A/RES/51/224
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3.
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;
4.
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
Noting that general elections were held in November 1994 in the United
States Virgin Islands,
Noting also that 27.5 per cent of the electorate participated in the
referendum on the political status of the Territory held on 11 October 1993,
and that 80.4 per cent of those who voted supported the existing territorial
status arrangements with the United States of America, and that the referendum
left the status issue undecided,
Noting further 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,
Noting the necessity of further diversifying the Territory's economy,
Noting also that the question of Water Island is still under discussion
between the Government of the Territory and the administering Power,
Noting further the efforts of the Government of the Territory to promote
the Territory as an offshore financial services centre,
Noting with satisfaction that the Territory joined the International
Drug Enforcement Conference as a full member in 1995, which would strengthen
its capability to combat illegal drug trafficking,
Recalling the dispatch in 1977 of a United Nations visiting mission to
the Territory,
1.
Requests the administering Power, bearing in mind the views of the
people of the Territory ascertained through a democratic process, to keep the
Secretary-General informed of the wishes and aspirations of the people
regarding their future political status;
2.
Also requests the administering Power to continue to assist the
territorial Government in achieving its political, economic and social goals;
3.
Further requests the administering Power to facilitate the
participation of the Territory, as appropriate, in various organizations, in
particular the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean
Community;
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