Madam Chair, please permit me at the outset to sincerely thank you for the opportunity to address this committee as Member States consider the Question of the British Virgin Islands ahead of voting on the draft resolutions concerning the situations of the Non-Self-Governing Territories.

34 individuals are now registered as British Citizens after being previously naturalised as British Overseas Territories Citizens.

On the 7 September, His Excellency, the Governor John Rankin, held an event at Government House to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the Chevening Scholarship.