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their respective fields to assist Namibia, national liberation movements and
the front-line States in southern Africa, as well as dependent Territories.
Both international financial institutions -- the World Bank and
the IMF -- reported that no new loans had been made to South Africa. The
World Bank stated that it was ready to provide financial support to countries
and territories in advance of independence when such countries and territories
expressed interest in Bank membership. The IMF indicated its readiness to
help Namibia in areas of its competence, when asked by the Secretary-General.
WHO reported that it had provided a substantial number of fellowships for
the training of Namibian health professionals and that it had been assisting
Namibian refugees living outside the Territory. The UNHCR stated that it has
been providing assitance to refugees from Namibia and South Africa and that it
was repatriating Namibian refugees and exiles within the overall framework of
the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG). The section on the
WFP provided details on that organization's support for the people of Namibia,
as well as for national liberation movements, refugees and displaced persons.
Concerning the activities of foreign and other economic interests, the
Committee has before it Secretariat working papers on five Caribbean islands
administered by the United Kingdom: Anguilla, the Turks and Caicos Islands,
the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Bermuda (documents A/AC.109/976, 984, 989,
994 and 997, respectively), as well as one working paper on the United States
Virgin Islands (document A/AC.109/990). The working papers cover such topics
as the role of foreign capital in the development and economic life of the
Territories, as well as information on tourism, real estate, banking,
fisheries, telecommunications, international business, manufacturing, mining,
and drug use and trafficking and money laundering.
The Committee also has before it three Secretariat working papers
pertaining to military activities on the United States Virgin Islands, Guam
and Bermuda (documents A/AC.109/987, 993 and 996, respectively).
The working paper on military activities in the United States Virgin
Islands states that the Territory remained a port of call for naval vessels of
the United States and its allies. Military activities reported in or around
the Territory, during the period under review, also included a 12-day naval
exercise in the Caribbean of over 15 British and United States ships in
November l988. The report states that the United States Navy maintains a
radar and sonar calibration station on St.Croix and an underwater tracking
station off its west coast. It states that under a l967 agreement, the United
States retained the right to reoccupy a naval base it transferred to the
territorial government.
The working paper on military activities on Guam states that more than
16,188 hectares, or about 30 per cent of the island's total area, was reserved
for the United States Department of Defence. The Air Force and the Navy
maintained major military installations, while the Coast Guard and the United
States Army Corps of Engineers also had facilities. The report quotes the
Institute of Policy Studies in Washington as saying there were l50 nuclear
bombs as well as anti-submarine depth charges stored in Guam. According to
the working paper, the question of transfer of land under military control to
the Government of Guam for economic development had been under continuous
review in recent years.
The working paper on military activities in Bermuda states that a Senior
Resident Naval Officer had represented the British Royal Navy in Bermuda and
had been in charge of a naval dockyard facility. Canada maintained a military
base at the western end of the island while the United States also maintained
military installations there under a l941 agreement due to expire in 2040.
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