A/RES/66/89 A-B and the territorial Government on internal constitutional modernization, in 2006, which resulted in the finalization of a new draft constitution in February 2009, its subsequent acceptance by referendum in May 2009, and promulgation in November 2009, Conscious of the work, under the 2009 Constitution, of the new Constitutional Commission, which serves as an advisory body on constitutional matters, Acknowledging the view of the territorial Government that, in spite of the global economic downturn and unemployment issues, the Territory’s financial services and tourism industries would help sustain a strong economy, Recalls the Constitution, which took effect in 2009, and stresses the 1. importance of the work of the new Constitutional Commission, including human rights education, in the Territory; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 2. work concerning public awareness outreach efforts, 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; Welcomes the Territory’s active participation in the work of the Economic 3. Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; 4. Also welcomes the efforts made by the territorial Government to implement sectoral management policies such as investment facilitation and regulation and the promotion of medical and sports tourism, as well as unemployment alleviation programmes in various economic sectors; VI Guam Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Guam 13 and other relevant information, Noting the statement made by the representative of the Governor of Guam at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that the territorial Government had a strong commitment to the inalienable right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination, aspired to a partnership with the administering Power wherein all interests would be respected and considered, and generally considered militarism an impediment to decolonization, 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, 14 Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the registered and eligible voters of Guam endorsed a draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new framework for relations between the Territory and the administering Power, providing for a greater measure of internal self-government for Guam and recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for the Territory, _______________ 13 14 A/AC.109/2011/15. United States Congress, Organic Act of Guam, 1950, as amended. 11