A/RES/63/108 A–B
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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 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 also 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 that the 2006 Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands provides for
a Governor, who maintains reserved powers in the Territory, to be appointed by the
administering Power,
Acknowledging the significant and steady period of economic expansion
fuelled by the continuing growth of high-end tourism and related real estate
development,
Recalls the Constitution of the Territory, which took effect in 2006, and
1.
notes the view of the territorial Government that there remains scope for a degree of
delegation of the Governor’s power to the Territory so as to secure greater
autonomy;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
2.
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;
Welcomes the continuing efforts made by the Government addressing the
3.
need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of social cohesion across the
Territory;
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United States Virgin Islands
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 that are 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 ongoing Constitutional Convention, the fifth attempt of the
Territory to review the existing Revised Organic Act, which organizes its internal
governance arrangements, as well as the various related efforts in implementing a
public education programme on the Constitution, as outlined in a statement by a
participant from the Territory presented to the 2008 Pacific regional seminar,
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18
A/AC.109/2008/12.
A/AC.109/2008/17.
20
United States Congress, Revised Organic Act, 1954.
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