Calls upon the administering Power, in co-opertion with the Government of Montserrat, to continue to strengthen the economy of the Territory and to increase its assistance to programmes of diversification in order to promote balanced growth and the economic and financial viability of the Territory, and to take effective measures to safeguard, guarantee and ensure the rights of the people of Montserrat to own and dispose of the natural resources of the Territory, including its territorial waters, and to establish and maintain control over their future development, to continue the assistance necessary for the employment of the local population in the civil service, particularly at senior levels; urges the administering Power to overcome shortages in human resources by providing appropriate incentives to assist nationals in finding better opportunities at home and to attract qualified nationals from abroad; calls upon the administering Power to take urgent steps to facilitate the readmission of Montserrat as an associate member of Unesco.

Adopted without vote, 92nd meeting

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Adopted at the 92nd plenary meeting, 4 Dec. 1987.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 42nd session, Volume 1, 15 September-21 December 1987. - A/42/49. - 1988. - p. 247-248. - (GAOR, 42nd sess., Suppl. no. 49).