Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands,
the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena,
the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands
A/RES/70/102 A-B
the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission if the
territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee
to take all the steps necessary to that end;
4.
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
work concerning a public awareness programme, consistent with Article 73 b of the
Charter of the United Nations, and in that regard calls upon the relevant United
Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;
5.
Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government
in the diversification and sustainability of the economy of the Territory and to
address employment and cost-of-living issues;
II
Anguilla
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla 12 and
other relevant information,
Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla,
hosted by the territorial Government and made possible by the administering Power,
the first time that the seminar had been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory,
Recalling also the statement made by the representative of Anguilla at the
Pacific regional seminar held in Quito from 30 May to 1 June 2012 that the people
of the Territory were concerned that they were being denied the full range of
decolonization options under a drafting exercise that began in 2011,
Aware of the follow-up meeting, held after the 2012 Pacific regional seminar,
between the Chair of the Special Committee and the Chief Minister of Anguilla,
who reiterated the urgent need for a visiting mission,
Noting the internal constitutional review process resumed by the territorial
Government in 2006, the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform
Commission, which prepared its report in August 2006, the holding of public and
other consultative meetings in 2007 on proposed constitutional amendments to be
presented to the administering Power, the decisions taken in 2008 and 2011 to set up
a drafting team to prepare a new constitution and present it for public consultation
in the Territory and the recent efforts undertaken in that regard,
Noting also the participation of the Territory as a member in the Caribbean
Overseas Countries and Territories Council and an associate member in the
Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Taking note of the general elections which took place in April 2015,
1.
Welcomes the preparations made for a new constitution, and urges that
constitutional discussions with the administering Power, including public
consultations, be concluded as soon as possible;
2.
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its current
efforts with regard to advancing the internal constitutional review exercise, if
requested;
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