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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
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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
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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
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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
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in the diversification and sustainability of the economy of the Territory and to
address employment and cost-of-living issues;
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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,
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