5. Notes also the position of the territorial Government, including its articulation in resolution 1609 of 9 April 2001 of the 24th Legislature of the United States Virgin Islands, opposing the assumption by the administering Power of submerged land in territorial waters, having regard to relevant resolutions of the General Assembly on the ownership and control of natural resources, including marine resources, by the people of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and its calls for the return of those marine resources within its jurisdiction.
5. 又注意到领土政府根据大会关于非自治领土人民拥有和支配自然资源、包括海洋资源的有关决议提出的反对管理国宣布拥有领海内淹没在水下土地的立场，包括美属维尔京群岛第二十四届议会2001年4月9日第1609号决议对该立场的阐述，以及它提出的归还其管辖区内的这些海洋资源的要求。