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Noting also that the Territory, similar to isolated communities with limited
funds, continues to experience a lack of adequate medical and other infrastructural
facilities,
Aware of the efforts of the Government of the Territory to control and reduce
expenditures, while continuing its programme of expanding and diversifying the
local economy,
Concerned that massive flooding and mudslides in May 2003 resulted in loss
of life and damage initially estimated by the territorial Government at more than
$50 million, and taking note of the official request by the Territory for recovery
assistance from the administering Power,
1.
Notes that the Department of the Interior of the United States of America
provides that the Secretary of the Interior has administrative jurisdiction over
American Samoa;
2.
Calls upon the administering Power to continue to assist the territorial
Government in the economic and social development of the Territory, including
measures to rebuild financial management capabilities and strengthen other
governmental functions of the Government of the Territory, and welcomes the
assistance from the administering Power to the Territory in its recovery efforts
following the recent floods;
3.
Welcomes the invitation extended to the Special Committee by the
Governor of American Samoa to send a visiting mission to the Territory, and calls
upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission;
II
Anguilla
Noting the continuation of the conduct of the constitutional and electoral
reform review process in the Territory,
Welcoming the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla,
the first time that the seminar has been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory,
Noting the desire of the territorial Government and the people of Anguilla for a
visiting mission by the Special Committee,
Aware of the efforts of the Government of Anguilla to continue to develop the
Territory as a viable offshore centre and well-regulated financial centre for
investors, by enacting modern company and trust laws, as well as partnership and
insurance legislation, and computerizing the company registry system,
Noting the need for continued cooperation between the administering Power
and the territorial Government in tackling the problems of drug trafficking and
money-laundering,
1.
Welcomes the emphasis placed in the initial stages of the constitutional
and electoral reform review process on participation, information and education and
the support provided by the United Nations Development Programme and the
United Kingdom Government fund for good government;
2.
Welcomes also the cooperation of the territorial Government of Anguilla
and the United Kingdom in holding the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in
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