Yearbook 1998 Vanuatu. In the general elections in March, Vanuaaku Pati (VP) gained a majority together with the National United Party (NUP). With 35 votes in favor and 17 against, the newly elected parliament appointed[…]
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Category: Oceania
Tuvalu 1998
Yearbook 1998 Tuvalu. At the March 26 election, seven of the twelve members lost their seats in Parliament. Among those who were not re-elected were former Prime Minister Kamuta Laatasi, who, during the election campaign,[…]
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Tonga 1998
Yearbook 1998 Tonga. In March, the Minister of Natural Resources was forced to resign following allegations of corruption and misappropriation of state resources. According to Countryaah, the capital of Tonga is Nuku’alofa. In early September,[…]
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Solomon Islands 1998
Yearbook 1998 Solomon Islands. At the beginning of the year, Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa’alu rejected foreign accusations of having received compensation from Papua New Guinea for opposing the Bougainville island’s struggle for independence. The aid[…]
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Samoa 1998
Yearbook 1998 Samoa. In November, Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana resigned for health reasons after 16 years in power. According to Countryaah, the capital of Samoa is Apia. Deputy Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi was[…]
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Papua New Guinea 1998
Yearbook 1998 Papua New Guinea. Peace negotiations between the warring parties on the island of Bougainville in January resulted in an agreement on a permanent ceasefire, which formally entered into force at the end of[…]
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Palau 1998
According to Countryaah, the capital of Palau is Melekeok. 5,000 years ago, sailors from Taiwan and China populated the islands of Micronesia. They lived in sharply stratified societies where gender, age and fighting ability determined[…]
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New Zealand 1998
Yearbook 1998 New Zealand. Despite the 1997 Prime Minister’s shift from James Bolger to Jenny Shipley, the ruling New Zealand National Party found it difficult to strengthen its position. Since Bolger became ambassador to the[…]
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Nauru 1998
Yearbook 1998 Nauru. On June 18, Bernard Dowiyogo was elected new president after Kinza Clodumar lost a vote of no confidence in Parliament. According to local sources, there was a strong dissatisfaction among MPs with[…]
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Micronesia 1998
According to Countryaah, the capital of Federated States of Micronesia is Palikir. In October 1982, the United States signed a Free Association Agreement with the island states of Marshall, Northern Mariana Islands and Micronesia, after[…]
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Marshall Islands 1998
Yearbook 1998 Marshall Islands. According to Countryaah, the capital of Marshall Islands is Majuro. Three ministers were forced in August to leave President Imata Kabua’s ministry after opposing the government and voting for a ban[…]
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Kiribati 1998
Yearbook 1998 Kiribati. According to Countryaah, the capital of Kiribati is Tarawa Atoll. A report from the South Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) presented at the November Global Climate Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, found[…]
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Fiji 1998
According to Countryaah, the capital of Fiji is Suva. President Kamisese dismissed the kidnapped prime minister, claiming that he thereby reduced his political importance to the kidnappers, in order to get Speight to change his[…]
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Australia 1998
Yearbook 1998 Australia. In February, a special Constitutional Assembly proposed that Australia, which is part of the Commonwealth, should free itself from the United Kingdom and, in 2001, establish a republic with an elected president[…]
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Oceania History
In proportion to its population, Oceania has over time received more foreign missionaries than any other continent; there are now only a few people in the Pacific who are not Christians. In many islands, competition[…]
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