Tag: Wendy Morton

Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 22:43 UTC
Falklands' delegation participates in first JMC presential meeting since 2018

Falklands had a most busy week in London with ministerial meetings, contacts, speeches, addressing an agenda full of issues in different fields most of them of interest for the Islands and shared with colleagues from the Association of Overseas Territories.
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Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands ends a great performance, as the Manchester curtain comes down

The curtain came down in Manchester on Wednesday, putting an end to the 2021 main English political parties conferences, with the Falkland Islands delegates and stand performing an excellent campaign, ahead of the Climate Change summit to be held in Glasgow hosted by London, and the coming events of next year when the Falklands will be “Looking Forward at 40”.
Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 07:58 UTC
Busy start for Falklands' stand at Manchester Conservative conference

A delegation from the Falkland Islands is now installed in Manchester City attending the Conservative Party Conference21, which took off on Sunday 3 October and will extend until Wednesday 6 October.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 23:26 UTC
UK government coordinating plans to deploy Covid-19 vaccines to Overseas Territories

The UK Government will supply the Overseas Territories with a proportionate share of the vaccines that the UK procures, and together with the UK Vaccine Taskforce are coordinating plans to deploy vaccines to the BOTs.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:18 UTC
Argentina and UK hosted seminar on access to Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean

Argentina and the UK hosted a virtual seminar on access to vaccines in Latin America and the Caribbean addressing the portfolio of emerging vaccines against COVID-19, the challenge of equitable distribution and how best to tackle vaccine disinformation.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
British Overseas Territories and the Joint Ministerial Council

This week Penguin News gave up its editorial space to allow for the publication of a last-minute Op-ed from Wendy Morton MP, Minister responsible for the Falkland Islands in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on the Joint Ministerial Council 2020
Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 07:49 UTC
Falklands' MLA Barkman at the virtual annual JMC between UK ministers and Overseas Territories governments

The annual Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) between the United Kingdom Government and the Governments of the Overseas Territories is taking place virtually this week with the involvement of lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman in representation of the Falkland Islands.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

The Argentine government has criticized the successful eleven-year demining process in the Falkland Islands arguing it is a new “violation” of a UN resolution calling on both sides, UK and Argentina, to abstain from any unilateral action in the disputed territories.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Falklands on Saturday will celebrate the complete clearance of landmines planted by Argentine force in the 1982 conflict

The Falkland Islands have been cleared of deadly landmines laid during the 1982 conflict and will be celebrating the occasion with two major events on Saturday, November 14. The legacy of the war with the occupying Argentine forces had meant that large areas of the Islands, for 38 years, were previously off-limits.
Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:33 UTC
Falklands vaccination program will receive support from the UK government

The UK Government has written to the Falkland Islands Government to confirm that it has secured an agreement with the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce to supply British Overseas Territories with Covid-19 vaccines when it is able to procure these.