World Health Organization Regional Office For The Western Pacific The regional strategic plan to stop TB in the Tuberculosis control in the WesternPacific region 2003 a diagnosis based on a patient s history and symptoms. http://www.wpro.who.int/publications.asp?loop=1&lcode=T&id=119
Regional Press Freedom Seminar - Samoa AsiaPacific regional Press Freedom Seminar. Country Report - samoa. The issuewas discussed by the Journalists Association of (western) samoa in 1998. http://www.presscouncil.org.au/pcsite/activities/meetings/asiapac/samoa.html
Extractions: Asia-Pacific Regional Press Freedom Seminar Country Report - Samoa Having to make materials (such as correspondence and photos) available to someone suing a newspaper for defamation before the case goes to court, is one of the restrictive elements of the 1995 Defamation Act which is in place in Samoa's media laws. This is also well before a determination if there is a case or no case to answer. We in the media see this as mainly a ploy by the government at the time to discourage members of the public from writing revealing letters to the editor under non-de-plumes, often about mismanagement and corruption in high places. Samoa also has a Criminal Libel Law still in place, a legislation recently used by the late Prime Minister against the Samoa Observer newspaper. The case was dropped after the passing of the plaintiff. Such legislation is seen as archaic and must be scrapped. There are also the Printers and Publishers Act; and the Indecent Publications Act. Samoa's media today, enjoy unrestricted freedoms within the confines of the principles and ethics of the trade, compared to say seven to ten years ago when three pieces of legislations were rushed through parliament mainly to curb media and information freedom. The laws are still in place although we have been told by our political masters that they serve a purpose synonymous to 'Big Brother' - watching over you. Samoa's media exploded over that time especially privately ownership media outlets. Today with a population of 171,000, there are seven radio stations - 1 state owned assuming the role of the public broadcaster, three fully commercial stations owned by a single company and two owned (separately) and operated by the Pentecostal churches.
PSRML Regional Information: Pacific Basin American samoa is part of Polynesia, and is located to Health Professionals in theWestern Pacific is Guam history, People and Culture provides both historical http://nnlm.gov/psr/geo_pacific.html
Extractions: NN/LM PSRML Home NN/LM NTCC ... Additional Resources The areas fall into two categories politicallyflag territories and independent countries associated with the US through compacts of free association. American Samoa, CNMI and Guam are all flag territories, which makes them officially part of the United States. Their citizens are also US citizens. FSM, RMI and Palau are all independent countries with compacts of free association with the US. This means that the US provides development assistance and defense, and that citizens can move freely across US borders. Communication both within the area and between the area and the PSRML office can be challenging because it ranges over sixteen time zones. Be careful: even the date may differ as the international date line runs through the region. Further complicating matters, although California (like the vast majority of the United States) observes daylight saving time, none of the six island jurisdictions does. A listing of detailed current times and the exact location of the date line is available from Worldtimezone.com
Links Page On The Pacific Region Outline. regional Characteristics General Information; Migration Patterns; TimelineHistory; Tonga; Tokelau Islands; Tuvula; Wallis and Futuna; (western) samoa. http://maps.unomaha.edu/Peterson/funda/Links/Pacific.html
South Pacific Vacations, Call 1-415-662-2683 To Book. Open Every The country dropped the (western) from its name in 1997. World s Sexiest HoneymoonDestinations Overview history Culture Geography Practical Info. samoa Map. http://www.travelwizard.com/southpacific/Samoa_History.html
Extractions: New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997. Savaii ... Samoa Map Free, Full Service South Pacific Vacation Planners Click here to save money, time and stress planning, making reservations, or booking your South Pacific vacation with our full service Virtuoso Travel Consultants We are recommended, authorized Virtuoso South Pacific Travel Consultants, and will arrange every little detail to make sure you have a wonderful, carefree vacation experience at no extra charge! You may call our South Pacific Travel Consultants, but first- we'd really appreciate it if you complete our
South Pacific Vacations, Call 1-415-662-2683 To Book. Open Every love with the heart of Polynesia since the beginning of history. of change on theculture and society of samoa was the arrival of the (western) missionaries. http://www.travelwizard.com/southpacific/Samoa_Overview.html
Extractions: The Samoa Islands, nestled in the warm, crystal clear waters of the blue Pacific Ocean, are a popular destination for vacationers. The gentle climate has blessed this tropical paradise with a bounty of delicious fruits, and lush vegetation. Apart from the many magnificent white sand beaches, rugged forested mountains, steep gorges, numerous waterfalls, lava fields, blowholes, dormant volcanoes and coconut plantations, many other exciting scenic wonders beckon. Come and experience the history, myths and legends of our island paradise. A land where virgin rain forests spawn sparkling waterfalls and secluded spring-fed pools and streams. Where on clean, sweeping white beaches, sunshine and palm trees may be your only companions. And in the villages which necklace the coast, the dominant buildings are churches and the "fale" - great open meeting buildings where, in a unique governing system, the "matai" family representatives get together weekly to efficiently administer the village's affairs. It's a system that's been successful for over 3,000 years.
