A/RES/65/115 A-B X Turks and Caicos Islands Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and Caicos Islands 18 and other relevant information, Recalling the statement of the representative of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009, Recalling also the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power, Recalling further the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body, and acknowledging the Constitution agreed between the administering Power and the territorial Government, which entered into force in 2006, Noting the administering Power’s decision to suspend parts of the 2006 Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, covering the constitutional right to trial by jury, ministerial Government, and the House of Assembly, following the recommendations of an independent Commission of Inquiry and the ruling of the administering Power’s Court of Appeal, Acknowledging the impact that the global economic slowdown and other relevant developments have had on tourism and related real estate development, the mainstays of the Territory’s economy, Noting the postponement of elections in the Territory, 1. Notes with concern the ongoing situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and also notes the efforts of the administering Power to restore good governance and sound financial management in the Territory; Calls for the restoration of constitutional arrangements providing for 2. representative democracy through elected territorial Government as soon as possible; 3. Notes the positions and repeated calls of the Caribbean Community and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the restoration of democratically elected territorial Government as a matter of urgency and notes also the view expressed by the administering Power not to postpone elections any longer than necessary; Also notes the extensive public consultations undertaken by the 4. Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser and the continued debate on constitutional and electoral reform within the Territory, and stresses the importance of participation by all groups and interested parties in the consultation process; Stresses further the importance of having in place in the Territory a 5. Constitution that reflects the aspirations and wishes of the people of the Territory, based on the mechanisms for popular consultation; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 6. work concerning public outreach efforts, 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; _______________ 18 A/AC.109/2010/10. 15