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Extractions: Papua New Guinea 'PNG' is located just north of Australia in the Asia-Pacific corridor next to Indonesia. PNG is a developing country rich in natural resources home to a relatively small population of 5.17 million. Since 1997, economic and social conditions have been quite turbulent and challenging at times as Papua New Guinea's economy has technically entered a depression during this time frame. Their national currency, the 'kina' has experienced steady depreciation versus the USD since the government decided to float the currency in 1995. POLITICS: independence in 1975, previous to this date Australia administered Papua New Guinea. There is a sad history of political violence within PNG more recently ending in 1997 after a 9-year secessionist revolt which claimed 20,000 lives. Again during the June 2002 elections, 30 people were killed in political violence. The election outcome resulted in former Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, the founding father of modern Papua New Guinea of the National Alliance party regaining power and Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta of The People's Democratic Movement is now the official opposition. Political risk overall is high as further risk is encountered within the military as mutinies have taken place in protest to defense spending cut backs. In Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in 1988, civil war broke out over ownerhsip of the Giant mine which was a major contributor to PNG's economy. A cease fire was declared in 2001 after thousands have been killed in fighting.
Extractions: Last week the United Nations held a World Disaster Conference in Kobe, Japan. One of the exhibits that attracted great interest was a topographical map showing the four great tectonic plates that grind together along Japan's eastern and north western coasts, and the 30 year probabilities they will produce a serious earthquake. The most dangerous line runs along the Pacific seabed off south central Honshu until it turns on to the coast near Shizuoka, 150 km south west of Tokyo. This is where the Eurasian plate subducts or forces itself under itself. The build-ups of tectonic tension releases itself by powerful offshore earth/sea-quakes every 150 years or so and very often cause a huge, fast moving tsunami. The last such quake occurred in 1854 and anther is now overdue. There is now a 90% probability of a quake greater than magnitude 8 occurring off the Tokai coast, which runs form Nagoya to Shizuoka. This means the quake could be of similar size that occurred off the coast of Aceh in Indonesia on December 26 last year [2004] and resulted in a great tsunami, which roared across the Indian Ocean to destroy villages and thousands of lives along the coast of India and Sri Lanka thousands of kilometres away as well as areas nearby to the quake.
Extractions: the countries of the world Home Continents Australia/Oceania Solomon Islands Destination Solomon Islands, a virtual travel guide to this Melanesian islands state, formerly the British Solomon Islands. This page aims to give you a broad overview of Solomon Islands's art, culture, people, environment, geography, history, economy and government. Beside a country profile with facts and figures, the page contains links to sources which provide you with all the information you need to know about this South Pacific island nation, e.g.: official web sites of Solomon Islands, island guides with travel and tourism information on accomodation, tourist attractions, events and more like weather information, maps, statistics and local newspapers from Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands consist of six major and approximately 900 smaller volcanic islands, coral atolls and reefs, more than 300 of them are inhabited. They stretch about 900 miles in a south-easterly direction from Papau New Guinea toward Fiji. The former UK protectorate, established in the 1890s, is one of the poorest countries in the South Pacific; 85 percent of the country's population live in isolated rural villages on undeveloped outer islands.
