Border-Crossing Sessions Frank highlights the continued participation of regional rulers in War and Remembrance on Peleliu, palau history and Tourism for Islanders, Americans, http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2004abst/Border/sessions.htm
Extractions: BORDER-CROSSING SESSIONS Border-Crossing Sessions, Table of Contents Panels by World Area Main Menu View the Timetable of Panels Organizer: Kenneth M. Swope, Marist College Chair and Discussant: Benjamin Elman, Princeton University Laichen Sun, California State University, Fullerton A Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness: The Priest Keinen’s "Korea Day by Day" Jurgis Elisonas, Indiana University There is a vast and shrill Japanese literature on Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Korean war of 1592–1598. Japanese participants who wrote accounts of the invasion invariably invoked the myth of a primordial conquest of Korea by Empress Jingû as a historical precedent and justification. "Japan is the Land of the Gods" was their article of faith, and they gloried in the war of aggression. Commiseration with the dreadful fate of the tens of thousands of innocent men, women, and children who were hunted down to be killed, mutilated, or enslaved by the Japanese troops is not a hallmark of this literature. If any of the authors felt doubts about his mission on the Korean peninsula, he kept it well hidden. The striking exception is Keinen, a priest of the True Pure Land sect who accompanied the daimyo Ôta Kazuyoshi to Korea in 1597 in the capacity of his personal chaplain and physician. "An innocent abroad in this company, an unwilling eyewitness aghast at what he saw," is how I describe Keinen in chapter 19 of the new
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Extractions: by Richard N. Salvador*, Republic of Belau, August 1999 "The first shot, Bravo, the largest single nuclear explosion conducted by the United States, with a destructive capability more than one thousand times that of the Hiroshima bomb, was detonated on 1 March 1954. The explosion was so powerful it vaporized several small islands …" "...To this day, peoples of Rongelap, Bikini, Enewetak, and many in the Marshall Islands continue to suffer from cancer, miscarriages, and tumors." In Belau (Palau), where I come from, we were spared the harrowing experiences of the atomic testings. Kwajalein, Bikini and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, however, were chosen for a supply base and a smaller command center, respectively, and which were used for the bomb testings. The Marshall Islands suffered the most from these military occupations and tests. Kwajelein also became a vital link in the supply route for American forces during the Korean War as well as a base for missile tests later. On Saipan, the main island of what is now the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Central Intelligence set up a camp which operated a secret training for Chinese nationalist guerillas who were part of an unsuccessful plan to invade the Chinese mainland (Robie p.144).
Palau -- Encyclopædia Britannica palau Relations between palau and Taiwan were strengthened in 2000. Provides information on regional attractions, culture, history, events, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9344167
PALAU -- Encyclopædia Britannica palau A republic in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, Provides information on regional attractions, culture, history, events, http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9113870
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The Contemporary History, Volume 12 - Table Of Contents We first describe the history of the AsiaPacific migration system in three phasesthe Age of Indenture, The regional Context of Tourism in palau http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/contemporary_pacific/toc/cp12.2.html
First Moving Cultures Conferences The regional PoliticoEconomic Context of Tourism and Tourism Development in palau The Japanese Encounter with the South Japanese Tourists in palau http://www.hawaii.edu/movingcultures/stage1_conference_agenda.htm
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Extractions: Palau NOC prepares Budget for 2006 Wednesday, 24th August 2005 With less than 2 months complete the Palau government fiscal year for 2005, Budget requests and hearings are being conducted at the Palau National Congress for 2006. Palau National Olympic Committee has provided an updated report for Team Palau and the NOC operations for 2005 and a budget for 2006 Team Palau to the Micronesia Games and regular operations of the NOC. The total budget for Palau NOC regular operations amounts to $150,000.00 and Team Palau 2006 Micronesia Games at $250,000.00. Women in Motion 5km Walkathon Monday, 9th May 2005 Full Story Shell Palau Donate $35,000US to Team Palau and Palau NOC Monday, 9th May 2005 Shell Palau Area Manager Frank Kyota had an opportunity to meet Vice Chairman of Team Palau Governor Skebong and presented a check of US$35,000 to Team Palau. Accompanying Skebong are Team Palau athletes from Canoe Team and Basketball Team. Team Palau and Palau NOC Extends Appreciation to Shell Palau for their Partnership and Donation! Team Palau 2005 Preparation Monday, 11th April 2005
