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	United Kingdom - MSN Encarta
		The capital of the United Kingdom is the city of London, situated near the southeastern tip of England.
		The United Kingdom is bordered on the south by the English Channel, which separates it from the continent of Europe.
		Britain’s dependent territories are scattered throughout the world and are the remains of the former British Empire.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553483/United_Kingdom.html (2275 words)

	United Kingdom - MSN Encarta
		United Kingdom, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, island nation and constitutional monarchy in north-western Europe, member of the European Union and Commonwealth of Nations.
		The United Kingdom is bordered to the south by the English Channel, which separates it from continental Europe, to the east by the North Sea, and to the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the only land border is between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
		Hong Kong S.A.R., formerly a dependent territory, which contained all but 200,000 of what was then the 6 million combined population of the dependencies, was returned to China when Britain’s lease on the territory ran out in July 1997.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761553483/United_Kingdom.html (1082 words)

	United States Congress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the United States federal government.
		Non-state territories have a Delegate each the House and many present states had delegates when they were organized territories prior to statehood.
		The United States territories are not members of the federal They have no Senators but each has delegate in the House of Representatives.
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Congress (2853 words)

	11. Convention on the Rights of the Child New York, 20 November 1989 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan expresses its reservation and does not consider itself bound by articles 14, 20 and 21 of the Convention, which grant the child the right to freedom of choice of religion and concern the question of adoption, since they are at variance with the precepts of the tolerant Islamic Shariah.
		The United Arab Emirates is of the view that the acquisition of nationality is an internal matter and one that is regulated and whose terms and conditions are established by national legislation.
		The United Arab Emirates shall be bound by the tenor of this article to the extent that it does not conflict with the principles and provisions of Islamic law.
	www.ohchr.org /english/countries/ratification/11.htm (6202 words)

	United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its territory and population are primarily situated on the island of Great Britain and in Northern Ireland on the island of Ireland.
		The dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, formally possessions of the Crown, form a federacy with the United Kingdom collectively known as the British Islands.
		At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom (6113 words)

	Colonialism
		Colonialism is a system in which a state claims sovereignty over territory and people outside its own boundaries, often to facilitate economic domination over their resources, labor, and often markets.
		The term also refers to a set of beliefs used to legitimate or promote this system, especially the belief that the mores of the colonizer are superior to those of the colonized.
		Dependency theorists such as Andre Gundar Frank, however, have argued that colonialism actually leads to the transfer of wealth from the colonized to the colonizer, and inhibits successful economic development.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Colonialism.html (202 words)

	United Kingdom Child Abduction, Hague Convention, custody law
		The United Kingdom is party to an international convention under which legal procedures are agreed with a number of other countries to assist in the return of a child who has been abducted.
		The United Kingdom is responsible for 3 Crown Dependencies and 14 Overseas Dependent Territories.
		The Overseas Dependent Territories are Anguilla; Bermuda; the British Antarctic Territory; the British Virgin Islands; the Cayman Islands; Gibraltar; Monserrat; Pitcairn Island, St Helena and dependencies (Asuncion and Tristan Da Cahuna) South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	www.international-divorce.com /ca-unitedkingdom.htm (6120 words)

	British Overseas Territories
		The British Overseas Territories (formerly known as a dependent territories or earlier as a crown colonies) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
		Overseas territories have never been considered integral parts of the United Kingdom, and have never had representation in the British Parliament, on the grounds that they are separate jurisdictions.
		Crown dependencies are possessions of the British Crown, as opposed to overseas territories or colonies of the United Kingdom.
	www.britlink.org (885 words)

	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The UK was formed by a of Acts of Union which united the formerly self-governing nations of England Scotland and Wales together with the province of Northern Ireland a region on the island of Ireland (the rest of Ireland left the Kingdom in 1922).
		Also under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom though not of the United Kingdom itself are the Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and a number of Overseas Territories.
		In form the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with legislative power invested in an government and executive power invested in a Cabinet led by the Prime Minister whose power though carried out in monarch's name is answerable to Parliament and through it the electorate.
	www.freeglossary.com /United_Kingdom (2404 words)

	United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As new territories were being incorporated, the nation was divided over the issue of states' rights, the role of the federal government, and—by the 1820s—the expansion of slavery, which had been legal in all thirteen colonies but was rarer in the north, where it was abolished by 1804.
		The United States Constitution is the supreme legal document in the American system, and serves as a social contract between the people of the United States and their government.
		The economic history of the United States is a story of economic growth that began with marginally successful colonial economies and progressed to the largest industrial economy in the world in the 20th and early 21st century.
	www.tocatch.info /en/United_States.htm (4480 words)

