United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association

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.^[1]

United Kingdom Overseas Territories Association
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Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Official language	English
Leaders
• Chair	Tasha Ebanks Garcia
• Secretary	Tracy Knight
• Treasurer	Chris Carnegy
Establishment
• Dependent Territories Conference	2003
Website UKOTA

Member states

The following 12 British Overseas Territories are full members of UKOTA:^[2]

•  Anguilla
•  Ascension Island
•  Bermuda
•  British Virgin Islands
•  Cayman Islands
•  Falkland Islands
•  Gibraltar
•  Montserrat
•  Pitcairn Islands
•  Saint Helena
•  Tristan da Cunha
•  Turks and Caicos Islands

Non-member territories

Akrotiri and Dhekelia 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, British Indian Ocean Territory, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

See also

• UK–Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council
• Membership of British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies in international organisations