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Following the publication of the UK Government's 2012 White Paper, UKOTCF analysed the White Paper and produced a review, which was later followed by a workshop titled 'Environmental conservation and UK Government's June 2012 White Paper The Overseas Territories: Security, Success and Sustainability'. Britain's Treasure Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (/ ˈpɪtkɛərn / PIT-kairn; [5] Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen), officially Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, [6][7][8][9] are a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean.
The Crown Dependencies [c] are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the fourteen territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory. [1] [2] [3] The permanently inhabited territories are delegated varying degrees of internal self-governance, with ...
Politics of the United Kingdom. The UK–Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council is a joint committee that brings together ministers from the UK Government and the leaders of the governments of the British Overseas Territories. The council was established in 2012 and superseded the earlier Overseas Territories Consultative Councils. [1]
British Overseas Territories Act 2002. An Act to make provision about the name “British overseas territories” and British citizenship so far as relating to the British overseas territories. The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c.8) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which superseded parts of the British Nationality Act ...
Britain providing continued financial help to the Overseas Territories that need it. [50] As part of the White Paper, the British Government invited the British Dependent Territories (which in 2002 were renamed British Overseas Territories to mark the changing relationship) to provide proposals for constitutional reform. [50]
The Colonial Special Constabulary Medal was established on 1 April 1957 as a volunteer and part-time long service medal of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. On 10 April 2012 the medal became known as the Overseas Territories Special Constabulary Medal, and underwent a minor change in design. [2] This reflected the change in the way ...