Migration News new Zealand s immigration minister, Paul Swain, said that the government will with Tonga in 2002 receiving $65 million; papau new guinea, $58 million; http://migration.ucdavis.edu/mn/more.php?id=3127_0_5_0
Radio OZ - Bougainville 4/23 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All The leaders met in new Zealand this week near Rotorua, with papau new guinea been encouraged by significant offers from the Papua new guinea government, http://www.blythe.org/nytransfer-subs/99pac/Radio_OZ_-_Bougainville_4-23
Extractions: Radio OZ - Bougainville 4/23 Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit Radio Australia - World News Bougainville leaders pledge to end political faction fighting. Bougainville leaders have pledged to end political faction fighting and work more closely to determine the island's future. The leaders met in New Zealand this week near Rotorua, with Papau New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate. Negotiations on Bougainville's political future have been bogged down for months. Correspondents say the leaders will have been encouraged by significant offers from the Papua New Guinea Government, mainly the possible lifting of the suspension of the Bougainville Provinciial Government. And the parties have agreed that disarmament should begin immediately, with assistance from New Zealand, under United Nations supervision. c 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Fri Apr 23 09:15:01 1999 ( AEST ) ====================== Bougainville leaders pledge to end political faction fighting Bougainville leaders have pledged to end political faction fighting and work more closely to determine the island's future. Richard Dinnen reports, the leaders met in New Zealand this week, and it's hoped their latest agreement will breathe new life into the peace process. Negotiations on Bougainville's political future have been bogged down for months. This week's meeting near Rotorua, attended by leaders and PNG Prime Minister Bill Skate, may have broken the deadlock. The leaders have agreed to work together, despite their political differences, some of which may be eased by a plan for a more consultative approach to creating a new local government structure on the island. The leaders will have been encouraged by significant offers from the Papua New Guinea Government, mainly the possible lifting of the suspension of the Bougainville Provinciial Government. And one key sticking point appears to have been resolved. The parties have agreed that disarmament should begin immediately, with assistance from New Zealand, under United Nations supervision. c 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Fri Apr 23 09:15:01 1999 ( AEST ) ================================ Factions talk of "lasting peace" on Bougainville Leaders of the Papua New Guinean government and various factions on Bougainville, have committed themselves to continuing the ceasefire on the wartorn island, and to securing a lasting peace. Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Bill Skate and Bougainvillean leaders have been meeting in Rotorua, New Zealand, to discuss disarmament and the future governance of Bougainville. The leaders have released a communique referred to as the Matakana and Okataina Understanding. In the communique, they pledge to maintain the ceasefire, and work towards a negotiated political settlement of Bougainville's long-term political future. The leaders said a special state negotiator would prepare a package on the powers, functions, structure and status of Bougainville's future government, which would be geared to Bougainville's needs. It was agreed that political leaders would meet to discuss the package no later than June the 30th. c 1999 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Fri Apr 23 09:15:01 1999 ( AEST ) AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytpac-04.25.99-12:24:40-7994
Greenpeace :. Ancient Forests In Crisis May 15 Papua new guinea government joins Greenpeace in condemning logging. Russia and papau new guinea speak out and urge governments to act. more http://archive.greenpeace.org/saveordelete/news.html
Extractions: May 15: Papua New Guinea government joins Greenpeace in condemning logging. May 14: In Papua New Guinea, Greenpeace activists continue to prevent logging company Concorde Pacific from loading illegally logged timber. Local barge workers also refuse to load the ancient forest timber. Press release archive Related documents April 19: After two weeks of intense debate, governments walked away from the Ancient Forest Summit without any agreement on urgent measures to protect the ancient forests. Greenpeace campaigner Martin Kaiser offers an overview of the results. April 17: One thousand children representing 19 countries carried colourful banners of their artwork as they marched to present their demands to delegates of the Ancient Forest Summit today, and to deliver more than 240,000 from around the world. April 17: Greenpeace activists blockaded and temporarily closed the warehouses of Red Madieras Tropacais in the Paraná state of Brazil today. The company is known to purchase timber illegally harvested by the "Mahogany Mafia".
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Extractions: This fascinating book, translated from the French, explores the Yafar society, a forest people living by shifting cultivation, hunting and gathering. Based on fifteen years of research, it offers a detailed examination of all aspects of a society whose material and nutritional relations with their rainforest environment are mediated by a...
