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Recalling also 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,
Aware of 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 the administering Power’s decisions to suspend parts of the 2006
Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, covering the constitutional right to
trial by jury, ministerial Government, and the House of Assembly, following the
recommendations of an independent Commission of Inquiry and the ruling of the
administering Power’s Court of Appeal, to present a draft constitution for public
consultation in 2011, and to introduce a new constitution for the Territory,
Noting also the continued postponement of elections in the Territory,
Acknowledging the impact that the global economic slowdown and other
relevant developments have had on tourism and related real estate development, the
mainstays of the Territory’s economy, and the 2010–2011 fiscal stabilization plan
providing stimuli to the Territory’s private sector,
Notes with grave concern the ongoing situation in the Turks and Caicos
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Islands, and notes the efforts of the administering Power to restore good
governance, including through the introduction of a new 2011 constitution, and
sound financial management in the Territory;
Calls for the restoration of constitutional arrangements providing for
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representative democracy through elected territorial Government as soon as possible;
3.
Notes the positions and repeated calls of the Caribbean Community and
the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the restoration of democratically
elected territorial Government as a matter of urgency, and also notes the view
expressed by the administering Power that elections should not be postponed any
longer than necessary;
Also notes the extensive public consultations undertaken by the
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Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser and the continued debate on
constitutional and electoral reform within the Territory, and stresses the importance
of participation by all groups and interested parties in the consultation process;
Stresses the importance of having in place in the Territory a Constitution
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that reflects the aspirations and wishes of the people of the Territory, based on the
mechanisms for popular consultation;
Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its
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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 active participation of the Territory in the work of the
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;
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Also welcomes the continuing efforts made by the territorial Government
addressing the need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of socio-economic
development across the Territory;
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