News For Release: July 16, 2001 time in (western) SARE programs 13 year history. and the Island Protectorates ofAmerican samoa, Guam, Micronesia . (western) Region SARE Grants Awarded 2001. http://wsare.usu.edu/docs/nr071801.htm
Extractions: WSARE 435-797-2257 wsare@mendel.usu.edu Western Sustainable Agriculture Grants Announced: Record High Level of Funding Provided for Diverse Regional Projects Grants awarded totaling over 2 million dollars for the first time in Western SARE programs 13 year history. Western SAREs portion of direct grants to farmers and ranchers increases by over 40 percent. Logan, UT The Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education grants program awarded a record amount of funds for diverse projects throughout the West. In total, more than 60 grants valued over $2.1 million will support sustainable agriculture research, education and professional development projects in 17 states and Pacific Islands on a diverse range of topics. "After years of level funding and increasing demand, its nice to be able to fund more valuable work that can improve producers bottom line, protect the environment and strengthen communities," said Phil Rasmussen, regional coordinator of Western SARE and a soil scientist at Utah State University. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education proposals and Professional Development proposals were selected to receive funding for farming techniques dealing with: disease and pest control; pollution prevention; water conservation; composting for soil building and nutrient waste management; alternative cropping systems (including agroforestry); market enhancement; and system diversification, among other related sustainable agriculture topics.
USA American Samoa - About USA American Samoa Category USA American samoa http//www.unep.ch/islands/CKH.htm; Pacific GenWebsamoa Genealogy and local history for (western) samoa and American samoa. http://artmam.net/Dir-USA_American_Samoa.htm
Project the Council of Presidents of Pacific history and Social Association, 1, National Universityof samoa (samoa), 4,200,000. for Progress in the (western) Pacific, 3, http://www.spf.org/spinf/project.html
Extractions: Summary of Project(1990-1998) PROJECT TYPE IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION FUNDING Exchange Media Personnel among the Pacific Island Region and Japan The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPINF) Coconuts College The Sasakawa Peace Foundation(SPINF) Regional History Project of the Council of Presidents of Pacific History and Social Studies Teachers Association National University of Samoa (Samoa) Archaeological Training Programs in Emerging Micronesian Island Nations University of Guam PATS Staff Trainee Program Internet Course Development by School of Law of USP University of the South Pacific (Fiji) Forming a Distance Education Alliance for Progress in the Western Pacific University of Guam Distance Education in the South-West Pacific Cultural Heritage Training
IOC/WESTPAC Homepage history. The IOC SubCommission for the (western) Pacific (WESTPAC) was established R.Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Russian Federation samoa Singapore, Solomon http://ioc.unesco.org/westpac/
Extractions: Regional Strategy for the Ocean Introduction Activities Programmes News ... Contact Info Introduction Welcome to the IOC/WESTPAC Homepage! This website has been prepared to provide an introduction to the programmes and activities of IOC/WESTPAC. Top Mission Statement The Sub-Commission will promote and co-ordinate programmes that demonstrate and enhance the value of marine scientific research and systematic observations of the ocean in resolving the needs of society as expressed and agreed upon by Member States. Top Objectives The IOC/WESTPAC Sub-Commission has four major objectives: Develop, promote and facilitate international oceanographic research programmes that aim to improve our understanding of critical global and regional ocean processes and their relationship to sustainable development and management of coastal and marine resources;
MapZones.com History Mauritania s postindependence history has been dominated by regional Morocco and Algeria,vying for regional dominance, have over the fate of the (western) Sahara http://www.mapzones.com/world/africa/mauritania/historyindex.php
