MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Monday, June 1st 2026 - 13:39 UTC
“Though diverse in geography and culture, we are united by our shared values, our commitment to self-governance, and our pride in being British,” the Legislative Assembly said
The Falklands Legislative Assembly on 1 June marked British Overseas Territories Day with an institutional ceremony at Victory Green, in Stanley, in which the archipelago's flag flew alongside that of the United Kingdom throughout the day. The annual commemoration brings together the fourteen British Overseas Territories scattered across the Caribbean, the South Atlantic, the Antarctic, and the Pacific under a shared agenda of self-government and links with the administering power.
“Though diverse in geography and culture, we are united by our shared values, our commitment to self-governance, and our pride in being British,” the Legislative Assembly said in an official statement issued by the Office of the Assembly at Sulivan House. The legislative body emphasized that the status of the Falklands as a British Overseas Territory “reflects the freely expressed wishes of our people,” in reference to the 2013 referendum in which 99.8% of inhabitants voted to retain the status under British sovereignty with a turnout of 92%, in a vote observed by an international mission led by the United States.
