A/RES/60/117 A-B given, in consultation with the territorial Governments concerned, to the strengthening and diversification of their respective economies; 7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to follow closely the developments in legislation in the area of international financial services and their impact on the economy in some of the Territories; Requests the Territories and the administering Powers to take all 8. necessary measures to protect and conserve the environment of the Territories under their administration against any environmental degradation, and once again requests the specialized agencies concerned to continue to monitor environmental conditions in those Territories; Welcomes the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in 9. regional activities, including the work of regional organizations; 10. Stresses the importance of implementing the plan of action for the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,2 in particular by expediting the application of the work programme for the decolonization of each Non-Self-Governing Territory, on a case-by-case basis and by completing the periodic analyses of the progress and extent of the implementation of the Declaration in each Territory; 11. Invites the administering Powers to participate fully in the work of the Special Committee in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to promote self-government in the Territories; 12. Urges Member States to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations to usher in a world free of colonialism within the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon them to continue to give their full support to the Special Committee in its endeavours towards that noble goal; 13. Notes that some Non-Self-Governing Territories have expressed concern at the procedure followed by one administering Power, contrary to the wishes of the Territories themselves, namely, of amending or enacting legislation for the Territories through Orders in Council, in order to apply to the Territories the international treaty obligations of the administering Power; 14. Takes note of the constitutional reviews in the Territories administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, led by the territorial Governments and designed to address the internal constitutional structure within the present territorial arrangement; 15. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the midterm review of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, 14 and requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of decolonization resolutions adopted since the declaration of the Second International Decade; 16. Requests the Special Committee to collaborate with the Human Rights Committee within the framework of its mandate on the right to self-determination as contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights13 with the aim _______________ 14 A/60/71 and Add.1. 5