Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

19 versions · 1982–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/102

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/102	Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands	2,070	99%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/111	Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands	2,069	97%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/98	Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands	2,100	98%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/146	Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands	2,096	90%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/102	Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands	2,275	93%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Declarations Development Military Bases Natural Resources Programme Implementation Technical Training Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Question Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands 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);

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 funy applies to the Turks and Caicos Islands;

Reiterates that it is the obligation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the

administering Power, to create such conditions in the ~erritory as will enable the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands to exercise freely and without interference their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Assembly;

Reaffirms that it is the responsibility of the administering Power under the Charter of the United Nations to develop its dependent Territories economically and socially and urges the administering Power, in consultation with the territorial Government, to take the necessary measures to promote the economic and social development of the Turks and Caicos Islands and, in particular, to intensify and expand its programme of assistance in order to accelerate the development of the economic and social infrastructure of the Territory;

Emphasizes that greater attention should be paid to diversification of the economy, particularly in the promotion of agriculture and fisheries, which will benefit the people of the Territory;

Recalls that it is the responsibility of the administering Power, in accordance with the wishes of the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands, to safeguard, guarantee and ensure the inalienable right of the people to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures to guarantee their right to own and dispose of those resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Takes note of the statement of the administering Power to the effect that the military facility in the Turks and Caicos Islands has been closed and that the territorial Government now has complete control over the disposition of the land vacated by the base;26 9.

Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as such regional institutions as the Caribbean Development Bank, to continue to pay special attention to the development needs of the Turks and Caicos Islands and welcomes the continuing contribution of the United Nations Development Programme;

l 0. Requests the administering Power, in consultation with the territorial Government, to continue to provide the assistance necessary for the training of qualified local personnel in the skills essential to the development of economic and social sectors of the Territory;

Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands at an appropriate time should be kept under review;

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 Turks and Caicos Islands at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fortieth session.

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.

26 See A/ AC. I 091778, para. 20.

28 Ibid .. Thirty-ninth Session, Fourth Committee, 17th meeting, paras. 27 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-ninth Session, Supple- 73-82. ment No. 23 (A/39/23), chaps. IV, VI and XXV.

29 Ibid .. Thirtl'-ninth Session Supplement No. 23 (A/39/23), chap. XXV.

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