A/RES/61/128 A-B operations of the territorial Government, and calls upon the administering Power to continue to assist the territorial Government in the diversification of its economy; 3. Welcomes the invitation extended to the Special Committee by the Governor of American Samoa and reiterated, most recently at the Caribbean regional seminar held in Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 17 to 19 May 2005, to send a visiting mission to the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission, and requests the Chairman of the Special Committee to take all the necessary steps to that end; Takes note of the statement of the representative of the Governor of the 4. Territory at the Caribbean regional seminar in 2005 requesting the Special Committee to provide information on the process of self-governance, which could be provided within the context of a visiting mission, or by other acceptable means; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in facilitating the 5. work of the newly established Future Political Status Study Commission, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested, in the context of its public education programme; II Anguilla Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla 10 and other relevant information, Taking note also of the constitutional review process resumed by the territorial Government in 2006, Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla, the first time that the seminar had been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory, and the desire of the territorial Government and the people of Anguilla for a visiting mission by the Special Committee, Noting the appointment by the administering Power of a new Governor who maintains reserved powers in the Territory, Aware that the Government has placed a halt on all new and major foreign investment tourism-related projects in order to carefully manage the development of the island’s economy to achieve long-term sustainability, Welcomes the establishment of a new Constitutional and Electoral 1. Reform Commission in 2006, with the aim of making recommendations to the administering Power on proposed changes to the Constitution in place in the Territory; Notes that changes in the visa requirements for Anguillan passport 2. holders entering nearby French Saint Martin could make it more difficult for them to enter the French overseas department, the closest neighbour to the Territory; Welcomes the participation of the Territory as an associate member in the 3. Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; _______________ 10 A/AC.109/2006/4. 7