Question of the United States Virgin Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1984.

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?

7 subjects

Development Members Plebiscites Social Conditions United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands Question Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the lJnited States Virgin Islands: ·'4 2.

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the United States Virgin Islands to self-determination and independcncc in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. contained in General Assembly resolutíon 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 implementation ofthe Declaration contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV). which fully applies to the United States Virgin Jslands:

Reiterates that it is the responsibility ofthe administering Power to create such conditions in the United States Virgin lslands as will enable the people of the Territory freely to exercise without interference their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in conformity with General Assembly resolution I 514 (XV);

Cal/s upan the administering Power. taking into account the freely expressed wishes of the people of the United States Virgin lslands, to take ali necessary steps to expedite the process of decolonization in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration, as well as ali other relevant resolutíons and decisions of the General Assembly;

Welcomes the enactment by the Congress of thc United States of America of the Virgin Islands Alien Adjustment Act:

Takes note of the fact that the Govemor of thc lJnited States Virgin Islands has introduced legislation to provide for a constitutional conventíon to discuss political status altematives and has recommended that a referendum on the Convention's proposals be held simultaneously with the general election in 1984;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Power under the Charter for the economic and social development of the Tcrritory:

Urges the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Govemment, to strengthen the economy of the Territory by taking additional measures of diversification in ali fields and developing an adequate infrastructure with a view to reducing its economic dependence on the administering Power:

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Notes with satisfaction the recommendation of the Virgin Islands Status Commission that the Territory become an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and calls upon the administering Power to facilitate the applicatíon ofthe Territory for associate membership in the Economic Commission for Latin America and its subsidiary bodies, including the Caribbean Development and Co-operation Committee;

Urges the administering Power, in co-operation with the Govemment of the lJnited States Virgin Islands. to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment oftheir natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the right of the people to own and dispose of those resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Urges the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Govemment. to continue to improve

social conditions and to pay particular attention to overcoming problems of unemployment, public housing, health care, education and crime and, in that connection, notes with satisfaction the efforts to revitalize health care programmes and to discouragc juvenile delinquency, the measures to improve crime prevention and the action taken to expand and upgrade school facilities:

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

Requests the Special Committee to continue thc examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to thc United States Virgin Islands at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Asscmbly at its thirty-ninth scssion.

7 Decemher 1983

22 fbid., chaps. III, IV and XXIV.

24 lh1d., Thirty-eighth Ses.,wn. S11pp/eme11t No. 23 (A/38/23), chap. XXIV. 23 /bid., Thirty-eighth Session. Fourth Committee, 1 5th meeting, paras. 29- 32.

29 /bid., Supp/emcnr V,1 :'4 (A/38124), part lwo, chap. IV. 25 /bid., chap. VII. 26 N38!477.

lO A/381444. annex. 27 See Officia/ Record., of the <ieneral Assemhh·, Th,rtv-ei¡;hth Se.rnon,

\1 Repon of the lntcrnational Conferen,·e ,n Support of the Strugg/e o( th,• su¡¡iement No. 23 (A/38/23). chap. Vil, para. 8 Vamihian l'cop/efi,r lndepcndcnce, Pari.1·. :,5.:,9 .·1pnl /983 (Al('ONF.1201 !bid., chap. V.

11). paras. 165-195 and 220-242.

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