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Asian Development Bank and Tuvalu: Fact Sheet
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEMBER FACT SHEET Tuvalu: 2020 Loans, Grants, Equity To help the Tuvalu overcome the impacts of the Investments, Technical Assistance, and Trade and Supply Chain Finance and COVID-19 pandemic, ADB’s assistance will focus on Microfinance Program Commitments ($ million)a improving outer-island port facilities, building disaster Product Type Sovereign Nonsovereign Total resilience, promoting renewable energy sources, Grants 9.00 – 9.00 Technical Assistanceb 4.26 0.15 4.41 and sustaining good fiscal management. Total 13.26 0.15 13.41 – = nil, DMC = developing member country, TA = technical assistance. Notes: Commitment is the financing approved by ADB’s Board of Directors or Management for which the legal agreement has been signed by the borrower, recipient, or the investee company and ADB. Grants and TA include ADB-administered cofinancing. TUVALU a Numbers may not sum precisely because of rounding. b Financing for TA projects with regional coverage is distributed to their specific DMCs where breakdown is available. Tuvalu is a small island developing state for Tuvalu. Cumulative loan and grant comprising nine atolls in the South disbursements to Tuvalu amount to Pacific. It is geographically isolated $36.3 million. These were financed by Tuvalu: Cumulative Loans, Grants, and highly vulnerable to climatic and concessional ordinary capital resources Equity Investments, Technical Assistance, economic shocks. With a small private and the Asian Development Fund. and Trade and Supply Chain Finance and Microfinance Program Commitmentsa, b, c, d sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic development, the public Total % COVID-19 ADB-SUPPORTED PROJECTS Amount of Total Response sector is its main driver of growth. -
1 EXPLANATORY NOTE This Is the Report of the Commonwealth
EXPLANATORY NOTE This is the Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group which was present for the General Election in Fiji Islands, held from 6 to 13 May 2006. The Group’s report is reproduced here in the form in which it was signed by the Observers prior to their departure from Suva on 21 May 2006. It was transmitted to the Commonwealth Secretary- General on Friday 2 June 2006. During the following week he sent it to the Prime Minister of Fiji Islands, the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, the Supervisor of Elections, the leaders of the main political parties and Commonwealth governments. It was placed on this web-site and released to the media on Monday 12 June 2006. Printed copies are available from: Democracy Section Political Affairs Division Commonwealth Secretariat Pall Mall London SW1Y 5HX United Kingdom Tel: +44 207 747 6407/6397/6398 Fax: +44 207 930 2189 • Please note that the page numbers shown on the contents page relate to the printed version of the report. Only Annexes II and IV are shown. The others will be added at a later date. 1 Fiji Islands General Election 6-13 May 2006 REPORT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP 2 CONTENTS Page Letter of Transmittal CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION 1 Invitation 1 Terms of Reference 1 Activities of the Group 2 CHAPTER TWO – POLITICAL BACKGROUND 4 Brief Historical Background 4 Political Overview 4 The Development of the 1997 Constitution 5 1999 Elections 6 2000 George Speight Coup 6 Commonwealth Engagement 7 2001 Election and Section 99 (5) of the Constitution 7 Talanoa Process 8 CMAG Meeting -
East-West Center Annual Report 2003
EAST-WEST CENTER ANNUAL REPORT 2003 THE EAST-WEST CENTER was established by the United States Congress in 1960 to “promote better relations and understanding between the United States and the nations of Asia and the Pacific through cooperative study, education, and research.” To support this mission, the Center’s programs focus around a specific institutional goal—to assist in creating an Asia Pacific community. Research, dialogue, educational activities, and public outreach incorporate both the Center’s mission and the programmatic focus of building an Asia Pacific community. The Center works to strengthen relations in the region and serves as a national and regional resource for information and analysis on Asia