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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 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.
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 The council was established in 2012 and superseded the earlier Overseas Territories Consultative Councils.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 The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c.8) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which superseded parts of the British Nationality Act ...
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.
Bermuda is the oldest British Overseas Territory, and the oldest self-governing British Overseas Territory, and has a great degree of internal autonomy through authority and roles of governance delegated to it by the national Government (the British Government, which is ultimately responsible for the governance of all British territory). Its ...
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 ...
Royal Montserrat Defence Force. The Royal Montserrat Defence Force is the home defence unit of the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. The force has an authorized strength level objective of 50 reserve personnel as of 2021-22, akin in size to that of a platoon-sized unit. [2]