A/RES/56/72
Noting further the approval by the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly of
the Territory’s Vision 2008 Development Plan, which aims to promote development
that is consistent with the aims and values of Caymanian society,
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.
Requests the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other
organizations of the United Nations system to continue to provide the territorial
Government with all required expertise to enable it to achieve its socio-economic
aims;
3.
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;
4.
Requests the administering Power, in consultation with the territorial
Government, to continue to facilitate the expansion of the current programme of
securing employment for the local population, in particular at the decision-making
level;
5.
Welcomes the implementation of the Country Cooperation Framework of
the United Nations Development Programme for the Territory, which is designed to
ascertain national development priorities and United Nations assistance needs;
VI. Guam
Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the registered and eligible voters
of Guam endorsed a draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new
framework for relations between the Territory and the administering Power,
providing for a greater measure of internal self-government for Guam and
recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for
the Territory,
Recalling also its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and
all resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to the Non-SelfGoverning Territories, in particular, General Assembly resolutions 55/144 A and B
of 8 December 2000,
Recalling further the requests by the elected representatives and nongovernmental organizations of the Territory that Guam not be removed from the list
of the Non-Self-Governing Territories with which the Special Committee is
concerned, pending the self-determination of the Chamorro people and taking into
account their legitimate rights and interests,
Aware that negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial
Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act are no longer continuing and
that Guam had established the process for a self-determination vote by the eligible
Chamorro voters,
Cognizant that the administering Power continues to implement its programme
of transferring surplus federal land to the Government of Guam,
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