and the Pacific. It provides a meeting ground where people with a wide range of perspectives exchange views on topics of regional concern. Center staff members work with collaborating institutions and specialists from throughout the region. Since its founding more than 50,000 people have participated in Center programs. Many of these participants now occupy key positions in government, business, journalism, and education in the region. Officially known as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, the East-West Center is a public, nonprofit national and regional research and education institution with an international board of governors. Funding comes from the U.S. government in addition to support provided by private agencies, individuals and corporations, and a number of Asian and Pacific governments. Located in Honolulu, three miles from Waikiki and adjacent to the University of Hawai‘i, the Center’s 21-acre campus includes conference facilities, a research and administration office building, and three residential halls. -
Converging Currents Custom and Human Rights in the Pacific
September 2006, Wellington, New Zealand | STUDY PAPER 17 CoNvERgiNg CURRENTS Custom and human rights in the paCifiC The Law Commission is an independent, publicly funded, central advisory body established by statute to undertake the systematic review, reform and development of the law of New Zealand. its purpose is to help achieve law that is just, principled, and accessible, and that reflects the heritage and aspirations of the peoples of New Zealand. The Commissioners are: Right Honourable Sir geoffrey Palmer – President Dr Warren Young – Deputy President Honourable Justice Eddie Durie Helen Aikman qC The Manager of the Law Commission is Brigid Corcoran The office of the Law Commission is at 89 The Terrace, Wellington Postal address: Po Box 2590, Wellington 6001, New Zealand Document Exchange Number: sp 23534 Telephone: (04) 473–3453, Facsimile: (04) 914–4760 Email: [email protected] internet: www.lawcom.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand Cataloguing-in-Publication Data New Zealand. Law Commission. Custom and human rights in the Pacific / Law Commission. (Study paper, 1174-9776 ; 17) iSBN 1-877316-08-3 1. Customary law—oceania. 2. Human rights—oceania. 3. Civil rights—oceania. i. Title. ii. Series: Study paper (New Zealand. Law Commission) 340.5295—dc 22 Study Paper/Law Commission, Wellington 2006 iSSN 1174-9776 iSBN 1-877316-08-3 This study paper may be cited as NZLC SP17 This study paper is also available on the internet at the Commission’s website: www.lawcom.govt.nz <http://www.lawcom.govt.nz> LawCommissionStudyPaper He Poroporoaki The New Zealand Law Commission acknowledges with deep regret the passing of two notable Pacific leaders shortly before the printing of this study, the Maori queen and the King of Tonga. -
18 February 199Ï GATT Office Circular Mo. 341/Corr.L LIST OP LIAISON
I 18 February 199Ï GATT Office Circular Mo. 341/Corr.l LIST OP LIAISON OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES Corrigendum Please insert the attached pages in GATT Office Circular No. 341. They should replace the pages bearing the corresponding numbers. To enable staff members to know immediately where the change appears, a cross is indicated against the country concerned. Circulaire intérieure du GATT No. 341/Corr.l LISTE DES CHARGES DE LIAISON ET DBS REPRESENTANTS Corrigendum Prière d'insérer les pages ci-jointes dans la Circulaire intérieure du GATT No. 341 à la place des pages portant les mêmes numéros. Pour permettre aux fonctionnaires de savoir immédiatement où il y a un changement, une croix est placée à côté du nom du pays concerné. Circular interior del GATT N.° 341/Corr.l LISTA DE LOS FONCIONARIOS DE ENLACE Y REPRESENTANTES Corrigendum Se ruega insertar las paginas adjuntas en la circular interior del GATT N.° 341 en sustituciôn de las de numeraciôn équivalente. Para que los funcionarios puedan saber inmediatamente dônde hay cambios, se ha colocado una cruz al lado del nombre del pais correspondiente. 93-0215 No. 341 Page 13 27 January 1993 ESPANA (Sp) + (F) Excmo. Sr. Fernando-Martin Valenzuela Embajador Représentante Permanente de Espafta ante la Oficina de las Naclones Unldas en Ginebra Avenue Blanc 53 1202 Genève Tel: 731 22 30 731 22 39 Telex: 412 777 mpeg ch 289 951 degve ch Telefax: 731 53 70 Sr. Juan Antonio Castillo Consejero (Asuntos Comerciales) Représentante Permanente Adjunto Misiôn permanente de Espafia Avenue Blanc 49 1202 Genève Tel: 732 85 93 732 86 45 732 87 92 Telex: 41 23 00 ofcom ch Telefax: 738 64 76 Oficina Agricultura Tel: 738 42 06 Telefax: 738 45 37 FINLAND (E) H.E. -
