United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association
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United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association | |
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| Headquarters | |
| Official language | English |
| Leaders | |
• Chair | Tasha Ebanks Garcia |
• Secretary | Tracy Knight |
• Treasurer | Chris Carnegy |
| Establishment | |
• Dependent Territories Conference | 2003 |
Website UKOTA | |
The United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) is an organisation that exists to promote the interests of the United Kingdom Overseas Territories and co-operation between them. It was established in 1993 during the first Dependent Territories Conference.[1]
Member states
[edit]The following 12 British Overseas Territories are full members of UKOTA:[2]
Anguilla
Ascension Island
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Tristan da Cunha
Turks and Caicos Islands
Non-member territories
[edit]Akrotiri and Dhekelia is the only British Overseas Territory with a permanent civilian population, that is not a member of UKOTA. The other non-member British Overseas Territories are those whose population is entirely transitory, being either military or scientific personnel, or have been forcibly removed namely the British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
See also
[edit]- UK–Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council
- Membership of British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in international organisations
References
[edit]- ^ "About Us The Association". Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Member Territories". UKOTA. Retrieved 2 May 2018.