Question of the United States Virgin Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1979.

What other versions does this mandate have?

23 versions · 1977–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/103

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/103	Question of the United States Virgin Islands	1,977	91%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/112	Question of the United States Virgin Islands	2,109	92%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/99	Question of the United States Virgin Islands	2,181	99%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/147	Question of the United States Virgin Islands	2,178	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/103	Question of the United States Virgin Islands	2,375	89%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

United States Virgin Islands

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right' of the people of the United States Virgin Islands to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Reaffirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical location and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territory;

17 Ibid., chaps. IV; VI, annex III; and XXVI. ing, paras. 17-21.

Rev.l), chap. XXVI.

Requests the Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, to continue to take all necessary measures, in consultation with the freely elected authorities and representatives of the people of the United States Virgin Islands, to enable the people of the Territory to exercise fully their right to selfdetermination in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration;

Requests the administering Power to encourage

further and meaningful discussion regarding the political and constitutional status of the Territory and to take such additional measures as would ensure preservation of the identity and cultural heritage of the people of the United States Virgin Islands;

Urges the administering Power, in consultation with the freely elected authorities and representatives of the people of the United States Virgin Islands, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the right of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Expresses the view that measures to promote the economic development of the United States Virgin Islands are an important element in the process of selfdetermination and, to this end, calls upon the administering Power, together with the freely elected authorities and representatives of the people of the Territory, to take all measures necessary to achieve a viable and stable economy in the Territory;

Requests the administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in the development and strengthening of the economy of the United States Virgin Islands;

Expresses the view that the presence of a United States naval facility in the Territory should not impede the progress of the people towards self-determination;

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 the United States Virgin Islands at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirtyfifth session.

VD. Resolutlom adopted on tbe reports of the Fourth Committee

18 Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 22nd meet- 19 lbid., Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/34/23/

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