A/RES/48/51
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Noting with concern the vulnerability of the Territory to drug
trafficking and related activities,
Noting with satisfaction the efforts of the territorial Government, the
Governments of other countries of the region and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to prevent and
repress illicit activities such as money laundering, funds smuggling, false
invoicing and other related frauds, as well as the use of and trafficking in
illegal drugs,
Recalling the dispatch in 1977 of a United Nations visiting mission to
the Territory,
1.
Notes the change of government in the Territory as a result of the
election of November 1992;
2.
Notes also that, according to election officials, more than 90 per
cent of the Territory’s registered voters participated in that election;
3.
Urges the administering Power, in consultation with the
territorial Government, to continue to facilitate the expansion of the current
programme of securing employment for the local population, in particular at
the decision-making level;
4.
Requests the administering Power to assist the new territorial
Government in acquiring all required expertise to enable it to achieve its
economic aims;
5.
Calls upon the administering Power, in consultation with the
territorial Government, to continue to promote the agricultural development of
the Cayman Islands;
6.
Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the
United Nations system to continue to increase their programmes of assistance
to the Territory with a view to strengthening, developing and diversifying its
economy;
7.
Calls upon the administering Power to continue to take all
necessary measures, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to counter
problems related to money laundering, funds smuggling and other related
crimes, as well as drug trafficking;
8.
Notes the importance of sending United Nations visiting missions
to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and the fact that a period of sixteen
years has elapsed since the last mission was dispatched to the Territory.
VI. - Guam
The General Assembly,
Referring to resolution A above,
Noting that pursuant to the request of the Government of Guam and the
recommendation of the independent Base Relocation and Closure Commission of
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