text: 5.Therepresentative-of theUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthernIreland, astheadministering Powerconcerned, participated intheworkoftheSpecial Committee duringitsconsideration oftheitem. 6.Atthe1188th meeting~ on4August,theRapporteur oftheSub-Committee onSmallTerritories, inastatement totheSpecial C0mmittee (A/AC.I09/PV.1188),introduced thereportoftheSub-Commjttee (A/AC.I09/L.1392) containing anaccountofitsconsideration ofthe~erritory. 7.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee adopted without objection thereportoftheSub~Committee andapproved thedraftconsensus contained therein(seepara.9below). 8.On5August, thetextoftheconsensus wastransmitted tothePermanentRepresentative oftheUnitedKingdomtotheUnitedNations fortheattention ofhisGovernment . •Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartV). -l?'-'-9.Th Committ paragrafjI: , 1B.Decision oftheSpecial Committee 9.Thetextoftheconsensus concerning Pitcairn, adopted bytheSpecial Committee atitsl188thmeeting on4August1981,towhichreference ismadein paragraph 1above~isreproduced below: TheSpecial Committee, havingexamined thequestion ofPitcairn, takes noteofthestatement oftherepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom ofGreat Britain andNorthern Ireland affirming thepolicyofhisGovernment to encoura~e asmuchlocalinitiative andenterprise aspossible, sothatthe peopleofPitcairn canmakethemostoftheirownwayoflife.TheCommittee alsonotesthewillingness oftheadministering Powertodiscuss anychange ofconstitutional statuswiththepeopleoftheTerritory whenever thelatter sodesire. TheCommittee further notesthatthepresent sizeofthe population continues torais~thequestion ofthecapacity oftheislanders tomaintain theessential services ofeducation, medical welfare andthe launching oflongboats,onwhichtheirtradewithpassing shipsdepends. Inthis connexion~ theCommittee callsonceagainupontheadministering Powertocontinue totakethenecessary measures tosafeguard theinterests ofthepeopleofPitcairn. -129- ~ .CHAPTER XV· ST.HELENA A.Consideration bytheS~ecia1 Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting; on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totheorganization ofitsworkputforward bytheChairman (A/AC.109/L.1385 andCorr.1), theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,torefer thequestion ofSt.He1enatotheSub-Committee onSmallTerritories for consideration andreport. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atits1188thmeeting, on )+August1981. I 3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccoUlltthe provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12 ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue toseek suitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independence and,inparticular: •••toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination of the.remaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereontotheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TheCommittee alsotookintoaccount General Assembly decision 35/409of11November 1980~bywhichtheAssembly requested theSpecial Committee, "incontinued coo-operation withtheadministering PO'o1er,toexaminethisquestion atitsnextsession';. Further, theCommittee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofresolution 35/118of11December 1980 containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. 4.Duringitsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeita working paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing information ondevelopments concerning theTerritory (A/AC.109/649). 5.Therepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, astheadministering Powerconcerned, participated intheworkofthe Special Committee duringitsconsideration oftheitem. 6.Atthe1188thmeeting, on4August, theRapporteur oftheSub-Committee on SmallTerritories, inastatement totheSpecial Committee (A/AC.109/PV.1188), introduced thereportoftheSub-Committee (A/AC.109/L.1394) containing anaccount ofitsconsideration oftheTerritory. 7.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee adopted without objection the reportoftheSub-Committee andapproved thedraftconsensus contained therein
analysis: The text discusses the consideration of the Special Committee on St. Helena, a small territory, and its population. The Committee takes into account various General Assembly resolutions and decisions related to the implementation of independence and the elimination of colonialism. The report of the Sub-Committee on Small Territories is adopted, and the Committee emphasizes the importance of safeguarding the interests of the people of St. Helena. There is no specific mention of economic development, natural resources, or industry, but the focus on the population and their well-being suggests that the category should be related to human development.