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particular in the sphere of food production, continuing high unemployment and
limited transport and communications,
Noting the importance of improving the infrastructure and accessibility of
Saint Helena,
Noting also the importance of the right to nationality for Saint Helenians and
their request that it, in principle, be included in the new Constitution,
Noting with concern the problem of unemployment on the island and the joint
action of the administering Power and the territorial Government to deal with it,
1.
Welcomes the continuing constitutional review process and the
consultative poll led by the Government of Saint Helena in cooperation with the
administering Power;
Also welcomes the decision by the administering Power to provide
2.
funding for the construction of an international airport on Saint Helena to become
operational in 2011–2012, including all required infrastructure;
Requests the administering Power and relevant international
3.
organizations to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to
address the socio-economic development challenges, including the high
unemployment and the problems of limited transport and communications, as well
as to support the additional infrastructure required for the airport project;
Calls upon the administering Power to take into account the concerns of
4.
Saint Helenians with regard to the right to nationality;
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Turks and Caicos Islands
Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and
Caicos Islands 17 and other relevant information,
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Recalling the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body,
which examined the existing Constitution and made recommendations on the
internal structure of government and devolution of power from the appointed
Governor to the elected Government, and acknowledging the new Constitution
agreed between the administering Power and the territorial Government, its
circulation within the Government and among the general public, and its entering
into force in August 2006,
Noting the support for the new Constitution of the Territory among the
participants of the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Saint George’s, Grenada,
from 22 to 24 May 2007,
Noting also that the new Constitution provides for a Governor, who would
maintain reserved powers in the Territory, to be appointed by the administering
Power,
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, which provided information to the people
of the Territory on the role of the United Nations in the process of
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A/AC.109/2007/5.
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