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VI-UK relationship ‘remains on an unsustainable course’- E. Benito Wheatley
DILI, Timor-Leste: “We remain open to a positive relationship with the UK, but as it stands now, the relationship remains on an unsustainable course.”
VI calls on UK & other Colonial Powers to support self-determination of OTs
DILI, Timor-Leste: Virgin Islands (VI) Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley has called on the nations classified as Administering Powers to set aside their national interests in support of the self-determination of the 17 remaining Territories over which they have control who fall under the remit of the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) mandated to assist the Territories in achieving a full measure of self-government and eradicating the last vestiges of colonialism.
VI leads establishment of new Caribbean network on sustainable development
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands (VI) and representatives of 16 Caribbean governments have established the Caribbean Subregional Sustainable Development Network (CSSDN) aimed at strengthening regional cooperation on sustainable development.
VI & ACS discuss necessity of closer cooperation
SANTIAGO, Chile, SA- Virgin Islands Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley and Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) H.E. Ambassador Noemí Espinoza Madrid have discussed the necessity of closer cooperation between the countries and territories of the Caribbean Basin to ensure the continued growth and development of Latin American and the Caribbean as dramatic shifts in international trade policy send shockwaves throughout the region.
VI & DR discuss economic cooperation & international trade
SANTIAGO, Chile, SA- Virgin Islands Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley and Dominican Republic Vice Minister for Economic Affairs and International Cooperation Honourable Hugo Francisco Rivera Fernández held a bilateral meeting in which they discussed the importance of a regional economic hub in the Caribbean to facilitate international trade, particularly as the world economy faces strong economic headwinds that threaten global supply chains.
VI Special Envoy & Head of UN ECLAC discuss sustainable development
SANTIAGO, CHILE. Ahead of the upcoming 8th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Virgin Islands (VI) Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley and Executive Secretary H.E. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Head of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), have held a high-level bilateral meeting on sustainable development.
Emancipation today is about protecting our rights as a people: A BVI perspective
E. Benito Wheatley
Every year the British Virgin Islands as a post-slavery society commemorates Emancipation in celebration of our freedom as a people. This year marks 190 years.
King Charles III hails VI/UK's ‘ever-growing cooperation’ on 'important global issues'
LONDON, United Kingdom- King Charles III, born Charles Philip Arthur George, in his congratulatory message to the [British] Virgin Islands on Virgin Islands Day on July 1, 2024, has hailed the cooperation between the United Kingdom (UK) and the VI on environmental issues.
UK Labour Gov’t can mend fences with Caribbean territories
E. Benito Wheatley
The Labour Party's landslide victory at the polls presents a fresh opportunity for the United Kingdom to establish a genuine modern partnership with the Overseas Territories (OTs) after 14 years of Conservative Party rule in which the relationship with the Territories was severely strained by heavy-handed UK Government policies and actions that smacked of colonialism, particularly in the Caribbean where Anguilla, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Cayman, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands.
VI, UK relations at critical juncture with UK elections looming- E. Benito Wheatley
NEW YORK, New York - The British Virgin Islands' relationship with the United Kingdom is at a critical juncture with the UK General Election looming on July 4, 2024, that is shift power from the ruling party to the opposition party according to Special Envoy to the Premier Mr E. Benito Wheatley.
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