Question of Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1977.

What subjects does this mandate have?

14 subjects

Bermuda Bermuda Question Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Question Development Assistance Economic Development Montserrat Montserrat Question Permanent Sovereignty Production Diversification Self-Determination of Peoples Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Question Visiting Missions

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8 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapters of the report of the Special Com!11ittee on the Situation with regard to the Implementat10n of the Declaration on the Granting of ~ndepcndence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relatmg to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands;42

Rea{fi,rff!S the inalienable right of the peoples of those _Terntones to self-determination and independence m accordance with the Declaration· ' ~- ]!eafjirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical isolation and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territories concerned;

Calls upon the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as the administering Pow~r, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the peoples, to continue to take all the necessary steps to ensure the full and speedy_ attainment of the goals set forth in the Declarat10n with respect to the Territories;

Calls upon the administering Power to expand its programme o_f budgetal")'. and development aid and to take a~l- possible steps, m consultation with the local authontJes as appr~priatc, to diversify and strengthen

further the economics of the Territories listed above and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for those Territories· '

. Urges the administering Power, with the cooperat10n of the Governments of the Territories concerned, to saf~gu~rd the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to the enjoyment of their natural

41 lbid., Thirtieth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/10023/ Rev.I), chap. XXVIII, annex.

42 lbid., Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/ Rev. I), chaps. XXVII ::ind XXIX.

resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the rights of the peoples to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Welcomes the positive attitude of the administering Power with respect to the receiving of United Nations visiting missions in the Territories under its administration and requests the Chairman of the Special Committee to continue his consultations with a view to the dispatch of such missions, as appropriate;

Requests the administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of those Territories;

Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands, including the possible dispatch of visiting missions in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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