Extractions: SPREP Members News Publications ... Home Find out about: SPREP Natural resources Nature conservation Coastal management ... Legal Documents Search powered by Google Home Topic The Pacific islands region is the largest continuous marine habitat on the planet, the Pacific ocean. It is home to a wide range of large marine animals including mammals like whales, dolphins, porpoise and dugongs and marine turtles. Maintaining healthy populations is essential to maintaining oceanic productivity. Despite efforts in certain areas and on certain species e.g. humpback whales, detailed knowledge of marine mammals is at best extremely limited. This is in part due to limited resources and expertise to undertake research in the region, the vastness of the region itself and the diversity of its marine mammals in it. Blue Fin Sei Humpback recovery uncertain, currently under investigation through an integrated research programme - total population of Oceania probably of the order of 2000 animals
Extractions: About the ICRC ICRC activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Print this page Annual Report Manila Regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa, autonomous States, territories and colonies of the Pacific) The ICRC maintained contacts with National Societies and governments in order to encourage ratification of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols by those Pacific States which had not yet done so, and to support the National Societies in their dissemination efforts. In December the ICRC opened a media liaison office in Sydney, Australia. The regional delegate carried out three missions to Australia in the course of the year. He went to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney to pursue the dialogue with the government and the National Society, to take part in a basic training course for future Australian Red Cross delegates and to prepare the Second Regional Conference on International Humanitarian Law. In May delegates went to Canberra and Melbourne to brief the Australian Red Cross and government officials on the ICRC's activities in the region and to discuss the government's contribution to the institution's budget. In July delegates took part in a conference organized by the armed forces in Townsville (Queensland) on the impact of international humanitarian law on the conduct of operations by land commanders.
Extractions: About the ICRC ICRC activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Print this page Annual Report Manila, regional delegation (Australia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa and the other island territories of the Pacific) The regional delegation in Manila changed its structure somewhat in 1996 with the addition of a part-time ICRC representative for the Pacific, based in Fiji. The newly appointed representative was active primarily in promoting knowledge of and compliance with international humanitarian law across the region, thus leaving the Manila-based regional delegate more time to concentrate on the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Like all ICRC delegations, the Manila delegation worked to promote adherence to the various instruments of international humanitarian law by the States within its region. In June, Palau acceded to the four Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. In July, the Philippines ratified the 1980 UN Weapons Convention and three of its four Protocols.
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History - Federated States Of Micronesia he FSM has a rich history dating back several thousand years. The FSM, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of palau each negotiated a http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/history.html
Extractions: he FSM has a rich history dating back several thousand years. The islands were originally settled by ancient people sailing east from Asia and north from Polynesia . Later discovers and settlers included the Spanish, Germans, and Japanese and evidence of their former presence is found throughout the islands. Following the trusteeship under U.S. administration after W.W. II, the FSM is now independent and self-governing. Most linguistic and archaeological evidence indicates that the islands were first discovered and settled between two and three thousand years ago . The first settlers are often described as Austronesian speakers possessing horticultural skills and highly sophisticated maritime knowledge . These first settlers are thought to have migrated eastward from Southeast Asia to Yap. From there, some migrated south to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia, and later to Kiribati and the Marshall Islands. The oral histories of the Micronesian people indicate close affiliations and interactions in the past among the members of the island societies comprising the present-day FSM. The Lelu ruins in Kosrae (1400 AD) and the Nan Madol ruins of Pohnpei (1000 AD) are impressive reminders of the accomplishments of these early peoples.
