of other small States that have achieved a full measure of
self-government,
Stresses the importance of the 2005 report of the Bermuda Independence
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Commission, which provides a thorough examination of the facts surrounding
independence, and continues to regret that the plans for public meetings and the
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