A/RES/60/117 A-B such a mission, and requests the Chairman of the Special Committee to take all the necessary steps to that end; 4. Takes note of the statement of the representative of the Governor of the Territory at the Caribbean regional seminar requesting the Special Committee to provide information on the process of self-governance; 16 II Anguilla Taking note of the constitutional review process led by the territorial Government, Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla, the first time that the seminar has been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory, Noting the desire of the territorial Government and the people of Anguilla for a visiting mission by the Special Committee, Aware of the efforts of the Government of Anguilla to continue to develop the Territory as a viable offshore centre and well-regulated financial centre for investors by enacting modern company and trust laws, as well as partnership and insurance legislation, and computerizing the company registry system, Welcomes the constitutional review process led by the Government of 1. Anguilla in cooperation with the administering Power; 2. Recalls the cooperation of the territorial Government of Anguilla and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in holding the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla, and notes that the staging of the seminar in a Non-Self-Governing Territory for the first time, as well as a town hall meeting between the people of Anguilla and the Special Committee during the seminar, contributed to its success; III Bermuda Noting the results of the independence referendum held on 16 August 1995, conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory, and aware of the active boycott of the referendum by the then-opposition party, Noting also the statement of the Premier of Bermuda in his Founder’s Day address that there could never be a true democracy as long as the country remains a colony or an overseas dependent Territory, and that only with independence can national unity be forged and pride in being Bermudian fully developed, Welcomes the agreement reached in June 2002 between the United States 1. of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Territory formally transferring the former military base lands to the territorial Government, and the provision of financial resources to address some of the environmental problems; _______________ 16 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/60/23), chap. II, annex, para. 22. 7