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Welcomes the continuing efforts made by the Government addressing the
need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of socio-economic development
across the Territory;
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Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the United
States Virgin Islands 19 and other relevant information,
Aware that under United States law the relations between the territorial
Government and the federal Government in all matters not the programme
responsibility of another federal department or agency are under the general
administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, 20
Aware also of the fifth attempt of the Territory to review the existing Revised
Organic Act, which organizes its internal governance arrangements, as well as its
requests to the administering Power and the United Nations system for assistance to
its public education programme,
Cognizant that a draft constitution was proposed in 2009 and subsequently
forwarded to the administering Power for review and action,
Cognizant also of the potential usefulness of regional ties for the development
of a small island Territory,
1.
Welcomes the proposal of a draft constitution emanating from the
Territory in 2009, as a result of the work of the United States Virgin Islands fifth
Constitutional Convention, for review by the administering Power, and requests the
administering Power to assist the territorial Government in achieving its political,
economic and social goals, in particular the successful conclusion of the ongoing
internal Constitutional Convention exercise;
Requests the administering Power to facilitate the process for approval of
2.
the proposed territorial constitution in the United States Congress and its
implementation, once agreed upon in the Territory;
Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating
3.
its work concerning a public education programme, consistent with Article 73 b of
the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United
Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;
Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the Territory in regional programmes
4.
of the United Nations Development Programme, consistent with the participation of
other Non-Self-Governing Territories.
62nd plenary meeting
10 December 2010
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United States Congress, Revised Organic Act, 1954.