The United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) is an organisation that exists to promote the interests of the
United Kingdom Overseas Territories and co-operation between them. It was established in 1993 during the first Dependent Territories Conference.
Member states
The following 12 British Overseas Territories are full members of UKOTA:
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Ascension Island
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Saint Helena
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Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helena a ...
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Non-member territories
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA),, ''Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou ke Dekélias''; tr, Ağrotur ve Dikelya İngiliz Egemen Üs Bölgeleri is a British Overseas Territory o ...
is the only British Overseas Territory with a permanent civilian population, that is not a member of UKOTA. The other non-member British Overseas Territories are those whose population is entirely transitory, being either military or scientific personnel, or have been
forcibly removed namely the
British Antarctic Territory
The British Antarctic Territory (BAT) is a sector of Antarctica claimed by the United Kingdom as one of its 14 British Overseas Territories, of which it is by far the largest by area. It comprises the region south of 60°S latitude and between ...
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British Indian Ocean Territory, and
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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References
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External links
United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) official website
UKOTA
Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 1993