On 27th January 2016, UKOTA members gathered for their Annual General Meeting. Members formally adopted the UKOTA Annual Report for 2015. Benito Wheatley, UK Representative for the British Virgin Islands, was elected as Chairman; Albert Poggio OBE GMH, UK Representative for HM Government of Gibraltar, was re-elected to the role of Hon. Secretary; and Chris […] Read more...

Montserrat became an Associate Member of UNESCO on Tuesday 3rd November 2015, following an application by the Government of Montserrat and supported by Her Majesty’s Government. Montserrat was represented at the General Conference by Mrs. Janice Panton MBE, the Government’s UK Representative who gave the acceptance speech on behalf of the Government. Click here to […] Read more...

A new series of “An Island Parish: Falklands” begins on BBC2 on Friday 13th November. This is the second series of the show to be set in the Falkland Islands and chronicles the lives of the unique community. Click here for more information… Read more...

Young Falkland Islanders, Ulia Sytchova and Vicky Collier, recently represented the Falkland Islands at the 7th Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP) in Darwin, Australia from 1st-5th November. Click here to read more… Read more...

Nathan Swain from Tristan da Cunha, winner of the Junior Category of the Commonwealth Essay Competition 2015, is continuing his adventures on his prize winning trip and has recently met with family and friends in Cape Town whilst on his journey home to Tristan da Cunha from the UK. Click here to read more about […] Read more...

Nathan Swain from Tristan da Cunha has recently been announced as the winner in the Junior category of the Commonwealth Essay Competition 2015 and is joined in the category by runner-up Martina Watler, from the Cayman Islands. The award ceremony was held at Buckingham Palace on Thursday 15th October where winners were welcomed by The […] Read more...

The Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG) re-opened its London Office in September 2015. The TCIG London Office will be the primary interface between the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and Her Majesty’s Government in the UK. Click here to read more… Read more...

UKOTA have released their current issue of the UKOTA Newsletter. Click here to read more… Read more...

Heads of most of the Overseas Territories’ Governments and their UK Representatives met in Bermuda on 22nd – 26th July for the Pre-Joint Ministerial Council Meeting, to discuss the forthcoming Joint Ministerial Council Meeting (JMC), which will be held in London in December… Click here to read the Press Statement. Read more...

British Shipping Registers from the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the UK Overseas Territories (Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and the Turks & Caicos Islands) are meeting in Bermuda this week for the 25th Annual Red Ensign Conference. Click here for further details. Read more...