Tag: Overseas Territories

• Monday, February 27th 2012 - 17:25 UTC

  South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands announce Marine Protected Area

  

  UK Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed the declaration of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 06:44 UTC

  Argentina condemns the UK for its ‘bullying patriotism’ in the Malvinas dispute

  

  Argentina condemned the announcement of the arrival of state of the art HMS Dauntless, a British warship, to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and urged the UK to “avoid falling in the temptation of engaging in discourse that transforms patriotism in bullying patriotism.”

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 14:45 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas bilateral issue, but Islands are covered by EU as British OT

  

  The European Union considers that the new tense situation between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands is a “bilateral issue”, however the Falklands figure under EU treaties as a British Overseas Territory, said the EU Foreign Affairs Representative spokesperson.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 14:42 UTC

  The Falklands, like a duck in basket

  

  Penguin News Deputy Editor John Fowler explains it from the point of view of the people that actually matter - the Islanders.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2011 - 20:47 UTC

  UK promises more support for the Overseas Territories biodiversity strategy

  

  Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham met representatives of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds on Wednesday, and received a pledge signed by almost 17,000 of their members, asking the UK Government to ensure that the valuable biodiversity of the Overseas Territories is preserved.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:53 UTC

  UK relation with OTs (including Falklands) is based on ‘the choices of the peoples’

  

  The United Kingdom relationship with the Overseas Territories “is based on the choices of the peoples” said Monday British representative Philip Parham before the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization in response to several statements from Latin American delegates regarding the Falkland Islands and sovereignty discussions with Argentina.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 16:46 UTC

  Foreign Office launches its Falklands’ website and “Have your Say” campaign

  

  The Falkland Islands Government House launched Wednesday their brand new website to coincide with the launch of the Foreign Office’s Overseas Territories Consultation “Have Your Say”.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:42 UTC

  UK opens consultation period on new strategy for Overseas Territories

  

  The Foreign Office has launched a consultation on a new strategy for the Overseas Territories and is inviting views from people of those Territories and the UK on how to implement the goals.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 02:43 UTC

  “Self determination and self sufficiency”, Falklands message to the world on Liberation Day

  

  “Self-determination and self-sufficiency” is the Falkland Islands message to the world on the day the Islands commemorate the 29th anniversary of its liberation, said the Falklands’ government representative in London Sukey Cameron, who added Argentina continues with its campaign to claim sovereignty and disrupt the Falklands economy.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 13:10 UTC

  Falklands/Argentina argument “begins and ends with self determination”

  

  The basic argument between the Falkland Islands and Argentina “begins and ends with self determination”, underlined Martin Longden Deputy Director of Overseas Territories in an interview with Tony Curran published in the Falklands’ weekly Penguin News.