Question of the British Virgin Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

20 versions · 1977–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/93

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/93	Question of the British Virgin Islands	2,291	90%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/102	Question of the British Virgin Islands	2,160	94%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/89	Question of the British Virgin Islands	2,145	96%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/137	Question of the British Virgin Islands	2,110	84%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/93	Question of the British Virgin Islands	2,115	92%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Question Declarations Development Members Natural Resources Programme Implementation Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the British Virgin Islands; 17

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the British Virgin Islands to self-determination and indepen dence in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, con tained 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 exer cise by the people of the Territory of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in conformity

with the Declaration contained in General Assembly reso lution 15 14 (XV), which fully applies to the British Virgin Islands;

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 the Ter ritory as will enable the people of the British Virgin Islands to exercise freely and without interference their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accord ance with General Assembly resolution I 514 (XV), as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Assembly;

Reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of the British Virgin Islands themselves to determine their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration, takes note of the general elections held in the Territory on l l November 1983 and reaffirms the importance of foster ing an awareness among the people of the Territory of the possibilities open to them in the exercise of their right to self-determination;

Notes the continuing commitment of the territorial Government to the goal of economic diversification, par ticularly in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and small industries, and reiterates its call upon the administering Power, in consultation with the local authorities, to inten sify its efforts in this regard;

Urges the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the British Virgin Islands to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures to ensure their right to own and dispose of those resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Urges the specialized agencies and other organiza tions of the United Nations system, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, to take or intensify measures to accelerate progress in the social and economic life of the British Virgin Islands and, in that regard, notes with appreciation the contribution which the United Nations Development Programme con tinues to make to the development of the Territory;

Notes with satisfaction the admission of the British Virgin Islands as an associate member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Car ibbean and its subsidiary body, the Caribbean Develop ment and Co-operation Committee, as well as of various other international and regional organizations, and calls upon the administering Power to facilitate further the par ticipation of the British Virgin Islands in those organizations;

IO. Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to the British Virgin Islands at an appro priate time should be kept under review;

1 1. Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a visiting mission to the British Virgin Islands at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session.

5 Decemher 1984

VII.

15 Ibid., chaps. IV and XXI.

17 /hid., Thirty-ninth Sesswn. Supplement No 23 (A/J9/23). chap. XXI.

16 Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/31/23/Rev.l). vol. IV, chap. XXVIII, annex, para. 162.

18 Ibid .. chaps. IV, V and XXII 1" !hid .. chap. XXII.

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