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Radaus
Fri, 12 Mar 2010
ADAMSTOWN ---- The British Pacific territory of Pitcairn Island has a new constitution.
It was officially proclaimed in a ceremony attended by the island's population of 53.
The Governor of Pitcairn Island, Britain's High Commissioner to New Zealand, George Fergusson said the new constitution will help protect human rights, and he has defended its creation on a territory this small.
“It's a reasonable question. That question comes up about almost anything to do with a community of 50 people. But without being to pompous about it, everybody, nowadays, needs an expression of rights. We are doing similar things in all the other overseas British territories.”
The constitution was put together after consultations with almost people on Pitcairn Island.
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