text: -142-" ,1 .1 !I ,.jl ;',' '1;1 1 ~i ~1 ~J',<j,.j ~.,1 .1 •••• r:j~ '~••;.'•••••c••j'J ·1 1'.1 fA :;1l. relat (A/AC tore Small 2.' 4AUgl 3. thep' partic DeclaJ Bypm contir Gener~ indepE elimir tothe tooki four'1 thatr ofthi visiti tothe presen provis thePl ofInd 4.D l'Torkin cancer 5.T Irelan Specia 6.A Small introd accoun 7.A report contai * '.' ... '. . ..,......CHAPTER XIX· BRITISH VIRqIN IS~~DS A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atitsl184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesugp:estions relating totheorganization ofitsworkput fO~oTard bytheChail"iDan (A/AC.I09/L.l385 andCorr.l), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia, toreferthequestion oftheBritish VirginIslandstotheSub-Committee on SmallTerritories forconsideration andreport. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atits1188th meetin~, on 4August1981. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,the8pecial Committee tookintoaccount theprovisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including in particular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee ::to continue toseeksuitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation of General Assembly resolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenot7etattained independence and,inparticular: •..toformulate specific proposals forthe elimination oftheremaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session;'. TheSpecial Committee also tookintoaccount General Assembly resolution 35/21of11November 1980concerning fourTerritories, including theBritish VirginIslands. Byparagraph 10of thatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee ;;tocontinue theexamination ofthisquestion atitsnextsession, including thepossible dispatch of visiting missions inconsultation withtheadministerinR Power,andtoreport totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session ontheimplementation ofthe present resolution;;. Further, theCommittee tookintoaccounttherelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeita working paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing information ondevelopments concerning theTerritory (A/AC.I09/646). 5.Therepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andnorthern Ireland, astheadministerinR Powerconcerned, participated intheworkofthe Special Committee duringitsconsideration oftheitem. 6.Atthe1188thmeeting, on4August,theRapporteur oftheSub-Committee on SmallTerritories, inastatement totheSpecial Committee (A/AC.I09/PV.1188) introduced thereportoftheSub-Committee (A/AC.I09/L.1391), containing an accountofitsconsideration oftheTerritory. 7.Atthesamemeetine, theSpecial Committee adopted without objection the reportoftheSub-Committee andendorsed theconclusions andrecommendations contained therein (seepara.9below). *Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartV). -lh?-G.On5August) th~t~xtoftheconclusions andr~comm~ndations wastransmittedtothePermanent Rppres~ntative ofth~United Kin~domtotheUnitedNations fortht~att~ntion ofhisGovernmf'nt. B.recision ofth~Special Committe~ 9. Th~t~xtoftheconclusions andrecomm~ndations concerning theBritishVirgin Islands~ adopted by~h~Special Committ~e atits1188thmeeting, on4August1981,touhichreference ismadeinparagraph '7above,isreproducedbelow'~
analysis: The text appears to be a report from the United Nations Special Committee on Small Territories, discussing the British Virgin Islands' status as a colonial territory. The report mentions General Assembly resolutions, declarations, and plans of action, indicating that it is related to the process of granting independence to colonial countries and peoples. The text does not mention specific economic, natural resource, or environmental issues, but rather focuses on the political and administrative aspects of the territory's status.