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 Montserrat;22 2.
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Montserrat 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);
3
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 contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), which fully applies to Montserrat;
4
Notes with appreciation the continued participation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. as the administering Power. in the work of the Special Committee in regard to Montserrat, thereby enabling it to conduct a more informed and meaningful examination of the situation in the Territory with a view to accelerating the process of decolonization for the purpose of the full implementation of the Declaration;
5
Reaerates that it is the responsibility of the administering Power to create such conditions in Montserrat 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 General Assembly
resolution 15 I 4 (XV), as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Assembly;
6
Reaffirms that it is ultimately for the people of Montserrat themselves to determine their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration and reiterates its call upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to launch programmes of political education so that the people of Montserrat win be fully informed of the options available to them in the exercise of their right to self-determination and independence;
7
Calls uponthe administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to continue to strengthen the economy and to increase its assistance to programmes of diversification in order to promote the economic and financial viability of the Territory;
8
Urgesthe administering Power to take the necessary measures, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to restore sustained and balanced growth to the economy of the Territory and to intensify its assistance in the development of an sectors thereof, which win benefit the people of the Territory, and expresses the hope that Montserrat's non-budgetary grant-in-aid status can be maintained;
9
Also urgesthe administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to take effective measures to safeguard, guarantee and ensure the rights of the people of Montserrat to own and dispose of their natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;
10
Further urgesthe administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to continue to provide the assistance necessary for the localization of the civil service at all levels, particularly the senior levels;
11
Takes note of the continued participation of the Territory in the work of the Caribbean Group for Co-operation and Economic Development, as well as such regional organizations as the Caribbean Community and the Caribbean Development Bank, and cans upon the organizations of the United Nations system, as wen as donor Governments and regional organizations, to intensify their efforts to accelerate progress in the economic and social life of the Territory;
12
Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to Montserrat at an appropriate time should be kept under review;
13
Requeststhe Special Committee to continue the examination of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to Montserrat at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session.
20 Ibid., chaps. IV and XXIII.
22 Offiua/ Record, or t/J(' (,"ene,·.i/ ISSl'lllhl,·, J'hirt1·- ninth Session. Supple- 21 See NAC.1091769, para 9.
ml'tl/ \'o i•' (AJ:\9/2:i). chap. X\111
23 Ibid., chaps. IV, V, VI and XXIV.
25 Official Records of1he General Assembly, Thirly-ninth Session, Supple- 24 See A/ AC. l09/765, para. 21 ment No. 23 (A/39/23), chap. XXIV.