Introduction
Student Economic Review, Vol. 20, 2006, pg. 189 REFORM OF THE EU SUGAR REGIME AND ITS IMPACT ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES EOGHAN O’BRIAIN Senior Sophister The negative repercussions of the reform of the EU sugar regime on the Irish sugar industry has been well publicised. Eoghan O’Briain analyses the effect this reform will have on different groups of developing countries. He finally concludes that it is not the EU sugar farmers that will suffer most but the poor producers in developing countries. Introduction ‘The Commission’s proposal does not take our situation into account in any way. It is completely at odds with EU development policy, the general objectives of the Doha Development Round, and the pursuit of the UN Millennium Development Goals’ Kaliopate Tavola, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade of Fiji (ACP, 2005b:1) On November 24th 2005 EU agricultural ministers reached agreement on the details of the June 2005 Commission proposal to reform the Common Market Organisation (CMO) for sugar. I will outline the details of this agreement, before examining its likely impact on various groups of developing countries. This question is important in light of the EU’s stated ambition of achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The essay informs the debate on preference erosion, an issue of major concern to developing countries at the recent WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong. I will examine the reaction of developing countries to this proposed reform, and investigate, whether the EU’s package is fair in terms of its effect on developing countries. I will conclude that the EU has neglected its responsibilities to some of the world’s most vulnerable economies, in its haste to compensate politically powerful EU sugar farmers. -
ANNUAL REPORT Korea
THE WORLD BANK GROUP OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Australia │Cambodia │Kiribati │Korea │RMI│ FSM │Mongolia │Nauru │New Zealand │Palau │PNG│Samoa │Solomon Islands │Tuvalu │Vanuatu Mongolia ANNUAL REPORT Korea Nauru Cambodia Marshall Islands Palau Micronesia Kiribati Tuvalu Papua New Solomon Islands Samoa Vanuatu Australia New Zealand FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 WORLD BANK GROUP – EAST ASIA / PACIFIC CONSTITUENCY OFFICE ANNUAL REPORT FY2019 CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CONSTITUENCY OFFICE Governors and Alternate Governors for the Constituency…………………………………………………. 1 Executive Director, Alternate Executive Director and Staff.................................................... 2 Voice Secondment Program... ................................................................................................ 3 ISSUES OF INTEREST TO OUR CONSTITUENCY IDA19 Update …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Debt Sustainability .................................................................................................................. 4 Climate change and resilience ............................................................................................... 5 Fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) and crisis response ……………………………………….. ........... 6 Small States including Small Island Economies Exceptions .................................................... 6 Human Capital Index and Human Capital Project ...................................................................... 7 Capital Increase ..................................................................................................................... -
2020 Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM) Outcomes
PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT 2020 FORUM ECONOMIC MINISTERS MEETING Virtual Meeting 11 – 12 August 2020 OUTCOMES The 2020 Forum Economic Ministers Meeting was convened virtually on 11 – 12 August 2020. The meeting was chaired by the Honourable Seve Paeniu, Minister for Finance of Tuvalu, and supported by the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor. 2. The meeting was attended at Ministerial level by Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Solomon Islands were represented at Officials level. 3. The meeting was also attended by the following Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) agencies: the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency, the Pacific Community, the Pacific Aviation Safety Authority, the Pacific Power Association, the Pacific Tourism Organisation, and the University of the South Pacific. Special Technical Observers also in attendance were the Asian Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, the Oceania Customs Organisation, the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the United Nations, and the World Bank. The full List of Participants is at Annex A. OFFICIAL OPENING 4. In her introductory remarks, the Secretary General recognised the severe consequences caused by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to global and national economies, with impacts on the livelihoods and prospects of our people to be felt for some time. The Secretary General commended Members for rising to the extraordinary challenges posed by the pandemic, and reminded of the growing uncertainty about the future of the Blue Pacific due to inherent and persistent vulnerabilities that continue to challenge the region’s resilient development and security, and which have been amplified by the COVID-19. -
The Role of Overseas Missions in the Foreign Policy of Fiji
THE ROLE OF OVERSEAS MISSIONS IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF FIJI: AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIPLOMACY OF A SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE. By MILIKA WAQAINABETE A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Masters of Arts in Politics and International Affairs. Copyright © 2012 by Milika Waqainabete School of Government, Development and International Affairs, Faculty of Business and Economics University of the South Pacific Dedication I dedicate this thesis to our Lord Jesus Christ whose guidance and wisdom enabled me to persevere, husband Mosese and children Jone, Vika and Alena for their unwavering support and encouragement for its completion. Acknowledgement I wish to acknowledge with sincere gratitude the guidance and direction given to me by my supervisor, Dr Sandra Tarte, the staff of the National Archives and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for their assistance, the I-Taukei Affairs Scholarships Unit for funding this research, as well as the interviewees listed below who gave valuable information for the compilation and completion of this thesis. Mr Solo Mara Mrs Mere Mr Winston Falemaka Thompson Mr Isikeli Mataitoga Mrs Mere Tora Mr Berenado Vunibobo Mr Kaliopate Ms Taufa Vakatale Tavola Mr Filipe Bole Ms Tupou Raturaga Mr Emitai Mr Lote Buinimasi Boladuadua Ms Yolinda Chan Mr Jesoni Mr Robin Yarrow Dr Roman Vitusagavulu Grynberg Mr Sekove Mrs Litia Mawi Naqiolevu Mr Peter Donigi Mr Naipote Mr Amena Yauvoli Mr Jeremaia Katonitabua Waqanisau Mr Jone Mr Anare Jale Draunimasi Mr Akuila Waradi Ms Tupou Vere Mr Jone Mr Ross Ligairi Vukikomoala Mr Isikia Savua Mr Pio Tabaiwalu Mr Jioji Mr Tuiloma Neroni Kotobalavu Slade Mr Filimoni Jitoko 1 Abstract Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in international relations are generally viewed to be weak, vulnerable and marginalised in world affairs. -
Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2014
Melanesia in Review: Issues and Events, 2014 New Caledonia and Papua are not reservations about holding an election reviewed in this issue. at all, accused sodelpa of exacerbat- ing ethnic divisions and of planning Fiji to release 2000 coup leader George The first nine months of 2014 in Speight, and said that Suva would not Fiji were dominated by preparations be allowed to “burn” again (rnzi, for the long-awaited 17 September 4 Sept 2014; Fiji Sun, 4 Sept 2014; election. In accordance with the fbc, 11 Sept 2014). Heroic interpreta- “Strategic Framework for Change” tions of the military’s response to the set out in July 2009, a new constitu- Speight coup of May 2000 had long tion had been put in place in 2013 been used to consolidate rank-and-file (see Fraenkel 2014), but the associ- control in the army (see