2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atitsl193rdandl194thmeetings, on12and13August1981.8.Atth Mission an paragraph (a)Aworking paperprepared bytheSecretariat containing information on developments concerning theTerritory (A/AC.109/647 andCorr.l); (b)ThereportoftheUnitedNation.sVisiting MissiontoObserve theGeneral Elections intheTurksandCaicosIslands, 1980(A/AC.109/664).4.During-its consideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee hadbeforeitthe following documents: ( people Missio allof electi(: theGOl politic Missiol Every andon itself froma inform inthe9.Atth Czechoslov andIran, endorsed below),it reflected i 10.On14 Nations Vis andrecomme Permanent R attention 0 11.Thete' Mission to its1194th above,isrl Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartV). *3.Initsconsideration oftheitem,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11December 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration onthe IGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12ofthat resolution, theAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue toseeksuitable means fortheimmediate and:fullimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 1514(XV)in allTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independence and,inparticular: •••to formulate specific proposals fortheelimination oftheremaining manifestations of colonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TheSpecial Committee alsotookintoaccount General Assembly resolution 35/25of 11November 1980bywhichtheAssembly welcomed "theinvitation oftheGovernment of theUnitedKingdomtotheSpecial Committee todispatch a:furthervisiting missionto obserVethegeneral elections heldintheTerritory on4November 1980"andrequested theConmlittee "tocontinue theexamination ofthisquestion atitsnextsessionin thelightofthefindings ofthevisiting missions, including thepossible dispatch of afurthervisiting missiontotheTurksandCaicosIslands, atanappropriate time.and inconsultation withtheadministering Power,andtoreportthereontotheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". Further, theCommittee tookintoaccount the relevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFullImplementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting of Independence toColonial 'Countries andPeoples. 5.Therepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom ofGreatBritain andNorthern Ireland, astheadministering Powerconcerned, participated intheworkoftheSpecial Committee duringitsconsideration oftheitem.[' -152-7.Atthe1194thmeeting, on13August, therepresentative oftheIvoryCoast,in hiscapacity asChairman oftheUnitedNations Visiting Mission toObserve the General Elections intheTurksandCaicos, 1980,introduced thereportof theMission (A!AC.I09!664) referred toin'P&1"8,tU"a'Ph 4Cb)above. Atthe samemeeting, therepresentative oftheUnitedKingdom madeastatement (A/AC.l09/PV.1194).6.Atthe1193rdmeeting, on12August, theRapporteur oftheSub-Committee on SmallTerritories, inastatement totheSpecial Committee (A/AC.109/PV.1193), introduced thereportoftheSub-Committee (A!AC.I09!L.1406) containing anaccount itsconsideration oftheTerritory. 8.Atthesamemeeting, theSpecial Committee adopted thereportoftheVisiting Mission andendorsed theobservations andconclusions contained therein (see paragraph 11below). 9.Atthesamemeeting, following statements bytherepresentatives of Czechoslovakia, theUnionofSovietSocialist Republics, Denmark, Australia, Cuba andIran,theSpecial Committee adopted thereportoftheSub-Committee and endorsed theconclusions andrecommendations contained therein (seepara.12 below),itbeingunderstood thatthereservations expressed bymembers wouldbe reflected intherecordofthemeeting.of 10.On14August, thetextsoftheobservations andconclusions oftheUnited Nations Visiting Mission totheTurksandCaicosIslands, 1980,andtheconclusions andrecommendations concerning theTurksandCaicosIslands weretransmitted tothe
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing the United Nations' Special Committee's consideration of the Turks and Caicos Islands' political situation, specifically regarding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The text mentions general elections, visiting missions, and reports, suggesting that the focus is on the political development and independence of the territory.

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