DOCSLIB.ORG

Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, I July I993 to 30 June I994

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, I July I993 to 30 June I994 W.iii6t1GQ"fNMI!WMmhdMi.M;IIRiiRlMjMMIMl;;;*W@ijfi!f!M!6iiijfHWM\WMA99!!!ti!IP;;;S;;H.M4Ai!il fiAllRWtRlfmllmlM- .ilIM........... Micronesia in Review: Issues and Events, I July I993 to 30 June I994 Reviews of Federated States of Micro­ of the constitutional amendment plebi­ nesia, Guam, Kiribati, and Marshall scite a year earlier. Sixty-eight percent Islands are not included in this issue. of Belau's voters accepted the compact. However, the Koror town voters, as BELAU usual, were the most critical of the The eighth compact plebiscite and agreement with a yes acceptance of related court cases, a national master only 54 percent. For a decade, Koror plan project, and the push for compact voters have been skeptical of the com­ implementation were the key events in pact, and the center of this opposition Belau for 1993-94. has been two ecumenical groups made Besides voting for congressional and up mostly of women: the Catholic chief executive candidates in the Women's Group, Kltal-Reng, a grass­ November 1992 election, the people of roots movement organized in 1979 to Belau agreed, by a margin of 62 per­ lobby in support of the original cent yes to 38 percent no, to amend nuclear-free Belau constitution, and their constitution, setting aside the 75 Otil A Belaud which emerged in 1987 percent requirement for approval of during the hostility of the furlough the Compact of Free Association period. The ideology of both groups Agreement with the United States. consists of three principles: to protect What was striking in the plebiscite the sovereignty and sovereign identity results is that only about half of of Belau; to protect the integrity of the Koror's voters accepted the amend­ Belau Constitution as an expression of IlleI1t:,_wh~re<l§ vot~rsiIlJherlll"al yil­ §~lf:(kt~rIl1iI1a!iQI1;_aI!CLtQ_t<lkea. lages of Babeldaob, Kayangel, Peleliu, stance supporting a clean environment and Angaur islands voted nearly 70 and opposing nuclear and military percent yes on the change. In addition activities. In short, the women fear to internal factional feuding, the 75 rapid cultural change and the United percent constitutional requirement for States military. agreements involving dangerous sub­ In addition to this hard-core ideo­ stances delayed compact approval for logical opposition, a quiet but effective a decade. political opposition emerged, led by In November 1993, the people of Johnson Toribiong, who lost the presi­ Belau voted for the eighth and, most dential race in November 1992, and likely, last time on the compact agree­ his core supporters. The development ment, which provides Belau self­ of such opposition is quite normal government, sovereignty, and approxi­ given the intense political competition mately $480 million in financial assis­ and factionalism that characterize tance in exchange for military and Belau politics. President Nakamura territorial denial rights for the United and his backers maneuvered adeptly in States. The results of the eighth refer­ responding to and controlling tensions endum were more positive than those created by the opposition. The presi- 126 POLITICAL REVIEWS 127 dent lined up support in the national of 1969. The compacts of the Republic congress and from the traditional of the Marshall Islands and the Feder­ chiefs and many of the state governors. ated States of Micronesia include For example, at a pre-referendum specific reference to application of meeting in late October 1993 at the the 1969 Act. On the other hand, the Belau Community Association Bai relaxation of environmental protec­ 'meetinghouse' on Guam, six national tions in the Belau Compact vis-a-vis congressmen and a state governor those of the two independent states from Belau spoke enthusiastically was a negotiating initiative of former about the compact. The Nakamura President Lazarus Salii in exchange administration actively supported the for the numerous compact funding compact and a considerable amount of increases. For example, the investment travel by executive and legislative fund was increased from $60 million branch leaders took place to campaign to $70 million. The fact that the plain­ off island on behalf of the compact. tiffs may not be able to demonstrate Despite Belau's approval of the injury, together with the fact that a compact in November 1993, the issue relaxation of environmental standards is not yet closed. In January 1994, was mutually negotiated, agreed upon, women of Otil A Belaud (meaning "to and ratified by the Belau electorate set the anchor securely") filed three may weaken the women's case con­ suits in Koror and on Saipan. Two siderably. suits were dismissed. However, two of In July 1993 Belau began an ambi­ the women, Isabella Sumang and tious national master development Nancy Wong, Otil A Belaud members, planning effort with nearly $800,000 gained the support of the Right Liveli­ of funding support from the US hood Foundation, London, and-filed Department of Interior and toe United yet another suit with the US District Nations Development Program. The Court in Honolulu. Their complaint planning work is being carried out by was based on a strategy of attacking an Australian company, SAGRIC Inter­ what they perceived as the weak national Proprietary Limited, which is environmental protections in the com­ expected to submit its final report to pact. The London-based foundation the Belau National Congress, the employed attorney George Allen, a Olbill Era Kelulau, in November specialist in environmental law, who 1994. The work is being done in con­ has claimed that "penguins have more junction with a special task force con­ environmental protections