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Chamorro self-determination efforts, and encourages the administering Power and
the territorial Government to enter into negotiations on the matter;
2.
Requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial
Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory,
to continue to recognize and to respect the political rights and the cultural and
ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam and to take all measures necessary
to address the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the question of
immigration;
Also requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing
3.
programmes for the sustainable development of the economic activities and
enterprises of the Territory, noting the special role of the Chamorro people in the
development of Guam;
Recalls the previously made request by the elected Governor to the
4.
administering Power to lift restrictions to allow for foreign airlines to transport
passengers between Guam and the United States of America to provide for a more
competitive market and increased visitor arrivals;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating
5.
public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United
Nations and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to
provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;
VII
Montserrat
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Montserrat 15
and other relevant information,
Recalling the 2002 report of the Constitutional Review Commission, the
convening of a committee of the House of Assembly in 2005 to review the report
and the subsequent discussions between the administering Power and the territorial
Government on internal constitutional advancement and devolution of power,
Noting that the negotiating process with the administering Power on a draft
constitution, expected to be finalized in the first quarter of 2007, is in progress and
that talks, postponed at the request of the territorial Government since more time
was needed, are expected to resume in the course of 2008,
Aware that Montserrat continues to receive budgetary aid from the
administering Power for the operation of the territorial Government,
Recalling the statements made by participants at the 2007 Caribbean regional
seminar encouraging the administering Power to commit sufficient resources to
meet the Territory’s special needs,
Noting with concern the continued consequences of the volcanic eruption,
which led to the evacuation of three quarters of the Territory’s population to safe
areas of the island and to areas outside the Territory, which continues to have
enduring consequences for the economy of the island,
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