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2. Calls upon the administering Power and all States, organizations and United Nations agencies
to continue to assist the Territory in social and economic development;
3. Welcomes the country cooperation framework of the United Nations Development Programme
for the period 1997-1999 currently being implemented following consultations with the territorial
Government and key development partners in the United Nations system and the donor community;
4. Also welcomes the assessment by the United Nations Development Programme that the Territory
has made considerable progress in the domain of sustainable human development and in its sound
management and preservation of the environment, which has been incorporated into the National Tourism
Plan;
5. Further welcomes the assessment by the Caribbean Development Bank in its 1998 report on the
Territory that the medium- and long-term economic prospects for Anguilla were favourable;
III. Bermuda
Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, and conscious of the
different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory,
Noting also the functioning of the democratic process and the smooth transition of government in
November 1998,
Noting further the comments made by the administering Power in its recently published White Paper
on Partnership for Progress and Prosperity: Britain and the Overseas Territories,4
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. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to work with the Territory for its socio-economic
development;
3. Requests the administering Power to elaborate, in consultation with the territorial Government,
programmes specifically intended to alleviate the economic, social and environmental consequences of the
closure of the military bases and installations of the United States of America in the Territory;
IV. British Virgin Islands
Noting the completion of the constitutional review in the Territory and the coming into force of the
amended Constitution, and noting also the results of the general elections held on 17 May 1999,
Noting also the results of the constitutional review of 1993-1994, which made it clear that a
prerequisite to independence must be a constitutionally expressed wish by the people as a result of a
referendum,
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A/AC.109/1999/1 and Corr.1, annex.
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