A/RES/61/128 A-B 3. Also takes note of the significant and steady period of economic expansion, in particular over the last decade, fuelled by the emergence of high-end tourism, and the need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of social cohesion in the Territory; XI United States Virgin Islands Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the United States Virgin Islands 21 and other relevant information, Taking note with interest of the statements made and the information provided by the representative of the Governor of the Territory at the Caribbean regional seminar held in Canouan, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, from 17 to 19 May 2005, Noting the continuing interest of the territorial Government in seeking associate membership in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and observer status in the Caribbean Community and the pending request by the Territory to the administering Power for the delegation of authority to proceed, as well as the 2003 resolution of the territorial legislature in support of that request, Noting also the expressed interest of the territorial Government in being included in regional programmes of the United Nations Development Programme and in the records and archives management programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Recalling that the Territory has not received a United Nations visiting mission since 1977, and bearing in mind the formal request of the Territory for such a mission in 1993 to assist the Territory in its political education process and to observe the Territory’s only referendum on political status options in its history, Noting the ongoing cooperation between the territorial Government and Denmark on the repatriation of artefacts and archives, Also noting that the convening of a fifth Constitutional Convention to review the existing Revised Organic Act, which organizes the internal governance arrangement, has been postponed to 2007, Requests the administering Power to continue to assist the territorial 1. Government in achieving its political, economic and social goals; 2. Once again requests the administering Power to facilitate the participation of the Territory, as appropriate, in various organizations, in particular the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Caribbean Community and the Association of Caribbean States; Calls for the inclusion of the Territory in regional programmes of the 3. United Nations Development Programme, consistent with the participation of other Non-Self-Governing Territories; Welcomes the establishment of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council between 4. the elected Governments of the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin _______________ 21 14 A/AC.109/2006/11.