	United Kingdom (05/06)
		The United Kingdom's high literacy rate (99%) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 and secondary level in 1900.
		The United Kingdom is a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and is one of NATO's major European maritime, air, and land powers; it ranks third among NATO countries in total defense expenditure.
		The United Kingdom is one of the United States' closest allies, and British foreign policy emphasizes close coordination with the United States.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3846.htm (4116 words)

	No. 01-651: Chase Manhattan Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructuer Ltd. - Amicus (Merits)
		The United States has a significant interest in the correct interpretation of the alienage diversity statute because that grant of jurisdiction facilitates international commerce and because misapplication of that statute could have significant foreign policy ramifications.
		The United States is keenly interested in ensuring that the alienage diversity statute is interpreted in a manner consistent with congressional intent.
		The court of appeals overlooked that the question whether corporations chartered in United Kingdom Overseas Territories are "citizens or subjects" of the United Kingdom for purposes of Article III and the alienage diversity statute is a question of federal law, rather than United Kingdom law.
	www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/2001/3mer/1ami/2001-0651.mer.ami.html (6263 words)

	SICE - OMC - GATT \| Acta Final de la Ronda Uruguay
		Any such territory may, by agreement with the other contracting parties which are principal suppliers of such products at the most-favoured-nation rate, substitute for such preferential rates a single preferential rate which shall not on the whole be less favourable to suppliers at the most﷓favoured﷓nation rate than the preferences in force prior to such substitution.
		The preferential arrangements referred to in paragraph 5 (b) of Article XIV are those existing in the United Kingdom on 10 April 1947, under contractual agreements with the Governments of Canada, Australia and New Zealand, in respect of chilled and frozen beef and veal, frozen mutton and lamb, chilled and frozen pork and bacon.
		The application of paragraph 1 to internal taxes imposed by local governments and authorities with the territory of a contracting party is subject to the provisions of the final paragraph of Article XXIV.
	www.sice.oas.org /trade/ur_round/58c2.asp (4063 words)

	British overseas territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The territories of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, though also under the sovereignty of the British Crown, have a slightly different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, and are consequently classed as Crown dependencies rather than Overseas Territories.
		In territories with a permanent population, a Governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British Government, usually a retired senior military officer, or a senior civil servant.
		From 1949, British subjects in the United Kingdom and the remaining crown colonies became citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_overseas_territories (3311 words)

	Crown colony
		A crown colony is a territory that is subject to the sovereign of the United Kingdom but is not a physical part of the United Kingdom.
		He posseses the power to dissolve the parliament and must give all laws his personal Royal Assent, but in practice these are only exercised in a symbolic capacity.
		The Governor is usually a resident of the continental United Kingdom, and as such, is usually white.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/cr/Crown_colony.html (402 words)

	United Kingdom travel guide - Wikitravel
		The capital city of the United Kingdom (and the largest city) is London.
		The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with a queen (or king) as the head of state, and a prime minister as the democratically elected head of government.
		Most basic mapping in the United Kingdom is undertaken by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (in England, Scotland and Wales) and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
	wikitravel.org /en/United_Kingdom (13303 words)

	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT 1947)
		The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall not be subject, directly or indirectly, to internal taxes or other internal charges of any kind in excess of those applied, directly or indirectly, to like domestic products.
		The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use.
		For the purposes of this Agreement a customs territory shall be understood to mean any territory with respect to which separate tariffs or other regulations of commerce are maintained for a substantial part of the trade of such territory with other territories.
	www.jurisint.org /pub/06/en/doc/05.htm (9780 words)

	United Kingdom - Reports to Treaty Bodies
		The United Kingdom's fourth and fifth periodic reports on its Dependent Territories (CCPR/C/95/Add.10, July 1997, and CCPR/C/UKCD/99/5, December 1999) were considered by the Committee at its March 2000 session.
		The United Kingdom's fifteenth periodic reports (CERD/C/338/Add.12/PartI, April 2000) and (CERD/C/338/Add.12/PartII, May 2000) were considered by the Committee at its August 2000 session.
		Part II concerns the Overseas Territories and refers to, inter alia: self-determination and citizenship relating to the territories as a whole; Anguilla; Bermuda; the British Virgin Islands; the Cayman Islands; the Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Pitcairn; St. Helena; and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2000/vol6/uktb.htm (1418 words)

