Question of the British Virgin Islands

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

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?

5 subjects

British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Question Economic Development Natural Resources Visiting Missions

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the British Virgin Islands; 13

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the British Virgin 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, 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 British Virgin Islands as will enable the people of the Territory to exercise freely and without interference their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV), as well as all other relevant resolutions of the General 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, and, in that connection, reaffirms the importance of fostering 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, particularly in the areas of agriculture, fisheries and small industries, and reiterates its call upon the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to intensify 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 VII. Resoludons adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee

resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to intensify measures to accelerate progress in the social and economic life of the Territory;

Reiterates its call upon the administering Power to facilitate the further participation of the British Virgin Islands in various international and regional organizations and in other organizations of the United Nations system;

I 0.

Considers that the possibility of sending a further visiting mission to the British Virgin 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 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 forty-first session.

11 Ibid., chap. XIX.

12 /bid., chaps. II, IV. V and XX.

13 Ibid., chap. XX.

14 lbtd .. rhaps. II. IV, V and ,x1

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents