Those lands represented 11 per cent of the national territory the equivalent of France and England together.

The British Overseas Territories Act, which came into force in 2002, grants the right to full British citizenship to all inhabitants of the Territories and formally abolishes the terms colony and dependent territory .

Under the British Nationality Act of 1981, British Overseas Territories citizens from Gibraltar are, upon application, entitled to be registered as British citizens.

The Overseas Territories Act, which came into force in 2002, provides British citizenship to the peoples of its Overseas Territories, including Bermudians.

Equally, Britain remains committed to those sovereign territories which wish to retain the British connection ... Third, within this framework Britain would like to see the Dependent Territories running their own affairs as much as possible. 6

Following the entry into force of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories Act of May 2002, which provides British citizenship to the people of the United Kingdom's Overseas Territories, St. Helenians regained their right to British citizenship.

Britain has willingly granted independence where it has been requested.

7. Discontinue the practice whereby international treaties ratified by Britain are extended to the United Kingdom Overseas Territories without their consent.

GDP per capita and gross national product (GNP) per capita were estimated at 11,623 and 11,953, respectively.

The United Kingdom had spent over 200 million in development assistance to the Territories since 1990.

Following the passage of the British Overseas Territory Bill in 2002, the people of Tristan da Cunha have full British citizenship and the right of abode in the United Kingdom.

The department would be a direct point of contact between the Dependent Territories and the British Government.

5 British Overseas Territories Bill, Explanatory Notes, House of Lords, 26 June 2000.

1. Change the orientation of the British overseas territories relationship from what rights the British are willing to give us, to what powers we would wish them to have over us.

United Kingdom Overseas Territories should not be saddled with British international obligations which they may not be able to, or wish to fulfill.

22. In 1996, average weekly earnings in the Territory were 231.88, compared to 233.32 in 1995.

(b) The Government of the United Kingdom would fulfil its responsibilities for the Territories that wish to retain the British connection those responsibilities included looking after the Territories fundamental interests, to ensure that they are democratic and politically stable and to promote good governance and prosperity

In accordance with the plan, Territories would have to seek clearance from the British Government for official borrowing above a certain threshold, which would be set following consultation with them.

Noting also the need for continued cooperation between the administering Power and the territorial Government in countering drug trafficking and money laundering, and further noting that the Territory hosted a meeting of the British Overseas Territories' Drug Prevention Conference in January 2002,

24. There are several weekly newspapers in the Territory in both the English and the Samoan languages.

Land in the occupied territories had been registered under the British Mandate for Palestine, Turkish rule or the Jordanian Government.

The inclusion of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory in the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe simply confirms the present position with regard to the status of these British Overseas Territories.

Turkish, Iranian, German, Israeli, British, French and Japanese companies, and representatives of a further 10 or so States, have today established their spheres of activity in our territory.

Many of the territories and States likely to disappear for environmental reasons are members of the Commonwealth.

4. Uphold the right of British Citizenship, for those Overseas Territories who request it.

44. The Government of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) participates in activities of the Commonwealth and is a member of the British Dependent Territories Association.

The Special Committee has followed the situation in the occupied territories on a day to day basis by means of reports appearing in the Israeli press and in the Arab language and English language newspapers published in the occupied territories.

Moreover, it should be noted that the inclusion of the British Antarctic Territory in the aforementioned annex II does not affect the rights of the Argentine Republic in the Argentine Antarctic Sector, which is an integral part of the territory of the Argentine Republic.

Furthermore, it points out that the inclusion of the British Antarctic Territory in the aforementioned annex II does not affect the rights of the Argentine Republic in the Argentine Antarctic Sector, which is an integral part of the territory of the Argentine Republic.

The British Government maintains that the British Indian Ocean Territory is British and has been since 1814.

(a) The right of self determination was paramount the United Kingdom had granted independence where it had been requested at the same time that it remained committed to those Territories which wished to retain the British connection.

70 percent of Bangladesh is at less than five feet above sea level.

He noted that St. Helena and Montserrat were the only two British Territories receiving grant aid.

After World War II, the British and French Cameroons became United Nations trust territories, the British part being divided into the United Nations trust territory of British Southern Cameroon ( Ambazonia ) and the United Nations trust territory of British Northern Cameroon.

1. The Turks and Caicos Islands1 is a 417 square kilometre multi island territory. It is the largest of the British dependent territories in the Caribbean, comprising 40 islands and cays.

3. Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory

Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory

31. Regarding the position of the administering Power, on 4 February 1998 the Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Robin Cook, in a speech before the Dependent Territories Association in London, announced that in his first months as Foreign Secretary he had set in motion a review of the United Kingdom s stewardship of the Dependent Territories.

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There are three international airports in the British Virgin Islands. Fifteen airlines fly to the Territory.

36. Anguilla is a zero tax jurisdiction promoted for offshore banking and, as a British dependent Territory, politically stable.

The 8,000 acre park, which spreads over three islands, protects the only mixed species paleotropical rainforest in the United States and includes 1,000 acres of the finest coral reef in the Territory.25

3. Give United Kingdom Overseas Territories the right to interact with, and to receive assistance from states and international organizations without the active intermediation of HMG.

4. Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory

3. Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory