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