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	British overseas territory
		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.
		Defence of the Overseas Territories is the responsibility of the UK.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/British_overseas_territory (3241 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.
		Defence of the overseas territories is the responsibility of the UK.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_overseas_territory (3093 words)

	RA301 - Procedures of the United Kingdom Administration in Relation to Satellite Networks
		The UK is also responsible for the formal interface between the ITU and the UK Overseas Territories.
		In the UK (including UK Dependencies) this requirement is covered by a Permanent Earth Station licence issued by RA under the Wireless Telegraphy Act legislation (Annex II contains further details).
		If the SCC is to be located in a UK Overseas Territory, similar licensing procedures are required to be in place.
	www.ofcom.org.uk /static/archive/ra/publication/ra_info/ra301.htm (1405 words)

	bymnews.com
		The UK is pressing world governments to agree to new measures to ensure the survival of a much-loved but increasingly rare shark and a rarely seen seabird.
		UK Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight is now asking nations to commit to taking steps to protect both species and to conserve or restore their habitats, reduce obstacles to their migration and control other factors that might endanger them.
		The UK is backing proposals put forward by other countries to give extra protection to several other species including the gorilla, two Mediterranean dolphin species and several African and Latin American bird and bat species, by adding them to Appendices I and 2 of the Convention on Migratory Species.
	www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/20846/82 (833 words)

	Spectrezine - Falklands/Malvinas dispute
		The decades-old, ongoing sovereignty dispute is between Argentina and the UK over the South Atlantic islands, whose 3,000 inhabitants are currently self-governed by a tiny civilian administration and protected by a British garrison as a UK overseas territory.
		Last weekend, the lower house of the Argentine Parliament passed a motion demanding that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher stand trial for her order to sink the Argentine cruiser Belgrano during the 1982 Falklands war, which, Argentina claims, was sunk after a cessation of the conflict had been declared.
		Opposition to mentioning the Falklands as a UK overseas territory in the draft of the EU constitution for fear that it would institutionalize the Falklands' British status was understandable and found easy support in the Latin American community.
	www.spectrezine.org /LatinAmerica/Tarker.htm (2802 words)

	Tristan da Cunha celebrates 500th anniversary with new environmental protection laws - The Royal Society for the ...
		UK Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight said the new ordinance was good news for all of Tristan da Cunha's important wildlife, and particularly for three globally-threatened species of albatross.
		Sarah Sanders, the RSPB's UK Overseas Territories Officer, said: 'The earlier ordinance served Tristan for over a quarter of a century but became increasingly inadequate as Tristan moved forward, accepting its responsibilities under international agreements, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP)'.
		Tristan da Cunha is now asking the UK Government that it be included within ACAP as soon as possible, and it is expected that this will take place by the time of the Second Session of ACAP's Meeting of the Parties, planned to be held in the second half of this year.
	www.rspb.org.uk /international/tristandacunha.asp (700 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - British Antarctic Territory
		The British Antarctic Territory consists of that segment of the Antarctic continent lying south of latitude 60°S and between longitudes 20° and 80°W, comprising the Antarctic Peninsula with all adjacent islands, the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea, as well as the landmass extending to the South Pole.
		Britain's claim to the land between longitudes 20° and 80°W is contested by Argentina's claim to the region between 25° and 74°W, and Chile's claim to the region between 53° and 90°W. In the 1950s, five-sixths of the Antarctic continent was claimed by seven countries.
		The office of commissioner is held by the head of Overseas Territories Department and the administrator is the head of the Polar Regions Section.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140419 (1117 words)

	Howling At A Waning Moon: New protection for endangered albatrosses (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The UK Overseas Territory is home to many seabird species, including the Tristan and Atlantic yellow-nosed albatrosses which breed only on the main island of Tristan and on Gough Island, and nowhere else in the world.
		UK Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight said the new ordinance was good news for all of Tristan da Cunha's important wildlife, especially the islands' globally-threatened albatrosses.
		UK Biodiversity Minister Jim Knight added: 'The UK is determined to do everything we can to protect albatrosses throughout the world, both in our own territories and elsewhere.
	www.howlingthemoon.org /archives/2006/02/new_protection.html (608 words)

	UK CHM Categories
		Equally, the territories are often host to significant populations of breeding birds or marine turtles, and have rich terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
		In September 2001 a set of Environmental Charters were signed between the UK Government and senior representatives of the Overseas Territories.
		A report published in 1999, providing a profile of the Biodiversity of the UK Overseas Territories as a contribution to the development of plans for their conservation and sustainable use.
	www.chm.org.uk /cats.asp?t=376 (295 words)

	Commonwealth Secretariat - British Indian Ocean Territory
		The British Government entered into an agreement with the United States in 1966 whereby the Territory was to remain available for the defence needs of the two countries for an initial period of 50 years.
		In February 2002, the Chagos Refugees Group, a Mauritius-based group of Chagos islanders, applied to the UK courts for further compensation and assisted resettlement on all of the islands including Diego Garcia.
		In June 2004, the UK Government passed an order in council banning the islanders from the Chagos Islands and the islanders then applied for a judicial review of the order in council.
	www.thecommonwealth.org /Templates/YearbookInternal.asp?NodeID=140420&PrintFriendly=True (727 words)

	British Embassy, Vienna Austria's top UK FAQs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The UK Government is responsible for their international relations and external defence.
		Some UK public holidays are known as ‘bank holidays’, so called because these are days on which banks are legally closed.
		Overseas Territories have considerable self-government, with their own legislatures.
	www.britishembassy.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1097073437375 (1361 words)

	UK visas UKRP Phase 2 - Q&A (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Entry clearance is permission to stay in the UK in the form of a common format sticker in a passport.
		The UK already issues common format residence permits (UKRP) to those in the UK applying for permission to stay.
		People overseas will be able to get information from their nearest British Mission on how to apply for entry clearance.
	www.ukvisas.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1119521240423 (917 words)

	Great Britain Ratifies Seabird Treaty
		The British government and three of its overseas territories - the Falklands, British Antarctic Territory, and South Georgia/South Sandwich Islands - have ratified the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels.
		UK Fisheries Minister, Elliot Morley announced the ratification at the Waterbirds Around the World Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland April 4.
		The fl-browed, wandering and grey-headed albatrosses, and white-chinned and southern giant petrels that nest on UK Overseas Territories all now have a better chance of survival since the UK has adopted the treaty, BirdLife says.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/apr2004/2004-04-13-01.asp (662 words)

	UK Overseas Territory Residents Angered By Tax But No Vote, by Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Residents of Ascension Island, a tiny volcanic outcrop in the South Atlantic Ocean, have presented the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office with a petition protesting the fact that they are being forced to pay British taxes, despite being deprived of the right to vote or own property on the Island.
		However, the UK government only formally took charge of the Island two years ago - prior to that, it was administered by the various organisations which operated there, including the BBC, Cable and Wireless, and the Royal Air Force.
		Angered by the UK's recent decision to impose income tax, property taxes, and levies on alcohol and tobacco on the Island's 850 residents, campaigners for democratic representation have submitted a petition bearing some 300 signatures to the FCO, the Times newspaper reported on Saturday.
	www.tax-news.com /asp/story/story_print.asp?storyname=8514 (494 words)

	The Extradition (Overseas Territories) Order 2002
		(5) The Governor of a listed territory may by order direct that this Act shall have effect in relation to the return of persons to, or in relation to persons returned from, any designated Commonwealth country or any British overseas territory subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as may be specified in the order.
		(2) If the country or British overseas territory seeking return immediately informs the court of committal that it intends to make such an application, the court shall make an order providing for the detention of the person to whom the authority to proceed relates, or directing that he shall not be released except on bail.
		This Order extends to all the British overseas territories except Gibraltar, with certain exceptions, adaptions and modifications, the provisions of the Extradition Act 1989 relating to extradition between the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries or the British overseas territories.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2002/20021823.htm (5899 words)

	Country Profile Jamaica - EIU Online Store (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The British and Dutch territories and the French overseas departments (French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Martinique) are also represented in the organisation, which on paper is the world’s fourth largest regional bloc but which exists primarily as a talking shop for regional politicians and diplomats.
		In 2002, the UK’s remaining overseas territories, which include six Atlantic and Caribbean territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, and Montserrat), changed their status from Dependent Territories to UK Overseas Territories.
		The US, UK, EU and Canada are assisting in a programme, agreed in May 1996, to co-operate in intelligence-gathering and interception of drug-traffickers, backed up by legislation against money-laundering and measures for witness protection, health education and programmes to curb drug use.
	store.eiu.com /index.asp?layout=show_sample&product_id=30000203&country_id=JM (14332 words)

	The UK Today - Gullible or dishonest (Site not responding. Last check: )
		We have found no evidence of detainees being rendered through the UK or overseas territory since 11 September 2001.
		We have found no evidence of detainees being rendered through the UK or overseas territory since 1997 where there were substantial grounds to believe there was a real risk of torture.
		While the Government may consider the relationship between the U.S. and U.K. to be special, across the Atlantic it is perceived as convenient.
	www.theuktoday.co.uk /2006/01/gullible_or_dishonest.html (332 words)

