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territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chairperson 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 recommended by the Future Political
Status Study Commission in its 2007 report, 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;
Welcomes the efforts made by the territorial Government to address
5.
employment and cost-of-living issues in various economic sectors;
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Anguilla
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla 9 and
other relevant information,
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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,
Taking note of the statement of the representative of Anguilla at the Caribbean
regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,
Taking note also of 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, and the holding of public and
other consultative meetings in 2007 on proposed constitutional amendments to be
presented to the administering Power, as well as the 2008 decision to set up a drafting
team consisting of territorial Government officials, members of the House of Assembly
and lawyers to draft a new constitution, to be based on internal self-government for
public consultation and subsequent discussion with the administering Power, with the
aim of seeking full internal self-government,
Aware that the Government intends to continue its commitment to high-end
tourism and the implementation of various regulations in the financial services sector,
Noting the participation of the Territory as an associate member in the Caribbean
Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Economic
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Welcomes the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission
1.
and its report of 2006, the holding of a public forum in April 2008 to address
constitutional reform issues and the subsequent agreement to seek full internal selfgovernment, short of political independence, and the setting up of a drafting group,
with the aim of making recommendations to the administering Power on proposed
changes to the Constitution of the Territory, using the concept of internal selfgovernment;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its current efforts
2.
with regard to advancing the internal constitutional review exercise, if requested;
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