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This Order applies to each of the British overseas territories listed in Schedule 1. It maintains and augments restrictive measures in respect of Burma and the continuing serious violations of human rights in that country and...
Michael Foot has today published his independent review of British offshore financial centres. Michael Foot was asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to conduct a review of the long-term opportunities and challenges facing...
A declaration that puts an accent on the positions of the developing South and expresses a renewed commitment to cooperation in the fight against poverty and for development was signed by the leaders who met over the weekend in...
This is a discussion on Earth's Toughest Spots ... within the Globe Trekker forums, part of the Clicked category; Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the...
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain stands by its decision to issue postage stamps from the disputed territories of and around the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas as they are known in Argentina, according to a letter to...
The Arctic and Antarctica are the last vast untapped reservoirs of mineral resources on the planet. [1] If the expansion of Australia's territory is formalized, this will disrupt the operation of international legal mechanisms,...
Coastal states have now made their bids for vast new areas of continental shelf YOU never know what may come in handy. That is the principle behind the rush for the seabed that reached a climax of sorts this week with the...
Martin Pratt, Director of Research at the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham University has commented on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) deadline. “Today's (May 13)deadline has little...
Greenpeace and marine environmentalists criticise 'underwater land grabs' as submissions to UN pour in A vast tract of the south Atlantic seabed – rich in oil and minerals – was formally claimed by the United Kingdom yesterday...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain lodged a claim to a large swath of South Atlantic seabed around the Falkland Islands on Monday, setting the stage for a battle with Argentina for control of potentially rich oil and gas reserves in...
