Question of Anguilla

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

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17 versions · 1985–2025

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Anguilla Anguilla Question Civil Service Economic Development Natural Resources Visiting Missions

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12 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Anguilla;23

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Anguilla to self-determination and independence in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Reiterates the view that such factors as territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the speedy exercise by the people of the Territory of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in conformity with the Declaration, which fully applies to Anguilla;

Reiterates that it is the responsibility of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the administering Power, to create such conditions in Anguilla as will enable its people to exercise freely and without interference, from a well-informed standpoint as to the available options, their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV), as well as all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;

Reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of Anguilla themselves to determine their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration, and, in that connection, reaffirms the importance of fostering an awareness among the people of the Territory of the possibilities open to them in the exercise of their right to selfdetermination and independence;

Calls upon the administering Power to continue, in co-operation with the territorial Government,

to strengthen the economy of Anguilla and to increase its assistance to programmes of diversification;

Notes that, although the Territory was no longer in need of a grant from the administering Power to balance its recurrent budget for 1984, the Government of the United Kingdom agreed to provide a special grant to clear the deficit accumulated between 1977 and 1983;

Urges the administering Power to take effective measures, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to safeguard, guarantee and ensure the rights of the people of Anguilla to own and dispose of their natural resources and to establish and maintain control over their future development;

Urges the administering Power to continue, in cooperation with the territorial Government, the assistance necessary for the increased employment of the local population in the civil service, particularly at senior levels;

Reiterates its request to the administering Power, in the light of the observations, conclusions and recommendations of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Anguilla, 1984, 24 to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as other regional and international bodies, in the development and strengthening of the economy of Anguilla;

l l. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to facilitate the participation of Anguilla in the Economic VII. Resoludou adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee

Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and its subsidiary body, the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee, and in other organizations of the United Nations system, including the Caribbean Group for Co-operation in Economic Development;

Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to Anguilla at an appropriate time should be kept under review;

Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to Anguilla at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session.

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