Extractions: A-Z Site Map This list has 2 parts: Musical Title Speaker Cassette No. Atoll Politics Continued : Politics in Kiribati the 1994 Elections Teiwaki, Roniti Chatham Islands Liner, Philip Community and Identity : The Chinese in the Pacific Islands Willmott, Bill Contemporary Development in Pacific Studies:Pacific Politics Scholarship New Zealand Perfect, Chris Historians and Christianity in the Pacific Islands Lange, Raeburn I Muri Atu I te Paerangi [Cook Islands] Frisbie, Johnny Images of Islanders in Pacific War Photographs Lindstrom, Lamont Nisiology and Foreign Policy Behaviour : The Case of the Island Microstates Neemia, Uentabo O miti and Ata Vali: Dreams and Pinted Pictures Feu'u, Fatu Pacific Islands Non-Government Organisations: Civil Society's Political Activitist Roughan, John
BOUGAINVILLE PEACE STRATEGY WELCOMED As the Australian government has consistently stated, we stand ready, if requestedby the PNG government, to support the people of papau new guinea in http://www.dfat.gov.au/media/releases/foreign/1997/fa48_97.html
Extractions: ALEXANDER DOWNER FA 48 29 May 97 BOUGAINVILLE PEACE STRATEGY WELCOMED I warmly welcome the announcement today by Acting Prime Minister John Giheno that the National Executive Council of Papua New Guinea has approved a peace strategy for Bougainville. Mr Giheno has said that the strategy was developed at the direction of Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan and is based on wide consultation within the national government, PNG church, NGO and community groups and, particularly, with the people of Bougainville. I congratulate all who have contributed to the strategy. It is my sincere hope that this strategy will initiate a process that will lead to lasting peace. I note that Mr Giheno has stated clearly the PNG Government's belief that there can be no military solution to the conflict. The Australian Government strongly endorses that view. We believe that the resolution of the Bougainville conflict can best be achieved through peaceful negotiation and a spirit of reconciliation. As the Australian Government has consistently stated, we stand ready, if requested by the PNG Government, to support the people of Papau New Guinea in carrying the Bougainville peace process forward.
Papau New Guinea Many different cultures originated in the islands of Papua new guinea. Politics and government. For an overview of major statistical characteristics of http://www.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/2deasia.htm
Solomon Islands Travel, South Pacific Islands, By David Stanley 1976internal selfgovernment granted by the British 1978full independenceachieved 1993clashes between Solomons police and papau new guinea troops http://www.southpacific.org/text/finding_solomons.html
Extractions: Support This Site One of the last areas of the world to fall under European religious and political control, the Solomon Islands remain today the best-kept secret in the South Pacific. It's all there: shark-callers, war wreckage, gold, and malaria; every Pacific race is present, from blue-black Papuans to chocolate-colored, blond Melanesians, bronze-skinned Micronesians, and fair-complexioned Polynesians. The variety of cultures and customs is striking, and the traditional ways are remarkably alive. Like neighboring Vanuatu, it's a land of contrast and adventure, with jungle-clad peaks, mighty volcanoes, uplifted atolls, crashing waterfalls, mist-enshrouded rainforests, dark lagoons, scattered islands, and brilliant coral reefs. No other Pacific island group has a greater diversity of landforms. Once you figure out where the Solomon Islands actually are and finally get there, you won't wish to leave. Unless you're on a tour, you'll find travel outside the capital, Honiara, an unstructured, make-your-own-arrangements affair. The number of visitors is negligible, and most of those who do come stay only a few days, mainly in the hotels of the capital or scuba diving at Munda, Gizo, or Uepi Island. This gives slightly intrepid travelers an unparalleled opportunity to get well off the beaten track and have a genuine South Sea paradise all to themselves. So you're in for something totally original!
Global E-Government, 2004 Full Report Many nations are offering new online services, thereby acknowledging the growingrole guinea. 20.0. guineaBissau. 20.0. Kenya. 20.0. papau new guinea http://www.insidepolitics.org/egovt04int.html
Extractions: Table of Contents Executive Summary A Note on Methodology Online Information Electronic Services Privacy and Security Disability Access Foreign Language Access Ads, User Fees, and Premium Fees Public Outreach Top E-Government Countries Differences by Region of World Conclusion Appendix Table A- E -Government Rankings by Country, 2004 Table A- E -Government Country Ratings, 2003 and 2004 Table A- Individual Country Profiles for Services, Privacy, Security, and Disability Access, 2004 Table A- Individual Country Profiles for Foreign Language Translation, and Ads, 2004 Table A- Best Practices of Top Government Sites, 2004 Executive Summary Electronic government refers to public sector use of the Internet and other digital devices to deliver services and information. Although personal computers have been around for several decades, recent advances in networking, video imaging, and graphics interfacing have allowed governments to develop websites that contain a variety of online materials.