Bainimarama ated electoral arrangements were 2014a). Now, in the context of the finalized only in March 2014. In the election campaign, these were used same month, Prime Minister Voreqe to remind the minority communities Bainimarama stepped down as about the risk of instability in the military commander and announced event of a poor showing for FijiFirst. the formation of his new politi- If the early September poll was cal party, FijiFirst. Also in March, correct, voter loyalties polarized in Rewa high chief Ro Teimumu Kepa the weeks before the polls, with the became leader of the main Opposi- smaller parties losing support. The tion party, the Social Democratic and final outcome gave FijiFirst 59.2 Liberal Party (sodelpa, formerly the percent of the national vote and 32 of Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua the 50 parliamentary seats, a landslide [sdl]). -
Joint Meeting of SOPAC, SPREP and SPC Governing Bodies on the Regional Institutional Framework (RIF) 7 & 8 July, 2009 Tradewinds Convention Centre, Suva, Fiji
Joint Meeting of SOPAC, SPREP and SPC Governing Bodies on the Regional institutional Framework (RIF) 7 & 8 July, 2009 Tradewinds Convention Centre, Suva, Fiji PARTICIPANTS LIST AMERICAN SAMOA Mr Jonathan Mitchell Program Manager Leota Alapapa Vaea Ainu’u AusAID Administrator PO Box 214 Chief of Land Use Management Suva, FIJI ISLANDS Land Use Permitting Chief Tel: +679 338 2211 Liaison Officer Fax: +679 338 2316 Office of the Governor E-mail: [email protected] Environmental Protection AGency PO Box PPA Utulei Office Building COOK ISLANDS Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA Tel: +684 633 2304 Mr Carl Hunter Fax: +684 633 5715 Director Pacific Division E-mail: [email protected] Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration PO Box Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS AUSTRALIA Tel: +682 29347 Fax: +682 21247 Ms Judith Robinson E-mail: [email protected] Minister Counsellor AusAID Mr Vaitoti Tupa PO Box 214 Director, National Environment Services Suva, FIJI ISLANDS PO Box 371 Tel: +679 338 2211 Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS Fax: +679 338 2316 Tel: +682 21256 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +682 22356 E-mail: [email protected] Ms Romaine Kwesius Counsellor Mr Keu Mataroa AusAID Executive Officer PO Box 214 Ministry of Works Suva, FIJI ISLANDS PO Box 102 Tel: +679 338 2279 Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS Fax: +679 338 2695 Tel: (682) 20034 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (682) 21134 E-mail: [email protected] 1 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA PO Box 2220, Government Buildings Suva, FIJI ISLANDS HE Mr Samson E. Pretrick Tel: +679 330 9631 Ambassador -
Guide to the Council of the European Communities : December 1989
General Secretariat of the Council GUIDE TO THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES December 1989 General Secretariat of the Council GUIDE TO THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, December 1989 This publication is also available in the following languages: ES ISBN 92-824-0702-0 DA ISBN 92-824-0703-9 DE ISBN 92-824-0704-7 GR ISBN 92-824-0705-5 FR ISBN 92-824-0707-1 IT ISBN 92-824-0708-X NL ISBN 92-824-0709-8 PT ISBN 92-824-0710-1 Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1990 ISBN 92-824-0706-3 Catalogue number: BX-57-89-176-EN-C © ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels · Luxembourg, 1990 Printed in Belgium CONTENTS Page Council of the European Communities 5 Presidency of the Council 7 Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States 8 List of representatives of the governments of the Member States who regularly take part in Council meetings 9 Belgium 10 Denmark 11 Federal Republic of Germany 12 Greece 15 Spain 17 France 19 Ireland 21 Italy 23 Luxembourg 29 Netherlands 30 Portugal 32 United Kingdom 35 Permanent Representatives Committee 39 Coreper II 40 Coreper I 42 Article 113 Committee 44 Special Committee on Agriculture 44 Standing Committee on Employment 44 Budget Committee 44 Scientific and Technical Research Committee (Crest) 45 Education Committee 45 Committee on Cultural Affairs 46 Select Committee on Cooperation Agreements between the Member States and third countries 46 Energy Committee 46 Standing Committee on Uranium