A/RES/58/108 A-B Noting with concern the vulnerability of the Territory to drug trafficking and related activities, as well as its problems caused by illegal immigration, and noting the need for continued cooperation between the administering Power and the territorial Government in countering drug trafficking and money-laundering, Noting that the Chief Minister was elected as the chairman of the newly established Overseas Countries and Territories Association of Europe, 1. Welcomes the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission, which embarked on a public education programme on the Constitution, ascertained the views of the population and made recommendations to the administering Power on changes which may be envisaged, pursuant to the recommendations as stated in its White Paper entitled “Partnership for Progress and Prosperity: Britain and the Overseas Territories”; 10 2. Calls upon the administering Power and the relevant regional and international organizations to continue to provide assistance for the improvement of the economic, social, educational and other conditions of the population of the Territory; 3. Calls upon the administering Power and the territorial Government to continue to cooperate to counter problems related to money-laundering, smuggling of funds and other related crimes, as well as drug trafficking; XI United States Virgin Islands Taking note with interest of the statements made and the information provided by the representative of the Governor of the Territory to the Caribbean regional seminar, held at The Valley, Anguilla, from 20 to 22 May 2003,15 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 current request by the Territory to the administering Power for the delegation of authority to proceed, Noting also the expressed interest of the territorial Government to be included in regional programmes of the United Nations Development Programme, Noting further the necessity of further diversifying the economy of the Territory, Noting the efforts of the Government of the Territory to promote the Territory as an offshore financial services centre, 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, _______________ 15 See A/58/23 (Part I), chap. II, annex, para. 30. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 23. 13

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