A/RES/48/51 Page 9 3. Further requests the administering Power and all financial institutions to grant the Territory economic assistance, including concessionary funding, to enable it to mitigate the effects of the world economic recession and to pursue its development programmes; 4. Reiterates its admission of the Territory Organization of the United regional and international call upon the administering Power to facilitate the to associate membership in the Food and Agriculture Nations, as well as its participation in other organizations; 5. Calls upon the United Nations Development Programme to continue its technical assistance to the British Virgin Islands, bearing in mind the vulnerability of the Territory to external economic factors and the scarcity of skilled workers in the Territory; 6. Calls upon all countries and organizations with expertise in the development of skilled labour to grant the territorial Government every assistance in the implementation of its educational and manpower training programmes; 7. Notes with satisfaction the measures being taken by the territorial Government to prevent drug trafficking and money laundering, and urges the administering Power to continue its assistance to the Territory in those endeavours; 8. Notes with regret that a period of seventeen years has elapsed since a United Nations mission visited the Territory and appeals to the administering Power to facilitate the dispatch of such a mission. V. - Cayman 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 action taken by the territorial Government to implement its localization programme to promote increased participation of the local population in the decision-making process in the Cayman Islands, Also noting that an increased proportion of the labour force of the Territory consists of expatriates and that there is a need for the training of nationals in the technical, vocational, managerial and professional fields, Aware that the general election of November 1992 in the Territory resulted in the naming of a new Government, Conscious of the economic priorities recommended by the new territorial Government, namely, to reduce spending, balance the budget, slow down growth to manageable levels and increase tourism, Noting the Territory’s dependence on imported agricultural provisions, /...