Creating a British Overseas Territories section

manifesto/foreign_policy.md

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-What policies should we adopt in our relations with other countries?
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 ## Internationalist Stance
 
 We believe that a clear view of the role that the UN, EU, NATO and other international bodies play in reducing the likelihood of war should be clearly and unambiguosly communicated to the electorate. 
 
-The UK should also use it's membership of such bodies to influence them to reinforce this role and use this peaceful approach whenever possible to avoid conflict.
+The UK should also use its membership of such bodies to influence them to reinforce this role and use this peaceful approach whenever possible to avoid conflict.
+
+## Foreign Aid
+
+We will maintain the UK's committment to the [UN Millennium Project agreement](http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/press/07.htm) of allocating 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) to Overseas Development Assistance. These funds will be kept separate from military spending; any required security, demobilisation, or peacekeeping expenses will be seperately funded, from Defence budgets.
 
 ## European Union
 
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 We will remain a part of the EU, and we will campaign for:
 
   * Major reform or removal of the Common Agricultural Policy, to operate in harmony with the natural environment and remove market distortions.
+  * Britain to remain outside of the Eurozone. 
   * Reform of fishing policy and quotas, reducing waste and allowing fish stocks to recover for the long term future of EU fisheries.
   * Reform of the Emissions Trading Scheme (see [Environment](environment.html) for more details).
   * Increased democratic control of EU institutions, with improved accountability and transparency.
-  * A reduction in bureaucracy and inefficiency.
+  * A reduction in bureaucracy and inefficiency, e.g. making Brussels the permanent home of the EU and abolish the Strasbourg Parliament.
 
 ## Arms Trading
 
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 The UK should join many other countries around the world, as well as the UN, and officially recognise Palestine as a sovereign state. This is in line with our existing national preference for a two-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict in accordance with international law.
 
-[^1]: [Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - Commons Library Standard Note](http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN06777/investorstate-dispute-settlement-isds-and-the-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip)
+## Use our financial status for ethical ends
+
+We should use our significant financial position within the global economy to help us achieve our ethical foreign policy goals. We should impose financial and trade restrictions against states who pursue aggressive or expansionist policies against their neighbours, or anti-democratic or oppressive policies against their own citizens.
+
+## British Overseas Territories
+
+### British Indian Ocean Territory
+
+The UK should repatriate fully the natives of the Chagos Archipelago that were evicted illegally by the British government between 1967 and 1973. All descendants of those originally evicted should be given the option to return. A referendum should then be held from those that choose to return to decide what to do with Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia which is currently based on the islands. 
+
+The UK should revoke the Chagos Marine Protected Area (MPA) as it was founded under the auspices of a legitimate environmental project, when it was later revealed to be a plot to keep the Chagossians off the islands. The Chagos MPA was [declared illegal](http://www.pca-cpa.org/PCA%20Press%20Release%20-%20Tribunal%20issues%20Award%20in%20Chagos%20Marine%20Protected%20Area%20Arbitration9b13.pdf?fil_id=2901) by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on 18 March 2015, as it is a breach of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
+
+### Montserrat
+
+We will commission a report into how best to help Monterrat recover in the long-term and how better infrastructure can be put in place to cope with future crises and disasters.
+
+### Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
+
+We will grant British citizenship to the 67 residents of Richmond Village, Akrotiri.[^2]
+
+## De-listing of the PKK
+
+We recognise that the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) has turned to peaceful means to secure rights for the Kurdish people[^3]. We also note the PKK's leadership in resisting the brutality of the ISIS forces in the Middle East. We therefore wish to delist the PKK as a terrorist organisation, and move that the organisation similarly be de-listed at EU and NATO levels. 
+
+* [^1]: [Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) - Commons Library Standard Note](http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/SN06777/investorstate-dispute-settlement-isds-and-the-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip)
+* [^2]: ["'We're in limbo': the families marooned at a British military base for 16 years", *The Guardian*](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/21/refugee-families-marooned-raf-base-cyprus)
+* [^3]: [Why delist the PKK?](http://delistthepkk.com/why/)