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Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should be maintained and that
the current status of the Territory should not be altered,
Noting also the actions taken by the territorial Government to implement
its localization programme to promote increased participation of the local
population in the decision-making process in the Cayman Islands,
Noting with concern the vulnerability of the Territory to drug
trafficking and related activities, as well as the measures taken by the
authorities to deal with those problems,
Noting that the Territory has emerged as one of the world’s leading offshore financial centres,
Recalling the dispatch in 1977 of a United Nations visiting mission to
the Territory,
1.
Requests the administering Power to continue to provide the
territorial Government with all required expertise to enable it to achieve its
socio-economic aims;
2.
Also requests the administering Power, in consultation with the
territorial Government, to continue to facilitate the expansion of the current
programme of securing employment for the local population, in particular at
the decision-making level;
3.
Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the
United Nations system to continue and increase their programmes of assistance
to the Territory with a view to strengthening, developing and diversifying its
economy;
4.
Calls upon the administering Power and the territorial Government
to continue to cooperate to counter problems related to money laundering,
smuggling of funds and other related crimes, as well as drug trafficking.
VI.
Guam
The General Assembly,
Referring to resolution A above,
Noting the results of the general elections held in November 1994,
Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the people of Guam
endorsed a draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new framework
for relations between the Territory and the administering Power, providing
internal self-government for Guam and recognition of the right of the people
of Guam to self-determination for the Territory,
Aware of the continued negotiations between the administering Power and
the territorial Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act and on the
future status of the Territory, with particular emphasis on the question of
the evolution of the relationship between the United States of America and
Guam,
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