Tristan

B. Tristan da Cunha

A. Tristan da Cunha

A. Tristan da Cunha8

You're furious at Tristan.

39 Information derived from Tristan da Cunha (1998), by Brian Baldwin, Administrator of Tristan da Cunha.

The dependency of Tristan da Cunha39 is composed of four islands the main island, Tristan da Cunha Gough Inaccessible and Nightingale.

Executive authority for Tristan da Cunha is exercised by the Governor of St. Helena.

37. General information on geographic features and climate of Tristan da Cunha is contained in paragraphs 1 2 of this working paper. Excluding expatriates, there were 286 islanders resident on Tristan as at December 1996.

However, with regard to access to the island, there is no air service to Tristan da Cunha.

Ms. Virginia Vargas, Founding Director and Executive Board Member of the Centre for Peruvian Women Flora Tristan

Ms. Virginia Vargas, Founding Director and Executive Board Member of the Centre for Peruvian Women Flora Tristan

Now, you're walking out of the opera, leaving to the lush passionate music of Tristan and Isolde.

The proposed constitution also offers an opportunity to redefine the relationship between St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.37

In October 2004, Governor David Hollamby was replaced as Governor of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha by Michael Clancy.

As with the existing Constitution of St. Helena, the proposed constitution would only apply in part to Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

The Assembly will now hear an address by Mrs. Virginia Vargas, Founding Director and Executive Board Member of the Flora Tristan Centre for Peruvian Women.

The Governor stressed that the changed schedule would not affect either the relationship of the United Kingdom or St. Helena with Tristan da Cunha and that it would still be possible for people to visit Tristan da Cunha by travelling from Cape Town via alternative shipping means.40 Owing to rough seas, the harbour is accessible only 60 to 70 days a year.

39. Information on economic conditions in Tristan da Cunha is contained in a previous working paper prepared by the Secretariat (A AC.109 2043, paras 34 36).

40. Information on social conditions in Tristan da Cunha is contained in a previous working paper prepared by the Secretariat (A AC.109 2043, paras 37 39).

In January 2004, the Governor of St. Helena announced that, after careful consideration, the government had decided to stop visits to Tristan da Cunha by the RMS St. Helena.

38. Information on constitutional and political developments in Tristan da Cunha is contained in a previous working paper prepared by the Secretariat (A AC.109 2043, paras 32 33).

Following the passage of the British Overseas Territory Bill in 2002, the people of Tristan da Cunha have full British citizenship and the right of abode in the United Kingdom.

In July 2004, the islands of Tristan da Cunha experienced six weeks of tremors, causing some of the islands' residents to recall the seismic activity of 1961, which caused a mass evacuation.

Ascension lies 1,200 kilometres to the north west of St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha and the other small islands forming that dependency are approximately 2,400 kilometres to the south of it.

The Territory comprises a total land area of 412 square kilometres Ascension lies 1,200 kilometres to the north west of St. Helena, and Tristan da Cunha and the other small islands are approximately 2,400 kilometres to the south.

Tristan da Cunha has its own legislation, but St. Helena law applies to the extent that it is not inconsistent with local law, insofar as it is suitable for local circumstances and subject to such modifications as local circumstances make necessary.

As well as containing provisions that apply only to St. Helena and some which apply only partly to Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, the proposed constitution also contains provisions designed especially for the dependencies, such as provisions relating to the island councils.

8 Information regarding Tristan da Cunha has been derived from a report transmitted to the Secretary General by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations, on 24 October 1997.

The Territory of St. Helena,1 which is administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, consists of the island of St. Helena and two dependencies the island of Ascension and a group of small islands forming the dependency of Tristan da Cunha.

1. The Territory of St. Helena,1 which is administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, consists of the main island of St. Helena and two dependencies the island of Ascension and a group of islands forming the dependency of Tristan da Cunha.

Mrs. Vargas (Flora Tristan Centre for Peruvian Women) (spoke in Spanish) Before beginning, I wish to protest about the way in which the outcome document was adopted, the way in which the list of speakers was changed and the anti democratic way in which civil society has been left out of this summit.

40. NGOs are clearly very active in providing legal and clinical services for women suffering from abuse by their partners. A large proportion of advocacy NGOs are working in this area. Flora Tristan, an NGO with almost 20 years of experience in the field in Peru, is working to address this neglected and universal issue by training police officers and by providing legal support to victims.