A/RES/64/104 A–B
Noting the efforts of the Territory to address the problem of unemployment on the
island and the joint action of the administering Power and the territorial Government in
dealing with it,
Noting also the importance of improving the infrastructure and accessibility of
Saint Helena,
Noting in this regard the administering Power’s decision in December 2008 to
pause the negotiations on the Saint Helena airport,
1.
Welcomes the entry into force of the Territory’s new Constitution on
1 September 2009;
2.
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
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;
Requests the administering Power and relevant international organizations
3.
to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the
Territory’s socio-economic development challenges, including unemployment, and
limited transport and communications infrastructure;
Notes the decision by the administering Power to consult on whether an
4.
airport is the most appropriate option for access to Saint Helena in the current
economic climate, and calls upon the administering Power to take into account the
unique geographical character of Saint Helena in the process of consultation;
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and
Caicos Islands 18 and other relevant information,
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Taking note also of the statement of the representative of the Turks and Caicos
Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
from 12 to 14 May 2009,
Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and
Caicos Islands in 2006, at the request of the territorial Government and with the
concurrence of the administering Power,
Recalling also the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body,
and acknowledging the Constitution agreed between the administering Power and the
territorial Government, which entered into force in 2006,
Noting that the 2006 Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands provides for a
Governor, who maintains reserved powers in the Territory, to be appointed by the
administering Power,
Noting also the administering Power’s decision to suspend parts of the 2006
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, covering the constitutional right to trial
by jury, ministerial Government, and the House of Assembly, following the
recommendations of an independent Commission of Inquiry and the ruling of the
administering Power’s Court of Appeal,
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A/AC.109/2009/10.