Question of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1982.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1979–1982

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1982	A/RES/36/62	Question of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands	803	49%Compare
1979	A/RES/34/34	Question of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands	912	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Bermuda Question British Virgin Islands Question Cayman Islands Question Montserrat Question Turks and Caicos Islands Question

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

I.

Approves the chapters 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 Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands. Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands;49 2.

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories 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, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the speedy 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 Power, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the peoples of the Territories concerned, to continue to take all the necessary steps to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration in respect of the Territories;

Recognizes that the presence of military bases and other installations could constitute an impediment to the implementation of the Declaration and reaffirms its conviction that the presence of foreign military bases and installations in Bermuda and the Turks and Caicos Islands should not prevent the peoples of those Territories from exercising their right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration and the purposes and principles of the Charter;

Calls upon the administering Power, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the peoples of the Territories concerned, to take all possible steps to diversify and strengthen further the economies of those Territories and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development;

Further calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the freely elected representatives of the peoples of the Territories concerned, to safeguard the inalienable right of the peoples of those Territories to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which ensure the right of the peoples to own and dispose of those resources and to establish and maintain control over their future development;

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

Welcomes the positive attitude of the administering Power with regard 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 dispatching such missions, as appropriate;

Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of visiting missions in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.

46 A/36/580 and Add. I.

47 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-sixth Session, Sup- 45 A/36/147.

plement No. 23 (A/36/23/Rev. I), chaps. III-V and XVIII-XXII.

48 Ibid., Thirty-sixth Session. Fourth Commillee, 15th meeting, paras. 28-31; and ibid., Fourth Commillee, Se.nimwl Fascicle. corrigendum.

'" Ibid., chaps. Ill, IV and XVI.

49 Ibid .. Thirty-sixth S,·ssion, Supplemn11 No. ~3 1An61231Rev. l I.

" Ibid., Thirtv-sixth Session. Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, paras. chaps. XVIII-XXII.

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