Brown University Global E-Government Press Release, 2004 Providence, RIA new study of global egovernment undertaken by researchers at Brown papau new guinea. 19.9 (22.4). 175. (148). Kyrgyzstan. 19.4 (26.9) http://www.insidepolitics.org/PressRelease04int.html
Extractions: To order raw e-government data, visit http://www.InsidePolitics.org/egovtdata.html Fourth Annual Global E-Government Study Taiwan, Singapore lead U.S. and Canada in Online Government A study of digital government finds that the 198 nations around the world are making steady progress at putting services and information online, but movement forward has been slowed because of budget, bureaucratic, and institutional factors. The United States and Canada rank third and fourth behind Taiwan and Singapore. Providence, RIA new study of global e-government undertaken by researchers at Brown University shows that 21 percent of government agencies around the world are offering online services, up from 16 percent in 2003, 12 percent in 2002, and eight percent in 2001. The countries of Taiwan and Singapore now lead the United States and Canada in overall e-government performance. The fourth annual survey conducted by Professor Darrell M. West of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University and a team of researchers measured each countrys on-line presence. The research evaluated government websites on two dozen different criteria, including the availability of publications, databases, disability access, privacy, security, and the number of online services. Previous studies of global e-government were released in 2001, 2002, and 2003. This year's study reviews 1,935 government websites in 198 countries during June, July, and August, 2004. Among the sites analyzed are those of executive offices, legislative offices, judicial offices, Cabinet offices, and major agencies serving crucial functions of government, such as health, human services, taxation, education, interior, economic development, administration, natural resources, foreign affairs, foreign investment, transportation, military, tourism, and business regulation.
Amazon Alliance - Amazon Update: April 1998, No. 35 The government is also negotiating new contracts for further logging. a company that has systematically abused forest regulations in papau new guinea. http://www.amazonalliance.org/upd_apr98_en.html
Extractions: The leaders of twenty-three Saramacca Maroon villages gathered in the community of Pikin Slee on March 13-14 to discuss land rights and the incursions of a Chinese logging company. The leaders stated unequivocally that they were opposed to the operations of Chinese company, NV Tacoma (a.k.a. Tacoma Forestry Consultants) in or near ancestral lands. The leaders stated that they wanted their rights to own and control their ancestral lands, as defined by international human rights law, recognized and respected. Maroons are the descendants of African slaves who fought for and won their freedom from the Dutch colonial regime that ruled Suriname until 1975. They live in Suriname's rainforests, concentrated along the major waterways. The Saramacca are one of six Maroon peoples in Suriname. The present government of Suriname states that it has no legal obligations with the Maroons and does not recognize their rights to own their ancestral lands. Furthermore, it has, or is in the process of granting vast areas of the rainforest to multinational logging companies. These concessions are granted without notifying Indigenous and Maroon communities, nor seeking their participation or approval - even if their villages fall within the concessions. Presently, at least two-thirds of the Indigenous and Maroon communities are either in or very near logging and mining concessions.
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Extractions: It is an often-stated fact of international life that the world and the 'United States' role in it have grown increasingly interdependent in the last 20 years. Scholars, policymakers, and even casual observers have both praised and bemoaned the degree to which events in even the most remote and unlikely areas of the world have an impact on U.S. domestic and international decisions and actions. Within the last two years the icy shores of the Falkland Islands and the desert plains of Chad - and most recently the tiny island of Grenada - have reminded U.S. citizens that we cannot afford the apparent luxury of isolationism. The consequences and benefits of this modern interdependence have spread steadily throughout American society over the past two decades. Under presidents of both parties, U.S. foreign policy and military postures have been crafted around the recognition that in order to enjoy the benefits of a free and prosperous world, the United States must play an active role in helping to secure the freedom and prosperity of the world. This recognition has also been accepted well beyond our national institutions of government. Academic and cultural exchanges have expanded markedly throughout the past 20 years as Americans have sought a greater understanding of and exposure to foreign history, culture, and languages. Similarly, during this period the American business community has adapted steadily to growing international economic interdependence as the world has moved into what many refer to as the Second Industrial Revolution. U.S. business firms, both small and large, have devoted increasing levels of resources and energy to export and import operations, as the world's disparate economies have found themselves drawn into a new era of economic interdependence - a product of, and a contributor to, greater political interdependence.
