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| | British Indian Ocean Territory |
 | | The Commissioner's Representative in the BIOT is the commanding officer of the British Royal Navy Party at Diego Garcia and who serves as the Justice of the Peace. | | | After the British Indian Ocean Territory had been created, the UK Government gave Mauritius an undertaking to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius when they were no longer required for defence purposes. | | | The territory was established on 8 November 1965 by the amalgamation of the Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches islands (formerly part of the Seychelles) and the Chagos Archipelago (formerly from Mauritius. |
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles |
| | British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) lies about 1770 km east of Mahe (the main island of the Seychelles). | | | After the British Indian Ocean Territory had been created, the UK Government gave Mauritius an undertaking to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius when they were no longer required for defence purposes. | | | By then, the Indian Ocean and its African, Arabian and Indian coasts had become a centre of rivalry between the Dutch, French and British East India companies for dominance over the spice trade and over the routes to India and the Far East. |
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| | Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles |
| | British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) lies about 1770 km east of Mahe (the main island of the Seychelles). | | | After the British Indian Ocean Territory had been created, the UK Government gave Mauritius an undertaking to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius when they were no longer required for defence purposes. | | | By then, the Indian Ocean and its African, Arabian and Indian coasts had become a centre of rivalry between the Dutch, French and British East India companies for dominance over the spice trade and over the routes to India and the Far East. |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Main article: Geography of British Indian Ocean Territory. | | | Main article: Government of British Indian Ocean Territory | | | As a territory of the United Kingdom, its head of state is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the head of government is Commissioner Tony Crombie (since January 2004, replacing David Ross MacLennan) and Administrator Tony Humphries (since February 2005, replacing Charles A. Hamilton), all of whom reside in the UK. |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Main article: Geography of British Indian Ocean Territory. | | | As a territory of the United Kingdom, its head of state is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the head of government is Commissioner Tony Crombie (since January 2004, replacing David Ross MacLennan) and Administrator Tony Humphries (since February 2005, replacing Charles A. Hamilton), all of whom reside in the UK. | | | The territory is a possession of the United Kingdom administered by a commissioner, who is resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. |
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| | Government Of British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | If you would like to use this map of British Indian Ocean Territory or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. | | | If you would like to use this flag of British Indian Ocean Territory or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. | | | If you would like to use this information for British Indian Ocean Territory or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page. |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | Government: Dependency status: Overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. | | | Background: Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. |
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| | Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It is understood that the flag, which was ratified in 1990 may have been merely that of the Commissioner and has only semi-official status. | | | The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was adopted on November 8, 1990. | | | The origin or meaning of the wavy lines is unknown, and their existence is a break from the traditional practice of flags of British colonies or former colonies. |
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| | Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was adopted on November 8, 1990. | | | The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Jack in the upper hoist-side corner. | | | British Indian Ocean Territory National Flags In The World All Countries National Flags |
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| | British Indian Ocean territory information |
| | Data code: IO Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London | | | Flag description: white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag | | | Facts about the British Indian Ocean Territory including geography, climate, people, etc. |
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| | British Indian Ocean territory information |
| | Facts about the British Indian Ocean Territory including geography, climate, people, etc. | | | party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA Geography—note: archipelago of 2,300 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility | | | Data code: IO Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Main article: Geography of British Indian Ocean Territory. | | | As a territory of the United Kingdom, its head of state is Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the head of government is Commissioner Tony Crombie (since January 2004, replacing David Ross MacLennan) and Administrator Tony Humphries (since February 2005, replacing Charles A. Hamilton), all of whom reside in the UK. | | | The territory is a possession of the United Kingdom administered by a commissioner, who is resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London. |
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| | Regina v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Another, Ex p Bancoult |
| | LAWS LJ, said that the Chagos Archipelago was divided from Mauritius and constituted as a separate colony called the British Indian Ocean Territory by virtue of the British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1965 (SI 1965 No 1920), which provided for the appointment of a Commissioner. | | | Only in the rare, exceptional case would the removal of people from their homeland make for the territory's peace, order and good government, such as where the land had become toxic or uninhabitable. | | | Short of such an extraordinary instance, the wholesale removal of people from the land where they belonged could not be said to conduce to the territory's peace, order and good government. |
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| | d16a: BIOT Immigration Ordinance, Nov. 3 2000 (Bancoult v. McNamara, D.D.C., No. 01-CV-2629) |
