General [questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands]

General

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Territories to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of the UN and with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; requests the Special Committee to continue to follow closely the developments in legislation in the area of international financial services; requests the Territories and the administering Powers to take all necessary measures to protect and conserve the environment of the Territories under their administration against any environmental degradation; urges Member States to contribute to the efforts of the UN to usher in a world free of colonialism within the 2nd International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism; requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its 60th session with recommendations on appropriate ways to assist the peoples of the Territories in exercising their right to self-determination.

Adopted without vote, 71st plenary meeting

In: Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands - A/RES/59/134A-B - 10 Dec. 2003 - p. 1-5.