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Extractions: News From Vangold's Papua New Guinea Properties Paul the Benjaminite It has taken a quite a bit longer than expected, but the news of the surveys on Vangold's (75%) and New Guinea Gold's (25%) Feni Island properties is finally out. The incredible potential of the Feni Islands (Ambitle Island) was previously reported on in The Bluest of Blue Sky Potential and in More Bright Blue Skies Over Feni . These reports explained the combination of geological circumstances which could mean that Ambitle Island will turn out to be one of the largest gold deposits in the world, like its sister island, Lihir. But the news is not limited to Vangold's Feni Islands Property! The recent acquisition of Kanon Resources means that Vangold and New Guinea Gold now have a share in seven exciting and prospective land packages in Papua New Guinea. Three drilling programs will be in the news within the next few months on three of these properties with the drills turning first, on the Ambitle Island and Mt. Penck properties, both scheduled to begin within weeks! Ambitle Island Exploration Results As expected, the results from the exploration of the central and southern portions of Ambitle Island have yielded impressive results. Both the biogeochemical survey and the stream panned concentrate surveys were conducted in portions of the "Central Caldera" and the "Old Caldera Zone" on Ambitle Island. (Both "calderas" are actually volcanic craters.)
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Extractions: United Nations of Outcasts Each year, the world's unrecognized and repressed states gather at a summit where they share hopes, passing motions that nobody heeds, trying to protect human rights that continue to be trampled. For these Wanna-Be Nations, a group that grows larger by the day, there is no New World Order, only the same old shrugs and silence By Ron Gluckman / the Hague, Netherlands T HE PRESIDENT BECKONS ME INTO THE ROOM. President Issac Chishi Swu is dressed in an ill-fitting gray suit and there is a thread-bare appearance to his entire regime. During a recent visit to Europe, no motorcades awaited at the airport. Instead of state dinners, Swu spends lonely nights in three-star hotels. His entourage consists solely of Thuingaleng Muivah, vice president and general secretary of his party. Often, they share hotel rooms. After a decade in power, neither can claim many perks beyond an assortment of passports, none of which bears their own state seal. "This has been our entire life," admits Swu. Then, their European visit at an end, the aged revolutionaries trundle off to the airport, bound for Bangkok, where both live as exiles. The president and his vice carry their own bags and fly economy class. Nobody notices. Some lands fall in and out of public favor, such as
Events - One Conservancy Award TenYear Goal team and mentored the new papau new guinea Program Director . and government that has improved conservation efforts in both regions. http://nature.org/event/people/art11260.html
Extractions: UN World Summit One Conservancy Award This award recognizes employees and volunteers at all levels of the organization who exemplify the "One Conservancy" value. Nominees will have made exemplary contributions to the Conservancy beyond the nominee's job description, and outside the nominee's own program or functional area. Audrey Benedict Audrey Benedict has served on the Colorado Board of Trustees for seven years. Recognizing the tremendous mutual value that working globally would provide, five years ago Audrey made a plea to the board and staff of the Colorado chapter to focus some of their efforts globally. As a result, the chapter created the "International Committee," which Audrey chaired. Under her leadership, the Colorado Program built partnerships with the Conservancy's country programs in Ecuador, Mexico and Chile and agreed to help fundraise for each of these countries. Audrey and her husband, Jim, have together donated close to $70,000 to the Conservancy's Ecuador Country Program. Because of the inspiration that Audrey Benedict provided, the Colorado Chapter has been able to expand and significantly support conservation programs in the Caribbean, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Papua New Guinea. As if that weren't enough, Audrey has been instrumental in developing and leading many of the naturalist workshops that are currently in their third year at the Medano-Zapata Ranch in Colorado's San Luis Valley.
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Extractions: OR General International Indexes South African Government Online African Constitutions Includes the constitutions of: Congo, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa, Tunisia and Zambia. African National Congress site contains materials on advocacy activities of the Congress, including their yearly conference and the activities of their regional and provincial offices throughout South Africa.
