Political status and decolonisation

Timeline: Saint Helena and dependencies political status

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  1. · Constitutional change

    St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order, 2009

    A new constitution gave the three islands equal constitutional status, ending the earlier dependency arrangement.

    Significance here: The defining constitutional change establishing the territory's current three-island equal-status structure.

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