A/RES/49/46
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Noting that there is an urgent need for the training of nationals in the
technical, vocational, managerial and professional fields,
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 further the Territory’s dependence on imported agricultural
products,
Noting with concern the vulnerability of the Territory to drug
trafficking and related activities,
Noting with satisfaction the efforts of the territorial Government, the
Governments of other countries of the region and the administering Power to
prevent and repress illicit activities such as money laundering, funds
smuggling, false invoicing and other related frauds, as well as the use of and
trafficking in illegal drugs,
Recalling the dispatch in 1977 of a United Nations visiting mission to
the Territory,
1.
Requests the administering Power to provide the territorial
Government with all required expertise to enable it to achieve its economic
aims;
2.
Urges 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.
Calls upon the administering Power, in consultation with the
territorial Government, to continue to promote the agricultural development of
the Cayman Islands;
4.
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;
5.
Also calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the
territorial Government, to continue to take all necessary measures to counter
problems related to money laundering, funds smuggling and other related
crimes, as well as drug trafficking;
6.
Notes that a period of seventeen years has elapsed since a United
Nations mission visited the Territory and again calls upon the administering
Power to facilitate the dispatch of such a mission as early as possible.
VI.
Guam
The General Assembly,
Referring to resolution A above,
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