A/RES/50/38 Page 12 Noting further the continuing interest of the territorial Government in seeking associate membership in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and observer status in the Caribbean Community, Noting the necessity of further diversifying the Territory’s economy, Noting also that the question of Water Island is still under consideration, Noting further that in 1993 the territorial Government purchased the assets of the West Indian Company, which had significant property and development interests in the Charlotte Amalie Harbour, Recalling the dispatch in 1977 of a United Nations visiting mission to the Territory, 1. Requests the administering Power to continue to assist the elected territorial Government in achieving its political, economic and social goals; 2. Also requests the administering Power to facilitate the participation of the Territory, as appropriate, in various organizations, in particular the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community; 3. Welcomes the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the question of Water Island. 82nd plenary meeting 6 December 1995 /...