A/RES/61/128 A-B 1. Welcomes the continuing constitutional review process and the recent consultative poll led by the Government of Saint Helena in cooperation with the administering Power; Also welcomes the decision by the administering Power to provide 2. funding for the construction of an international airport on Saint Helena to become operational in 2010, including all required infrastructure; Requests the administering Power and relevant international organizations 3. to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the socioeconomic development challenges, including the high unemployment and the limited transport and communications problems, as well as to support the additional infrastructure required for the airport project; Calls upon the administering Power to take into account the concerns of 4. Saint Helenians with regard to the right to nationality; X Turks and Caicos Islands Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and Caicos Islands 19 and other relevant information, Recalling the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body, which examined the existing Constitution and made recommendations on the internal structure of government and devolution of power from the appointed Governor to the elected Government, Welcoming the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory on the role of the United Nations in the process of selfdetermination, on the legitimate political status options as clearly defined in General Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and on the experiences of other small States that have achieved a full measure of self-government, Taking note of the conclusions of the report of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands, 20 1. Recalls the statement made by the Chief Minister of the Territory at the Caribbean regional seminar held in Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 17 to 19 May 2005, that his Government was in favour of a reasonable period of full internal self-government before moving to independence; Takes note of the announcement made by the Chief Minister in 2006 of 2. the conclusion of discussions between the territorial Government and the administering Power resulting in an agreement for an advance constitution, which would be circulated to the Government and the opposition for comment and to the general public for information, with the consultative process concluding with a debate in the Legislative Council; _______________ 19 20 A/AC.109/2006/15. A/AC.109/2006/19. 13