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Author : Fred Constant
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Book Synopsis Overseas Territories in World Affairs by : Fred Constant
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Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Release : 2005
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Overseas Territories by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Overseas Territories written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overseas Territories : Written Evidence
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Release : 2008
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Overseas Territories by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Overseas Territories written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overseas Territories : Seventh report of session 2007-08, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Release : 2008
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Overseas Territories by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee
Download or read book Overseas Territories written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Foreign Affairs Committee. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the seventh report of the 2007-08 session from the Foreign Affairs Committee (HCP 147-I, ISBN 9780215521477) and focuses on the issue of Overseas Territories. Altogether 45 conclusions and recommendations are set out under the following headings, covering: constitutional relationships; governance; rule of law; human rights; environmental governance; contingent liabilities; sovereignty disputes. Specific recommendations include: that the Committee commends the Government's encouragement of Overseas Territories in reviewing their constitutions and setting out proposals for reform; that Gibraltar's presence on the UN list of non-self-governing territories is an anachronism; that territory governments should be given the opportunity to pass on their opinions of the candidates for Governor before appointments are made; that the FCO should ensure it takes Overseas Territories' interests into account in its relations with the EU; the Committee recommends that the FCO should strongly encourage all Overseas Territories to introduce freedom of information legislation; that the FCO must ensure that judicial decisions in Overseas Territories should not have any interference either from the Governor or the local government; that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender status should be made illegal in all Overseas Territories; the Committee believes the Government has been highly negligent in not carrying out a strategic assessment of Overseas Territories funding requirements for conservation and ecosystem managment; that Governors within Overseas Territories should use reserve powers to deal with irregularities, such as money laundering, in offshore financial services (for a related publication, see HCP 4, session 2007-08 NAO: Managing Risk in Overseas Territories). The Committee states that the Government has acted decisively in some Overseas Territories but in some other cases, has been too hands-off (eg. the corruption allegations on the Turks & Caicos Islands). Also that the choice of Governor for a Territory is crucial. Finally, the Committee deplores any retaliatory measures taken against indivduals who have assisted the Committee. For Volume II, Oral and Written Evidence, see (HCP 147-II, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521507).
Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Release : 2007-11-16
Genre : Business & Economics
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Book Synopsis Managing risk in the overseas territories by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book Managing risk in the overseas territories written by Great Britain: National Audit Office. This book was released on 2007-11-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The UK retains responsibility for 14 overseas territories, 11 of which are permanently populated and opt to remain under British sovereignty. These territories are not constitutionally part of the UK. They have their own constitutions, legal systems and most have a democratically elected government. Most of these territories also share common features, including relative isolation, exposure to disasters and dependence on one or two key industries. The great majority of territory citizens are entitled to full British Citizenship. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office leads overall policy and maintains the main UK presence in the territories. The NAO's last report on this subject was in 1997 (HCP 13, session 1997-98, ISBN 9780102610987). This report reviews subsequent progress. It considers whether UK government departments work effectively in conjunction with territory governments to manage and mitigate risk. Whether there are suitable and sufficient resources available by the UK Government to manage the risk to the UK from its relationship with overseas territories. The report sets out a number of recommendations, including: that other UK government departments should be required to set out their arrangements for dealing with overseas territory issues; the FCO with the support of relevant agencies, such as the Treasury, FSA, SOCA, should develop a strategy to ensure stronger investigative and prosecution capacity; that the FCO needs to make real progress in developing territory administration. The NAO further concludes that while some progress has been made in managing risk, the degree of success in individual territories and across key areas has been mixed.
