Tristan's key position in Joint Ministerial Council
Report and photos from Tristan Government UK Representative Chris Carnegy
of the JMC which took place from 15th - 17th November 2021
Delegates gathered with Overseas Territories Minister Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP (centre)
with Chris Carnegy third from the left.
Ahead of the UKOTA Political Council Meeting at One Whitehall Place. I represented Chief Islander James Glass at this meeting among OTs, as the leaders prepared for the JMC.
Chris seated front right at the meeting chaired by the Premier of Bermuda, David Burt
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Chris with Councillor Alan Nicholls from Ascension Island. |
Tristan Government Environmental and Conservation Policy Officer Stephanie Martin,
FCDO Desk Officer for Tristan, Mark McGuinness and Chris Carnegy.
Chris and Stephanie with Overseas Territories Minister Rt Hon Amanda Milling MP
Chief Islander James Glass, addressing the JMC by video-link from Tristan da Cunha delivers an intervention
on the environment, stressing Tristan's huge commitment to ocean protection
as well as its position on the front line of climate change.
Stephanie presenting another penguin to Lord Zac Goldsmith!
(At the COP26 conference in Glasgow Stephanie gave Zac another the minature knitted northern rockhopper penguin
made by islander Dezi Repetto.)
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| Chris in conversation with FCDO and DEFRA minister Lord Zac Goldmith |
Tristan's prominent place at the conference table in the FCDO's Locarno Suite |
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| Ascension Island Councillor Alan Nicholls, St Helena UK Representative Kedell Worboys and Chris Carnegy. | With Owen Wetherill of the National Police Coordination Centre, who trained with the Hertfordshire force alongside former Chief Islander Inspector Conrad Glass. |