than sisting of individuals from all levels of Palauans" (Pacific Daily News, 4 Mar the Belau government and chaired by 1994,3)· Moses Uludong, former governor of This suit may have more merit than Ngchesar State and publisher of the the previous ones. Allen claims that Tia Belau newspaper. The major out­ sections 162 and 163 of the Belau comes of the planning effort will con­ Compact release the United States sist of detailed action plans and from complying with the standards of recommendations for achieving sus­ the National Environmental Policy Act tainable economic, social, and physical MM·UAilbM:g;;;;; II MiMW"4ij mil 'WBMy MNMM& "A' AWAfiMJ Wi • ns-mnr 128 THE CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC· SPRING 1995 development of Belau to the year Belau respond to shortfalls in reve­ 2020; promoting private sector and nue-both local and from the com­ national wealth creation; defining pact-to cover growing costs of opera­ policies and procedures for manage­ tions, maintenance, and development? ment of resources of land, foreshore, Finally, what should Belau do about its and seas; achieving human resources poor loan pay-back record and the development; improving physical proliferation of small banks in Koror? infrastructure and support services; In 1994 both Congressman Ron de strengthening institutions and build­ Lugo and Secretary of the Interior ing capacity for planning and moni­ Bruce Babbit visited Belau. Although toring. the visits tended to be more symbolic Although the planning effort is than substantive, Babbit's July trip making good progress, the SAGRIC addressed transition issues, indicating master planner, Dr Donald Townsend, that implementation of the compact was suddenly terminated in mid-June is getting serious attention in Wash­ 1994 by his superiors at the company. ington, DC. There had been some tension between Since Belau's separation from the the master planner and the president's other political entities of Micronesia in office early in 1994, when the govern­ 1978, the compact has been a divisive ment recognized it needed to prepare and controversial issue for the people. an Economic Development Plan. Such Roman Tmetuchl, Haruo Remeliik, a plan is required by section 23 I of the Alfonso Oiterong, Lazarus Salii, compact to assure economically effec­ Thomas Remengesau Sr, and Ngiratkel tive expenditure of US funds, which Etpison have all yearned to lead Belau during year one amount to some $228 out of its trust territory wilderness and .... million;·President Nakamura; in his intofreely·associatedstatus~President State of the Republic Address of 12 Nakamura will, finally, realize the April 1994, said that the two plans privilege. On 23 May 1994, he met should complement each other. "The with United States government offi­ EDP covers our current status and eco­ cials, and both sides agreed that the nomic goals related to CIP funding Compact of Free Association shall while the Master Plan [the United enter into force on I October 1994. Nations-Department of Interior-sup­ The following day, both governments ported effort] is to deal with broader announced the agreement in remarks issues through the year 2020." Naka­ before the United Nations Trusteeship mura sees the two plans as providing Council, and a draft resolution termi­ "a blueprint for a viable future." Be nating Belau's trust status was given that as it may, some nagging long-term limited distribution by the council. The planning questions remain: What can draft's pertinent section states that the be done to improve the low productiv­ council requests "the Government of ity of Belau's work force? How will the United States, in consultation with individuals in Belau respond to the the Government of Palau, to agree on a high inflation expected in the freely date on or about I October 1994 for associated state period? How will the full entry into force of the Compact POLITICAL REVIEWS 129 of Free Association, and to inform the COMMONWEALTH OF THE Secretary-General of the United NORTHERN MARIANA Nations of that date." Significantly, ISLANDS the Secretary-General is requested by the resolution to circulate as official During the past year the frenzy over documents all material received from Article XII and the land alienation issue the Administering Authority pursuant peaked, then came the campaign and to the resolution.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • United States/Cnmi Political Union
    S. HRG. 110–164 UNITED STATES/CNMI POLITICAL UNION HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON S. 1634, A BILL TO IMPLEMENT FURTHER THE ACT APPROVING THE COVENANT TO ESTABLISH A COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS IN POLITICAL UNION WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES JULY 19, 2007 ( Printed for the use of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 38–192 PDF WASHINGTON : 2007 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico, Chairman DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota LARRY E. CRAIG, Idaho RON WYDEN, Oregon LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota RICHARD BURR, North Carolina MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana JIM DEMINT, South Carolina MARIA CANTWELL, Washington BOB CORKER, Tennessee KEN SALAZAR, Colorado JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas GORDON H. SMITH, Oregon BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont JIM BUNNING, Kentucky JON TESTER, Montana MEL MARTINEZ, Florida ROBERT M. SIMON, Staff Director SAM E. FOWLER, Chief Counsel FRANK MACCHIAROLA, Republican Staff Director JUDITH K. PENSABENE, Republican Chief Counsel (II) C O N T E N T S STATEMENTS Page Akaka, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii .............................................. 4 Bingaman, Hon.