	Lancaster House Conference 1979 - Annex A, B
		A great many former dependent territories of the United Kingdom have successfully made the transition to independent statehood on the basis of constitutions agreed here.
		In other countries approaching independence, the United Kingdom's role has invariably been to establish just conditions for independence, and not to encourage the aspirations of this or that party.
		Depending on the progress made, it might then be appropriate to consider aspects of the constitution in more detail, perhaps on the basis of further proposals tabled by the British Government.
	www.rhodesia.nl /lanc1.html (7500 words)

	Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
		United Kingdom Dependent Territory, formerly Crown Colony of Gibraltar
		The Gibraltar blue ensign, used by the Government of Gibraltar vessels, used to be the official flag of the colony —Gibraltar is the only remaining Crown Colony, all the others are Overseas Territories— until the Gibraltar government decided to use the city flag instead.
		The arms of a key suspended from a chain from a three-towered castle were granted to Gibraltar in December 1501 by Queen Isabella — Gibraltar was Spanish territory until 1714.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gi.html (1222 words)

	united kingdom map and information page
		The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe's largest island and arguably its most influential country.
		The United Kingdom pages are currently being revised, but you can find additional information about the country here.
		Climate In general terms, weather in the United Kingdom is moderated by the prevailing southwest winds off the North Atlantic.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/europe/uk.htm (402 words)

	WTO \| legal texts - Marrakesh Agreement
		Any such territory may, by agreement with the other contracting parties which are principal suppliers of such products at the most-favoured-nation rate, substitute for such preferential rates a single preferential rate which shall not on the whole be less favourable to suppliers at the most-favoured-nation rate than the preferences in force prior to such substitution.
		It is the intention, without prejudice to any action taken under subparagraph (h)(7) of Article XX, that these arrangements shall be eliminated or replaced by tariff preferences, and that negotiations to this end shall take place as soon as practicable among the countries substantially concerned or involved.
		The wording of subparagraphs (a) and (b) permits a contracting party to determine the value for customs purposes uniformly either (1) on the basis of a particular exporter’s prices of the imported merchandise, or (2) on the basis of the general price level of like merchandise.
	www.wto.org /english/docs_e/legal_e/gatt47_03_e.htm (4344 words)

	United Kingdom
		Having welcomed the decision of some of the Dependent Territories and Crown Dependencies to consider adoption of legislation on racial discrimination, the Committee noted with concern that the authorities in other such Territories and Dependencies had decided that no legislation was required on the ground that racial discrimination does not exist in those territories.
		The dependency of women migrant workers on their employer for legal residency has meant that, in the U.K., because of a prohibition on a woman migrant worker changing employers, she loses her legal residence the moment she leaves the employer even if because of violent treatment.
		The SR notes that these kinds of provisions have been described as a form of "State-sanctioned, indenture-like exploitation" in which the worker is compelled to stay in the sponsored position until either she leaves the country or legal permanent resident status is granted.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1997/vol6/uk.htm (5046 words)

	Green Cards \| Diversity (Green Card Lottery Program) \| Immigration Solutions Inc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In addition, the applicant must obtain an offer of employment from a United States employer that would be for a period of one year upon admission to the United States.
		Each year, the INS adds the family and employment immigrant admission figures for the previous five years, to identify the countries that must be excluded from the annual Diversity Lottery.
		For 2001, the "high admission" countries are: China (mainland and Taiwan), India, the Philippines, Vietnam, South Korea, Poland, United Kingdom and dependent territories, Canada, Mexico, Haiti, Jamaica, El Salvador, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic.
	www.4immigrationservices.com /greencard/lottery.htm (506 words)

	The text of THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFF AND TRADE - GATT
		The original contracting parties, and also those former territories of Belgium, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom which, after attaining independence, acceded to the General Agreement under Article XXVI:5(c), apply the GATT under the Protocol of Provisional Application, the text of which is reproduced in this volume.
		4. The products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use.
		They also recognize that the purpose of a customs union or of a free-trade area should be to facilitate trade between the constituent territories and not to raise barriers to the trade of other contracting parties with such territories.
	www.sunsonline.org /trade/docof/01gatt47.htm (9875 words)

	NATO Topics - NATO's nuclear forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Two of the Alliance's nuclear-weapon states, France and the United Kingdom, have ratified the Treaty.
		The United States, the United Kingdom, and France all ceased producing fissile material for nuclear weapons (highly-enriched uranium or plutonium) several years ago.
		The United States is a State included in Annex II of the CTBT.
	www.nato.int /issues/nuclear/position.htm (1636 words)

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