	Supersize mice decimate island's seabirds
		Gough Island is the most southerly of the Tristan da Cunha group (a UK Overseas Territory).
		The Gough mouse is one of 2,900 non-native species damaging native wildlife on the 17 UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a review by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has found.
		The grant will also pay for the assessment of a rat problem on Tristan Island, also a UK Overseas Territory, that unlike Gough has a human population and therefore pets and livestock as well.
	www.birdlife.org /news/news/2005/07/gough_island.html (464 words)

	Surfbirds News: Ascension Island seabirds in the Ascendancy
		The seabird population on the tropical UK Overseas Territory had been devastated by feral cats which were introduced onto the island in the early 19th Century to control introduced rats and mice.
		Graham Wynne, the RSPB's chief executive, said: "The 14 UK Overseas Territories, including Ascension, are astoundingly rich in wildlife, including many species found nowhere else on earth.
		Territories and the success of the Ascension Seabird Restoration Project is proof that well designed and funded projects can provide new hope for threatened species.
	www.surfbirds.com /sbirdsnews/archives/2004/12/ascension_islan.html (731 words)

	surfbirds.com - Brazil Oil Spill
		This species is critically endangered because it is confined to one tiny island (Inaccessible Island, Tristan de Cuhna, UK Overseas Territory) when breeding and is likely to be declining because there is strong evidence that proportionately large numbers are being caught by longline fishing vessels.
		By the end of January 2000, a total of almost 61,000 oiled birds had been handled, of which nearly 52,000 were dead and nearly 9,000 oiled but still alive (although their survival chances are low, especially if they were heavily oiled and ingested oil).
		This means that the known number of dead birds already far exceeded the estimated total of birds killed in the UK by the Torrey Canyon disaster in 1967, the previous worst incident on the Atlantic coast.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/news/brazil-oil.html (850 words)

	Seeking Support for Moribund Negotiations: Argentina Presses the Falklands/Malvinas Dispute
		Sovereignty talks between Britain and Argentina were instituted in 1964 by the UN Committee for Decolonization and were haltingly underway when forty Argentine scrap metal workmen were sent by their foreman to the South Georgia islands on March 19, 1982 to dismantle a defunct whaling station.
		In fact, the UK won the war with significant assistance from Pinochet, whom Thatcher has since lavishly thanked for services rendered – presumably, he is not a “tin pot” dictator in her estimation.
		Argentina and the UK reestablished diplomatic relations in 1990, and the UK ultimately relented regarding Argentina’s requests for establishing flights and visitation rights to the islands, but the question of sovereignty itself has not been up for discussion.
	www.coha.org /NEW_PRESS_RELEASES/New_Press_Releases_2005/05.60_Seeking_Support_for_Moribund_Negotiations_Argentina_Presses_the_Falkland_Malvinas_Dispute.htm (2910 words)

	World Facts and Figures - British Indian Ocean Territory
		Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.
		overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
		white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag
	www.worldfactsandfigures.com /countries/special/british_indian_ocean_territory.php (477 words)

	Falkland Islands Government
		The Falkland Islands is a young, dynamic UK Overseas Territory as confirmed by its 2001 Census figures.
		Nearly 94% of the population holds British or UK Overseas Territories citizenship.
		This year, 18 students will be continuing their education in the UK on A-Levels or vocational courses and 13 students have confirmed University places to study a range of courses in the UK.
	www.falklands.gov.fk /focus/2001-u-2.html (441 words)

	UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum - UK CHM
		The UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum exists to promote the coordinated conservation of the diverse and increasingly threatened plant and animal species and natural habitats of the UK Territories Overseas.
		It aims to do this by providing assistance in the form of expertise, information and liaison between non-governmental organisations and governments, both in the UK and in the Territories themselves.
		A searchable database of conservation priorities, summaries of projects designed to meet these priorities, site information, funding sources (including UK Government Departments and Non-Government Organisations) and further sources of information on the conservation of the UK Overseas Territories.
	www.chm.org.uk /detail.asp?m=890 (228 words)

	Article 113 Permissions - Questions and Answers for Operators - Air Safety Support International
		In common with most countries, the UK Overseas Territories try to ensure that commercial flights operated into and out of their airports do so in accordance with the appropriate international regulations, and provide a good level of service when carrying passengers or cargo.
		The Territories want to ensure that flights for their residents and visitors are suitable and safe.
		However, the UK policy is that operators who hold an Air Operators Certificate (or equivalent) from a state whose regulatory authorities do not reach ICAO Standards are not eligible.
	www.airsafety.aero /policy_and_information/article_113_permissions (1386 words)

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