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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;
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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;
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