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"en.20061212.41.2-237"2
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"British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus. The above – 14 in number – are reported as being British Overseas Territories, previously known as British Crown Colonies. All but one are outside the EU. They are 21st-century colonies that are located across the globe in strategic positions. They are collectively inhabited by many thousands of human beings. They have no elected governments and almost all have no law-making elected parliament. They are not represented in the UN. The Queen of England is their head of state and most are run by a governor or an administrator appointed by the British Government. They are under the sovereignty of Britain and are occupied by the British army. Yet, in this 250-page report on human rights and democracy, as in all previous reports like it, there is not a single word about them. I should like to ask the President-in-Office and Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner why this is so. I await their answers with keen interest."@en1
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