Extractions: Country Info Mauritania Introduction Mauritania General Data Mauritania Maps Mauritania Culture ... Mauritania Time and Date Mauritania History Back to Top The Sahara has linked rather than divided the peoples who inhabit it and has served as an avenue for migration and conquest. Mauritania, lying next to the Atlantic coast at the western edge of the desert, received and assimilated into its complex society many waves of these migrants and conquerors. Berbers moved south to Mauritania beginning in the third century A.D., followed by Arabs in the eighth century, subjugating and assimilating Mauritania's original inhabitants. From the eighth through the fifteenth century, black kingdoms of the western Sudan, such as Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, brought their political culture from the south. The divisive tendencies of the various groups within Mauritanian society have always worked against the development of Mauritanian unity. Both the Sanhadja Confederation, at its height from the eighth to the tenth century, and the Almoravid Empire, from the eleventh to the twelfth century, were weakened by internecine warfare, and both succumbed to further invasions from the Ghana Empire and the Almohad Empire, respectively. The one external influence that tended to unify the country was Islam. The Islamization of Mauritania was a gradual process that spanned more than 500 years. Beginning slowly through contacts with Berber and Arab merchants engaged in the important caravan trades and rapidly advancing through the Almoravid conquests, Islamization did not take firm hold until the arrival of Yemeni Arabs in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and was not complete until several centuries later. Gradual Islamization was accompanied by a process of arabization as well, during which the Berber masters of Mauritania lost power and became vassals of their Arab conquerors.
The Government Of Western Samoa - Prefernetial Trade Agreements under the three important trade agreements and arrangements under which WesternSamoa is a This is the acronym for `South Pacific regional Trade and Economic http://www.interwebinc.com/samoanew/invest/invest5.html
Extractions: Manufacturers in Western Samoa enjoy the benefit of generous trade concessions under the three important trade agreements and arrangements under which Western Samoa is a signatory or an eligible beneficiary. Basically these agreements are non-reciprocal and provide preferential access to the major markets of the world. The three main preferential Trade agreements are: SPARTECA - Australia and New Zealand LOME IV - European Union GSP - USA, Canada, Japan and other `Preference giving" countries. This is the acronym for `South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement' between Australia, New Zealand on one hand and the South Pacific Forum Island Countries. The agreement which came into force on 1 January 1981, is on a preferential non-reciprocal basis. Preferences are in the form of duty free and unrestricted access or concessional access for specified products `originating' from the FIC. Recently the requirements have been relaxed in respect of exports consisting of inputs of products covered by Australia and New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA). Export of products in these circumstances would require Western Samoa (and FIC) content of at least 25%. Basically all exports from Western Samoa enter Australia and New Zealand duty-free and without quantitative restrictions.
Western Samoa Tribal CapeLinks Web The (western) regional Pollution Prevention Network (WRPPN) is BY JINGO ColonialHistory Wargames Page consent, naval forces in (western) samoa and attempted http://www.capelinks.com/web/western samoa tribal.html
Western Samoa Economy - World66 between the two islands and to American samoa. In 1995 the (western) samoan Governmentdesignated tourism as Change history Minor corrections by SwtPinkLdy on 19 http://www.world66.com/world/australiaandpacific/westernsamoa/economy
(NHD 2003 Program Report) Society of Missouri and the (western) Historical Manuscript program is affiliated withNational history Day, which the District of Columbia and American samoa.. http://www.umsystem.edu/whmc/nhd/nhdprogreport.html
Extractions: Program Report, 2003 Four hundred ninety-one students and one hundred five teachers from eighty-six schools participated in the twenty-third annual National History Day in Missouri competition held on the University of Missouri-Columbia campus, April 12. The two hundred seventy-eight entries that qualified for state competition had been selected at the nine regional contests earlier in the spring. Seventy-three students won awards and thirty-three claimed special prizes at Columbia. Forty-six of Missouri's best students went on to represent the state as delegates to National History Day, June 15-19 at the University of Maryland, College Park, competing against more than 2,000 students from around the country. Four Missouri students came home with medals by placing 2nd and 3rd in their categories, while 13 others made it to the final round of national competition. National History Day in Missouri is a program that encourages young people to conduct extensive research and to explore historical subjects related to an annual theme. Participants present their findings in papers, exhibits, performances, and documentary presentations at local History Day events, district and state competitions, and finally at a national contest at the University of Maryland-College Park. In addition to running the annual state contest and overseeing the nine regional programs withing Missouri, NHDMO presents teacher workshops and creates lesson plans and annual, theme-related, local topic lists, which it makes available on its website:
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Introduction- History Of The Baha'is Of Reno, Nevada To date, the history of the Bahá í Faith is areas of a continent and the RegionalCouncil. Mother Temple of Europe, Latin America, and (western) samoa, and the http://www.bci.org/nnby/rbh/introduction.htm
Extractions: Home Goals Holy Days History ... Youth Activities The History of the Bahá'ís of Reno and northern Nevada is presently being constructed as a joint venture by several members of the Bahá'í community. The first two sections were launched at Ridván BE 160 (2003) and the third part will be launched on a future date, possibly Ridván BE 161 (2004). Input into this endeavor is welcome and if anyone has historical information that they can contribute or want to assist in the research and verification of any Bahá'í related historical activities in the northern Nevada area, including Bahá'í memberships, please contact us at research@renobahais.org Webmaster Index Appendix Introduction Early Bahá'í Teaching Early Reno Bahá'í Assembly (1947-1973) Special! The Golden Anniversary of the Queen of Carmel Appendix: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAHÁ'Í FAITH IN NEVADA (Original article by Janice McGourty, 1978; edited and updated and submitted to the Reno Bahá'í Faith Website by Genevieve Metro-Corbin, 2001) In April, 1993, the members of the Bahá'í Faith in Northern Nevada celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'í Faith in Reno, Nevada. Part of the memorable public commemoration was a celebrative program held on April 25, 1993 at the Jot Travis Student Union Building at the University of Nevada, Reno. In addition to the program, a month long public educational display was highlighted at the Public Library on Center Street, detailing the tenets of the Bahá'í Faith, and tracing the history of the Bahá'í Faith worldwide as well as detailing the history of the Bahá'í Faith in Nevada.
A Directory Of Wetlands In Oceania two worst cyclones in recorded history occurring in most pristine mangrove area inWestern samoa (Sa anapu of the South Pacific regional Environment Programme http://www.wetlands.org/inventory&/OceaniaDir/WSamoa.htm
Extractions: A Directory of Wetlands in Oceania by Cedric Schuster nt Area: 2,935 sq.km. Population: Western Samoa is an independent state in the South Pacific situated between latitudes 13° and 14°30' South and longitudes 171° and 173° West, approximately 1,000 km northeast of Fiji. The state comprises two main inhabited islands, Savai'i (1,820 sq.km) and Upolu (1,105 sq.km), and seven islets, two of which are inhabited. Western Samoa is an oceanic volcanic archipelago that originated in the Pliocene. The islands were formed in a westerly direction with the oldest eruption, the Fagaloa volcanics, on the eastern side. The islands are still volcanically active, with the last two eruptions being in 1760 and 1905-11 respectively. Much of the country is mountainous, with Mount Silisili (1,858 m) on Savai'i being the highest point. Western Samoa has a wet tropical climate with temperatures ranging between 17°C and 34°C and an average temperature of 26.5°C. The temperature difference between the rainy season (November to March) and the dry season (May to October) is only 2°C. Rainfall is heavy, with a minimum of 2,000 mm in all places. The islands are strongly influenced by the trade winds, with the Southeast Trades blowing 82% of the time from April to October and 54% of the time from May to November. The closeness of Western Samoa to the cyclone belt means that is it frequently affected by cyclones, with the two worst cyclones in recorded history occurring in 1990 and 1991.
Extractions: About the ICRC ICRC activities The ICRC worldwide Focus ... Annual Report 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.
LearnCalifornia.org - Archives And Libraries with significant holdings in (western) and California history Room The California historyRoom located County, the Pacific Trust Territories, and American samoa. http://www.learncalifornia.org/doc.asp?ID=96