| | (3) In this section, “contractor personnel” has the same meaning as in the Exchange of Notes of 20 {sic: 30} December 1966 between the Government of the United Kingdom and the Government of the United States of America concerning the Availability for Defence Purposes of the British Indian Ocean Territory. | | | (a) he or one of his parents or one of his grandparents was born in the Chagos Archipelago (as defined in section 2 of the British Indian Ocean Territory Order 1965); or | | | (1) The Commissioner may make an order directing that any person whose presence within the Territory is, under the provisions of this Ordinance, unlawful shall be removed from and remain out of the Territory, either indefinitely or for a period to be specified in the order. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London | | | In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. |
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London | | | In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. |
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| | The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background |
| | Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century). | | | The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceans (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | After the British Indian Ocean Territory had been created, the UK Government gave Mauritius an undertaking to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius when they were no longer required for defence purposes. | | | The territory was established on 8 November 1965 by the amalgamation of the Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches islands (formerly part of the Seychelles) and the Chagos Archipelago (formerly from Mauritius. | | | The territory is overseen by a Commissioner and Administrator who are based in London. |
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| | British Indian Ocean Territory, Map and Flag |
| | Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London | | | city information and pictures about British Indian Ocean Territory with discussion forum, map, real estate and British Indian Ocean Territory population & photos |
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| | Alan Huckle: Information From Answers.com |
| | He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory from 2001 until 2004, when he left to become the governor of Anguilla. | | | List of Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory | | | He has been the governor of Anguilla since May 28, 2004, having been appointed in July 2003. |
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| | List of dependent territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | British Indian Ocean Territory: overseas territory administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London | | | Wake Island: unincorporated territory administered from Washington, D.C., by the Department of the Interior; activities on the island are conducted by the US Air Force, the ownership of the territory is disputed with the Marshall Islands. | | | British Antarctic Territory: land and islands claimed in Antarctica |
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| | ipedia.com: Alan Huckle Article |
| | He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory and the British Antarctic Territory from 2001 until 2004, when he left to become the governor of Anguilla. | | | Alan Edden Huckle (born June 15 1948) is a British colonial administrator. | | | Alan Edden Huckle is a British colonial administrator. |
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| | John White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | John White (administrator) (1946–), Commissioner of British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory, (1998–2001) | | | John White (surveyor), (c.1540 - c.1618), governor of the first British colony in the Americas | | | John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
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| | John White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | John White (administrator) (born 1946), Commissioner of British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory, 1998–2001 | | | John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives | | | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. |
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| | John White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | John White (administrator) (1946–), Commissioner of British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory, (1998–2001) | | | There have also been three Canadian politicians named John White, two of whom were contemporaries in the Parliament of Canada. | | | John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
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| | John White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | John White (administrator) (1946â), Commissioner of British Antarctic Territory and British Indian Ocean Territory, (1998â2001) | | | There have also been three Canadian politicians named John White, two of whom were contemporaries in the Parliament of Canada. | | | John White (Kentucky politician), (1802-1845), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives |
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| | b) the Farquhar Islands, the Aldabra Group and the Island of Desroches, being islands which immediately before the date of this Order were part of the Colony of Seychelles, shall together form a separate colony which shall be known as the British Indian Ocean Territory. | | | There shall be a Commissioner for the Territory who shall be appointed by Her Majesty by Commission under Her Majesty's Sign Manual and Signet and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure. | | | The Ordinance under which they were exiled was quashed. |
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| | History of Uganda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The high cost of occupying the territory caused the company to withdraw in 1893, and its administrative functions were taken over by a British commissioner. | | | When Arab traders moved inland from their enclaves along the Indian Ocean coast of East Africa and reached the interior of Uganda in the 1830s, they found several African kingdoms with well-developed political institutions dating back several centuries. | | | Currently, the only remaining rebel group is the Lord's Resistance Army headed by Joseph Kony, which has carried out widespread abduction of children to serve as soldiers or sex slaves. |
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| | J & SL Bonham - Africa |
| | An account of the British East Africa Protectorate, that is, roughly the territory owned by Britain between Lake Victoria and the Indian Ocean, by the author who was H M Commissioner for the East African Protectorate from 1901 to 1904. | | | To cross Africa from south to north had been the dream of many European explorers and it was Grogan, a Cambridge undergraduate, who finally succeeded. | | | During my journey in 1852-6 from the sea, across the south inter-tropical part of the continent, it was found to be a well-watered country occupied by a considerable population; and one of the most wonderful waterfalls in the world was brought to light. Livingstone. |
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