    [Show full text]
  • Investigation Into Health Care Disparities of U.S. Pacific Island Territories
    INVESTIGATION INTO HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES OF U.S. PACIFIC ISLAND TERRITORIES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND WELLNESS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 25, 2004 Serial No. 108–160 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 94–494 PDF WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:19 Jul 15, 2004 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\94494.TXT HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman DAN BURTON, Indiana HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut TOM LANTOS, California ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida MAJOR R. OWENS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DOUG OSE, California DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio RON LEWIS, Kentucky DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri CHRIS CANNON, Utah DIANE E. WATSON, California ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland JOHN J.
    [Show full text]
  • I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I
    (j THE SENATE TWELFTH NORTHERN MARIANAS COMMONWEALTH LEGTSLA TURE I FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 2000 I ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING I I Monday, January 10,2000 (Introduction by Master of Ceremonies, Mike Evangelista) I (Singing of the Commonwealth National Anthem) The Senate of the Twelfth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature, First Day, First Regular I Session, 2000, was called to order at 10:15 a.In. in the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. I Senator-elect Paul A. Manglona, President Pro Tempore, presided. President Pro Tern Manglona: The Senate of the Twelfth Northern Marianas Commonwealth Legislature is hereby called to order. I preside as President Pro Tern of the Senate pursuant to the request of the Senators and Senators­ I elect present today. Before I do that, I would like to call on Bishop Tomas Camacho, of the Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa, to give the invocations. I INVOCATION Bishop Tomas Camacho: Gina'an I Tata yan I Lahifia yan I Espiritu Santo Amen. Loving God, we come to you today, the first month of the New Year, the first year of the New Century, and the first Century of the New I Millennium, to beg of you forgiveness for our past offenses and to seek your guidance and your blessings. Almighty and Eternal God, you have revealed your Glory to all nations. God of power and might, wisdom and justice, through you, authority is rightly administered, laws are enacted, and judgment is decreed. Let the light of your divine wisdom direct the deliberation of the Senate of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and shine I forward in all the proceedings and laws framed for our rules and govennnent.
    [Show full text]
  • United States Department of Education Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Rehabilitation Services Administration Washington, Dc 20202
    UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OFFICE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES REHABILITATION SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON, DC 20202 INFORMATION MEMORANDUM RSA-IM-01-30 DATE: March 27, 2001 ADDRESSEES: STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES (GENERAL) STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES (BLIND) STATE REHABILITATION COUNCILS CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS PROTECTION & ADVOCACY OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS PROGRAMS REGIONAL REHABILITATION CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS AMERICAN INDIAN VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS RSA SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM SUBJECT: Results of the RSA Longitudinal Study: The Potential Value of Basic Skills Training Among Consumers of Vocational Rehabilitation Services CONTENT: The purpose of this Information Memorandum (IM) is to report some interim results of the Rehabilitation Services Administration’s (RSA’s) Longitudinal Study of the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services Program which indicate a positive impact of basic reading and math achievement on earnings levels. RSA's Longitudinal Study was commissioned in 1992 and conducted by the Research Triangle Institute. RSA’s Longitudinal Study The study’s overall purpose is to examine the performance of the State- federal VR program in assisting consumers to achieve long-term economic and non-economic outcomes. The study abstracted information from samples of VR case files, questionnaires completed by VR staff, and interviews of past and present VR consumers. Thirty-seven local VR offices were randomly selected, along with a sample of 8000 applicants and current and former VR consumers. Each individual chosen for study was followed for three years and interviewed annually; one purpose of RSA-IM-01-30 Page 2 following each consumer was to document the average two-year timeframe spent in receipt of VR services, along with a period of post-VR employment or other outcome.
