A/RES/65/115 A-B presentation of a Green Paper to the House of Assembly followed by a White Paper outlining the policy proposals for an independent Bermuda have so far not materialized; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 2. work concerning public educational 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; IV British Virgin Islands Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the British Virgin Islands 11 and other relevant information, Recalling the statement of the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009, Recalling also the 1993 report of the Constitutional Commissioners, the 1996 debate on the report in the Legislative Council of the Territory, the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission in 2004, the completion in 2005 of its report providing recommendations on internal constitutional modernization and the debate held in 2005 on the report in the Legislative Council, as well as the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government, which resulted in the adoption of the new Constitution of the Territory in 2007, Noting the view expressed in the aforementioned statement made by the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the 2009 Caribbean regional seminar, that, building on the conclusion of the recent internal constitutional modernization exercise, the Territory’s focus was on economic development prior to any search for independence, Noting also the impact of the global economic slowdown on the Territory’s financial and tourism services sectors, Cognizant of the potential usefulness of regional ties for the development of a small island Territory, Recalls the new Constitution of the British Virgin Islands, which took 1. effect in June 2007, and stresses the importance of continued discussions on constitutional matters; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 2. work concerning public outreach efforts, 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; Welcomes the efforts made by the Territory to stimulate, including 3. through small business development, the two major segments of its economic base, namely financial services and tourism; _______________ 11 A/AC.109/2010/2. 9