A/RES/59/134 A-B 1. Notes that the Department of the Interior of the United States of America provides that the Secretary of the Interior has administrative jurisdiction over American Samoa; Calls upon the administering Power to continue to assist the territorial 2. Government in the economic and social development of the Territory, including measures to rebuild financial management capabilities and strengthen other governmental functions of the Government of the Territory, and welcomes the assistance from the administering Power to the Territory in its recovery efforts following the recent floods; Welcomes the invitation extended to the Special Committee on the 3. Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the Governor of American Samoa at the Pacific regional seminar held in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 18 to 20 May 2004, to send a visiting mission to the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission and requests the Chairman of the Special Committee to take all the necessary steps to that end; 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, and conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties of the Territory on the future status of the Territory, 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 6