The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that,while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself,are part of its sovereign territory. The permanently inhabited territories are delegated varying degrees of internal self-governance,with the United Kingdom retaining responsibility for defence,foreign relations,and internal security,and ultimate responsibility for "good" governance. Three of the territories are chiefly or only inhabited by military or scientific personnel,the rest hosting significant civilian populations. All fourteen have the British monarch as head of state. These UK government responsibilities are assigned to various departments of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and are subject to change.
The Realm of New Zealand is the area over which the monarch of New Zealand is head of state. The realm is not a federation but is a collection of states and territories united under its monarch. New Zealand is an independent and sovereign state that has one territorial claim in Antarctica,one dependent territory (Tokelau),and two associated states. The Realm of New Zealand encompasses the three autonomous jurisdictions of New Zealand,the Cook Islands,and Niue.
The administrator of Tokelau is an official of the New Zealand Government,responsible for supervising the government of the dependent territory of Tokelau.
A Government House is any residence used by governors-general,governors and lieutenant-governors in the Commonwealth and the British Empire. Government Houses serve as the venue for governors' official business,as well as the many receptions and functions hosted by the occupant. Sometimes,the term Government House is used as a metonym for the governor or his office.
In the Commonwealth of Nations,a high commissioner is the senior diplomat,generally ranking as an ambassador,in charge of the diplomatic mission of one Commonwealth government to another. Instead of an embassy,the diplomatic mission is generally called a high commission.
Robert John Alston,is a retired British diplomat.
Victoria Marguerite Treadell,is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia,High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa,and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
Sir Harold Smedley was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries.
The British Overseas Territories maintain their own entry requirements different from the visa policy of the United Kingdom. As a general rule,British citizens do not have automatic right of abode in these territories.
Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
A diplomatic flag is a flag used by a sovereign state engaging in diplomacy which is different from the nation's normal national flag. Some nations also have personal flags that are used by their diplomatic representatives,such as the U.S. Foreign Service flags.
Laura Mary Clarke is the CEO of ClientEarth a global non-profit environmental law organisation. She is a former British diplomat,who served as the British High Commissioner to New Zealand,and the Governor of Pitcairn.
Governor Ferguson or Fergusson may refer to:
