Extractions: Papua New Guinea is the geographical exception. As one half of the second largest island in the world and of the PACP countries, it shares a land border with Indonesia and is just across the Torres Strait from Australia. At the same time, it suffers from internal remoteness due to its extreme topography. A further distinction is the considerably varied pattern of colonial and selfgovernment that preceded independence. The great majority of the African and Caribbean ACP countries were formerly French or British colonies that gained independence in the 1950s or 1960s. The PACP countries (with the exception of Samoa, which gained independence in 1962) attained full independence in the 1970s and 1980s. Nor were the former colonial powers exclusively or primarily European nations.
UNSW || CSPS || Teaching The Pacific Forum Tonga, 7. 3. .Presidents of Association .subregional meeting In-country,self initiated by national history teacher associations. http://southpacific.arts.unsw.edu.au/resourceteaching_a.htm
TKI - TRCC ::: Course Calendar This conference is for all history teachers who want to Kua uina fiafia atue Matakau Vagahau niue ki a mutolu ne manako ke lagomatai mo e fakalofa ke http://www.tki.org.nz/r/trcc/comingcourses_e.php
Extractions: JULY Participatory, Powerful, Pasifika Early Childhood Education Oakridge House, Mt Albert, Auckland 16 to 20 July 2003 Costs: Earlybird (paid by 6/8/03) $420 (live-in) $225 (live-out) Full Fees (paid after 6/8/03) $520 (live-in) $325 (live-out) This course is for Pasifika early childhood educators - parents, managers, teachers. We encourage the involvement of Cook Island, Fijian, Niuean, Samoan, Tokelauan, Tongan and Tuvaluan educators. At this inaugural, exciting course you will have opportunities to:
Study Abroad: SDSU Program Options In Fiji Pacific history/politics, management and (regional) public administration,and geography Unique experience to study at a truly regional university. http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/isc/sites_fiji.htm
Extractions: One Program Option Institution Duration Majors Sponsor Language University of the South Pacific Semester only Marine Studies, Environmental Studies, Pacific language and literature, Pacific history/politics, management and (regional) public administration, and geography ISEP English Program Profiles This exchange program is sponsored by ISEP.
Environmental Treaties South Pacific regional Environment Program (SPREP) Agreement. The South Pacificregional Treaty with niue on Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rm/2002/9991.htm
Extractions: May 7, 2002 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to be here today to discuss six important international agreements that have been submitted to the Senate for Advice and Consent the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention), or the "SPAW Protocol;" the South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) Agreement; the Niue Boundary Treaty; an amendment to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission; and two amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, the "Montreal Amendment" and the "Beijing Amendment." Because these agreements serve important U.S. foreign policy interests, we favor their early ratification. While these agreements address different situations in different parts of the world, they share several common elements. First, any obligations set forth in these agreements can be undertaken through existing statutory authority. No changes in law are required. Second, consensus-based decision-making is the modus operandi for the governing bodies of these agreements, even for those agreements that formally provide for voting. This means that in matters affecting the lives of American citizenswhether it concerns protecting the ozone layer or conserving marine resourcesthe United States can adequately protect American interests. Third, no new costs will be created. And fourth, we understand that U.S. ratification of these agreements is not controversial and is generally supported by the public and private stakeholders.
Links PARADISEC Pacific And regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered The archives document the unique history of the ANU within the national context http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu/links.html
Meet Other World History Buffs In Your Area! - Meetup.com to world history, with no set periodization or regional focus and select books Enter your location above to see nearby World history Meetup Groups. http://worldhistory.meetup.com/
Extractions: Start All World History Meetup Groups What's this? Add to your site google_hints = "World History"; Meet other local people who are interested in World History. Discuss all topics related to world history, with no set periodization or regional focus and select books for discussion. Know when World History Meetups start near you! See other World History Buffs in your area! Country USA Canada Great Britain Australia Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo (Dem. Rep.)
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Prehistoric times and the proliferation of culture The influence of physical geography Origins of Oceanic peoples Development of distinctive cultures The period of European exploration The 16th and 17th centuries The 18th century Early European settlement Itinerants Missionary activity Growth of trading communities Establishment of plantation societies Colonial rule Involvement of foreign governments Patterns of colonial administration Colonial rule after World War I World War II and the postwar era Impact of the war Beginnings of self-government The independence movement Additional Reading ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Prehistoric times and the proliferation of culture The influence of physical geography Origins of Oceanic peoples Development of distinctive cultures The period of European exploration The 16th and 17th centuries The 18th century Early European settlement Itinerants Missionary activity Growth of trading communities Establishment of plantation societies Colonial rule Involvement of foreign governments Patterns of colonial administration Colonial rule after World War I World War II and the postwar era Impact of the war Beginnings of self-government The independence movement Additional Reading ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95
The Head Heeb: Not Quite Nations Among others, the Cook Islands and niue are full members, The result has beentwofold regional associations have become more willing to accept http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/025812.html
Extractions: « Forgotten refugees Main One last chance » The 35th Pacific Islands Forum meeting opens today in Apia, Samoa, but the Smaller Island States group has already convened a half-day summit focusing on the issues of Nauru, climate change and sustainable development. The SIS group, which formed 13 years ago to advocate for the economic and environmental issues unique to the smallest Pacific nations, consists of Nauru, Tuvalu, Niue, the Cook Islands, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. None of its members has more than 100,000 people, and the smallest - the New Zealand-affiliated island of Niue - has fewer than 2100. The Smaller Island States group is affiliated with both the Pacific Islands Forum and with the UN-sponsored Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a worldwide association of 43 "small island and low-lying coastal countries." AOSIS is somewhat misnamed; not all its members are islands, many aren't particularly small and some aren't even states. Among others, the Cook Islands and Niue are full members, and the Netherlands Antilles, Guam, American Samoa and the United States Virgin Islands have observer status. This highlights an issue common to many regional associations but particularly acute in the Pacific and the Caribbean: to what extent should self-governing but non-independent entities participate in regional planning and development? The Pacific and the Caribbean are the two areas of the world where colonialism is still a major force. The United States, France, Britain and New Zealand all have Pacific possessions with varying levels of self-government, and the Caribbean contains British, French, Dutch and American territories. Most of these have no immediate prospect of independence, nor do most of them
Local And Regional Book Publishing - Paper For 1997 Waigani Seminar First, I give a brief history of book publishing in the Pacific Islands. I look at local, national regional and international factors and overlap among http://www.pngbuai.com/600technology/information/waigani/book-publishing/WS97-se
Extractions: Publications Fellow, Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, presented at 1997 Waigani Seminar I analyse book publishing in five phases, which have overlapped. None of these phases has ended or is likely to end. These phases are publishing by religious organizations, colonial governments, independent governments, transnational agencies (regional and international governmental and non-governmental organizations), and individuals and firms. Religious organizations Member of the London Missionary Society began publishing in the Society Islands in 1817; the first publication was a spelling book. Soon afterward, publishing by the LMS and other religious orders occurred in other islands: 1822 in Hawaii; 1831 in Tonga; 1834 in the Cook Islands; 1837 in the Gambier Islands; 1839 in Fiji; 1844 in Wallis; 1848 in Vanuatu; 1852 in the Loyalty Islands; 1854 in New Caledonia; 1856 in the Caroline Islands; 1860 in the Marshall Islands and 1863 in the Gilbert Islands (Lingenfelter 1967). Many church histories contain references to their publishing activities. Because churches were involved not only in religious proselytizing but also, as importantly, in teaching literacy and numeracy, then later subject matter, they produced grammars, readers and textbooks. (Note above that the first publication was a spelling book). Contrary to what might be expected for early efforts among small, semi-literate populations, the print runs of these early books were quite large: e.g., from 1817 to 1822 Ellis printed 20,000 books (Lingenfelter 1967:24).
Pacific Regional Branch International Council On Archives (PARBICA) PACIFIC regional BRANCH INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON ARCHIVES Cyclone Heta struckNiue on 6 January 2004 causing extensive devastation across the Island. http://www.archivenet.gov.au/archives/parbica/parbica_main.htm
Extractions: International Council on Archives Organisation Formed in 1981, the Pacific Regional Branch International Council on Archives (PARBICA) is a volunteer organisation representing government agencies, non-government organisations and individual members from over 20 nations, states and territories in the North and South Pacific. It is one of the thirteen branches of the International Council on Archives (ICA), and it covers the most diverse and largest geographic area. American Samoa Australia Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Cook Islands Fiji Islands Guam Republic of Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia French Polynesia New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Island Palau Papua New Guinea Pohnpei Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Yap PARBICA's constitution was adopted in October 1981 at its inaugural conference in Suva, Fiji.In addition to supporting the general purposes of the International Council of Archives, the objects of PARBICA are: to establish, maintain and strengthen relations between archivists in the region and between institutions and professional organisations concerned with the custody and administration of archives:
Huvalu Conservation Tours, Niue One successful ecotour that niue offers is the Huvalu Forest throughout theirhistory of existence and traditional conservation management techniques. http://www.sidsnet.org/eco-tourism/niue.html
Extractions: HUVALU FOREST CONSERVATION TOURS HUVALU FOREST CONSERVATION TOURS, NIUE, TOUR OPERATOR List of Stories The Niue Government sees tourism as the island's industry for economic viability. All tours on Niue have been constructed with Eco-guidelines. Niue considers sustainable tourism essential for the preservation of resources for future generations. The Tourist Office of Niue is currently putting together an "Accreditation Scheme" that involves criteria for responsible environmental practices in tourism businesses. One successful eco-tour that Niue offers is the Huvalu Forest Conservation Tour. Huvalu has thousands of hectares of national forest, traditionally managed by the native villagers. The Conservation extends from the forest to the coastline. It is the home of a rainforest growing on rock, villages, a rugged coastline, numerous species of flora and fauna, and important cultural heritage. The Conservation tour offers tourists guides from the villages. Guides take the tourist to natural and cultural features in the forest and on the coast. A local village hosts an information center for tourists. At the center, visitors are able to learn how the village people lived throughout their history of existence and traditional conservation management techniques.
Cultural Heritage Center For Asia And The Pacific the Centres collection of documents, artefacts, photos and oral historyrecordings. CHCAP would like to support the people of niue in their impressive http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts/chcap/research_consultancy/pacific_research.php
Extractions: and UNESCO Division of Cultural Heritage Project. Beach Street, Levuka, Fiji Islands - Huvalu Forest Conservation Zone, Niue In 2004 the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Deakin University, will coordinate a training project for heritage managers from Pacific Island nations in association with:
