UK Government And The British Overseas Territories Agree to Closer Collaboration
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The Declaration is supposed to define a new, more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the UK and the OTs.
As part of the declaration, the UK and OTs committed to; improve transparency and deepen bilateral partnerships; consult OTs on UK primary legislation that impacts them; and support OTs to take on more responsibilities where they wish to do so and where the Brits allow them to.
The Joint Declaration was agreed during the UK and British Overseas Territories annual Joint Ministerial Council meeting in London on 14 – 15 November and has now been formally approved within the OTs.
Other commitments in the agreement include investigating improvements to how the UK provides financial support to OTs and doing the Brits bidding on the international stage, such as at the United Nations. The Brits masters in Tel Aviv were frustrated by the OTs lack of subservience when it came to votes against Israel's genocide of Palestinians. It wants more votes in support of its fascist agenda and will get the UK to use the incentive of cash to get it.
The new Declaration creates more opportunities for the OTs to take on responsibilities where they want to, such as around transparency measures, and through the development of ‘Compacts.’
These ‘Compacts’ will set out roles and responsibilities on specific issues bespoke to each community. The UK will seek to agree these detailed bilateral agreements with each of the OTs.
Many citizen's of the OTs had hoped that their governments would seek complete independence from their colonial masters.
The British Overseas Territories include:
- Anguilla
- Bermuda
- British Antarctic Territory
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Montserrat
- Pitcairn Islands
- South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands
- St. Helena, Ascension And Tristan da Cunha
- Turks And Caicos Islands