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Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special
Committee on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the
Charter on efforts to promote self-government in the Territories, and encourages the
administering Powers to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territories;
Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the
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Charter to promote the economic and social development and to preserve the
cultural identity of the Territories, and, as a priority, to mitigate the effects of the
current global financial crisis where possible, in consultation with the territorial
Governments concerned, towards the strengthening and diversification of their
respective economies;
Requests the Territories and the administering Powers to take all
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measures necessary to protect and conserve the environment of the Territories
against any degradation, and once again requests the specialized agencies concerned
to continue to monitor environmental conditions in the Territories and to provide
assistance to those Territories, consistent with their prevailing rules of procedure;
Welcomes the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in
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regional activities, including the work of regional organizations;
10. Stresses the importance of implementing the plans of action for the
Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,3 in
particular by expediting the application of the work programme for the
decolonization of each Non-Self-Governing Territory, on a case-by-case basis, as
well as by ensuring that periodic analyses are undertaken of the progress and extent
of the implementation of the Declaration in each Territory, and that the working
papers prepared by the Secretariat on each Territory should fully reflect
developments in those Territories;
11. Urges Member States to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations to
usher in a world free of colonialism within the context of the International Decades
for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon them to continue to give their full
support to the Special Committee in its endeavours towards that noble goal;
12. Stresses the importance of the various constitutional exercises in the
respective Territories administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland and the United States of America, and led by the territorial
Governments, designed to address internal constitutional structures within the
present territorial arrangements, and decides to follow closely the developments
concerning the future political status of those Territories;
13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the General
Assembly on a regular basis on the implementation of decolonization resolutions
adopted since the declaration of the Third International Decade for the Eradication
of Colonialism;
14. Reiterates its request that the Human Rights Committee collaborate with
the Special Committee, within the framework of its mandate on the right to selfdetermination as contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights,4 with the aim of exchanging information, given that the Human Rights
Committee is mandated to review the situation, including political and constitutional
developments, in many of the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are within the
purview of the Special Committee;
15. Requests the Special Committee to continue to collaborate with the
Economic and Social Council and its relevant subsidiary intergovernmental bodies,
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