text: (11)TheSpecial Committee requests theadministering Powertogivethe necessary assistance to~etraining ofqualified localpersonnel, in consultation withtheterritorial Government, intheskillsessential tothe development ofvarious sectorsofthesocietyoftheTerritory. Inthis connexion, theCommittee welcomes theefforts madebytheterritorial Government toarrange foruniversity training abroadandtointroduce vocational training intheislands. (12)TheSpecial Committee recalls thattwoUnitedNations Missions visited theTerritory-during 1980.Mindful thatvisiting missions tosmall Territories p~ovide aneffective meansofascertaining thesituation inthe Territories Visited, theSpecial Committee considers thatthepossiblity of sending afurthervisiting mission totheTurksandCaicosIslands, atan appropriate stage,shouldbekeptunderreview. ..-..._-------.-. -156-CHAPTER XXIII- UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorg~nization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.l), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,torefer thequestion oftheUnitedStatesVirginIslands totheSub-Committee onSmall Territories forconsideration andreport. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atitsl193rdandl194th meetings, on12and13August. 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependenc~ toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12of thatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue toseeksuitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 1514 (XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetQttained independence, and,in particular: •••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination ofthe remaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TheCommittee alsotookintoaccount General Assembly resolution 35/24of11November 1980concerning theUnitedStates VirginIslands. Byparagraph 10ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested the Committee "tocontinue theexamination ofthisquestion atitsnextsession, including thepossible dispatch ofafurther visiting mission •••atanappropriate timeandinconsultation withtheadministering Power". Further, theCommittee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of 11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation ofthe Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toCoionial Countries andPeoples. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheTerritory? theSpecial Committee hadbeforeit aworking paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing information onthelatest developments concerning theTerritory (A/AC.109/657). S.Therepresentative oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica, astheadmini~tering Power concerned, participated in.~heworkoftheSpecial Committee duringits consideration oftheitem. 6.Atthel193rdmeeting, on12August, theRapporteur oftheSub-Committee on SmallTerritories, inastatement totheSpecial Committee (A/AC.109/PV.1193), introduced thereportoftheSub-Committee (A/AC.I09/L.1404) containing anaccount ofitsconsideration oftheTerritory. 7.Atitsl194thmeeting, 9n13August, following statements bythe representatives .ofCuba,Czechoslovakia, theunionofSovietSocialist RepUblics, Bulgaria andAfghanistan, theSpecial Committee adopted thereportofthe Sub-Committee andendorsed theconclusions andrecommendations contained therein (seepara.9below),itbeingunderstood thatthereservations expressed bymembers wouldbereflected intherecordofthemeeting. •Previously issuedaspartofA/3~/23 (PartV).8.Ql14August, thetextoftheconclusions andrecommendations wutran••ittedtothePermament Representative oftheUnitedStatestotheUnitedNation. forthe attention ofherGover.nment. B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 9.Thetextoftheconclusions andrecommendations concerning theOlitedState.VirginIslands adopted bytheSpecial COINDittee atitsl194thmeeting, on13August1981,towhichreference ismadeinparagraph 7above,isreproducedbelow:
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the development of the United States Virgin Islands, focusing on the training of local personnel, vocational training, and the potential for a visiting mission to the territory. It also references several United Nations resolutions related to decolonization and self-governance. These topics suggest that the category related to economic development and governance.