A/RES/49/46
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1.
Calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the
territorial Government, to continue to promote the economic and social
development of the Territory in order to alleviate its financial problems;
2.
Also calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with
relevant regional and international institutions, to assist the Territory in
increasing its agricultural output;
3.
Urges the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial
Government, to ensure that salaries paid to employees are on a par with the
cost of living in the Territory;
4.
Requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the
territorial Government, to continue its efforts to assist in alleviating the
shortage of medical personnel in the Territory;
5.
Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the
territorial Government, to continue to extend adequate water services with
appropriate sanitary conditions to the whole population of the Territory and,
in this framework, to study the feasibility of making the Government’s central
water system available to all;
6.
Notes that a period of thirteen years has elapsed since a United
Nations mission visited the Territory and again calls upon the administering
Power to facilitate such a mission as early as possible.
II.
Anguilla
The General Assembly,
Referring to resolution A above,
Having heard the statement of the representative of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, 6/
Aware that the educational system in Anguilla is facing severe problems,
including overcrowding and insufficient equipment and supplies in the schools,
as well as a high percentage of undertrained teachers and the loss of teachers
to the private sector and to other parts of the civil service,
Aware also of the inability of the educational system in Anguilla to
alleviate the problem of scarcity of skilled national personnel, particularly
in the fields of economic management and tourism, and that educational reform
is of paramount importance to the achievement of the long-term economic goals
of the Territory,
Noting that the Government is placing great emphasis on manpower
development and training,
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