A/RES/48/51 Page 8 4. Also calls upon the administering Power to ensure that the planned restructuring of the public school system is not prejudicial to the economically less advantaged sectors of the population; 5. Further calls upon the administering Power to ensure that the presence of military bases and installations in the Territory would not constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples nor hinder the population from exercising its right to self-determination and independence in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations; 6. Again calls upon the administering Power to facilitate the dispatch of a United Nations visiting mission to the Territory. IV. - British Virgin Islands The General Assembly, Referring to resolution A above, Having heard the statement of the representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, 6/ Noting the request of the Territory for a review of its Constitution, Also noting the statements made by the Chief Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and members of the public of the Territory concerning the review by the administering Power of its policy towards, and management of, its Caribbean dependent Territories, Aware of the impact of the world economic recession on the economy of the British Virgin Islands, Noting the measures taken by the territorial Government to develop the agricultural, industrial, educational and communications sectors, Noting also the desire of the Territory for membership in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Noting further that, according to the Caribbean Development Bank, the Territory’s unmet manpower requirements continue to be a critical constraint to its economic growth, Recognizing the measures being taken by the territorial Government to prevent drug trafficking and money laundering, 1. Requests the administering Power to take into account any views or wishes which may be expressed by the territorial Government and the people of the Territory in connection with the constitutional review; 2. Also requests the administering Power, in implementing its review of policy towards, and management of, its Caribbean dependent Territories, to give the highest consideration to the opinions expressed by the Government and the people of the Territory; /...