    [Show full text]
  • Oversight Hearing Committee on Resources Us House
    AN EXAMINATION OF THE PO- TENTIAL FOR A DELEGATE FROM THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS OVERSIGHT HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Serial No. 108-85 Printed for the use of the Committee on Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/house or Committee address: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 92-123 PS WASHINGTON : 2004 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 0ct 09 2002 10:02 Jul 27, 2004 Jkt 088533 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 J:\DOCS\92123.TXT HRESOUR1 PsN: KATHY COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES RICHARD W. POMBO, California, Chairman NICK J. RAHALL II, West Virginia, Ranking Democrat Member Don Young, Alaska Dale E. Kildee, Michigan W.J. ‘‘Billy’’ Tauzin, Louisiana Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Jim Saxton, New Jersey Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Elton Gallegly, California Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Calvin M. Dooley, California Ken Calvert, California Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Scott McInnis, Colorado Ron Kind, Wisconsin Barbara Cubin, Wyoming Jay Inslee, Washington George Radanovich, California Grace F. Napolitano, California Walter B. Jones, Jr., North Carolina Tom Udall, New Mexico Chris Cannon, Utah Mark Udall, Colorado John E. Peterson, Pennsylvania Anı´bal Acevedo-Vila´, Puerto Rico Jim Gibbons, Nevada, Brad Carson, Oklahoma Vice Chairman Rau´ l M.
    [Show full text]
  • Calendar No. 676
    Calendar No. 676 110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session SENATE 110–324 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS COVENANT IMPLEMENTATION ACT APRIL 10, 2008.—Ordered to be printed Mr. BINGAMAN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 3079] The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 3079) to amend the joint resolution that ap- proved the covenant establishing the Commonwealth of the North- ern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE The purpose of H.R. 3079 is to extend U.S. immigration laws to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) as provided by Section 503 of the Covenant, but with special provi- sions to ease the transition to Federal law and respond to the CNMI’s special circumstances. These special provisions include: es- tablishing an extendable five-year transition period and guest worker program; waiving the numerical limitation on non- immigrant worker visas under the Immigration and Naturalization Act (INA) for workers entering the CNMI; granting nonimmigrant status to certain alien investors so that they may remain in the CNMI; establishing a visa waiver program to facilitate travel to the CNMI by tourists and other visitors; requiring a report on the fu- ture status of certain long-term CNMI guest workers; and author- izing technical assistance to identify opportunities to diversify and grow the CNMI economy, and to recruit, train, and hire U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Political Reviews
    Political Reviews 0LFURQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV-XO\ WR-XQH david w kupferman, kelly g marsh, samuel f mcphetres, tyrone j taitano 3RO\QHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV-XO\WR-XQH lorenz gonschor, hapakuke pierre leleivai, margaret mutu, forrest wade young 7KH&RQWHPSRUDU\3DFL²F9ROXPH1XPEHU¥ E\8QLYHUVLW\RI+DZDL©L3UHVV 169 0LFURQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV -XO\WR-XQH Reviews of the Federated States of major issue was the military buildup Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, and resulting from the transfer of the US Palau are not included in this issue. Marine units from Okinawa to Guam (MV, 28 Sept 2012). As in the primary, Guam Bordallo won the general election National and local elections featured handily, this time garnering 58 percent prominently in news stories in Guam of the vote. this year, as local offices and Guam’s Democrats controlled the Guam nonvoting delegate to the United Legislature by a 9 to 6 margin going States Congress were on the ballot. into the November elections. When The island’s incumbent, Congress- election results came in, voters had woman Madeleine Z Bordallo, faced again chosen a 9 to 6 Democratic challengers in both the Democratic majority, although one-third of the primary and the general election and legislature was replaced. The turn- prevailed against both. In the Septem- over in one seat was due to Frank ber primary, the five-term incumbent Blas Jr choosing to run for the US faced twenty-seven-year-old newcomer Congress rather than for reelection to Karlo Dizon (MV, 14 May 2013). the legislature. However, four other Despite Dizon’s spirited campaign, incumbents were defeated, namely, Bordallo won 73 percent of the vote.
    [Show full text]
  • Political Reviews
    Political Reviews 0LFURQHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV-XO\ WR-XQH david w kupferman, kelly g marsh, samuel f mcphetres, tyrone j taitano 3RO\QHVLDLQ5HYLHZ,VVXHVDQG(YHQWV-XO\WR-XQH lorenz gonschor, hapakuke pierre leleivai, margaret mutu, forrest wade young 7KH&RQWHPSRUDU\3DFL²F9ROXPH1XPEHU¥ E\8QLYHUVLW\RI+DZDL©L3UHVV 169 184 the contemporary pacific 26:1 (2014) was promoted by various women’s -february-2013-rmi-minister-tony-de groups and was gaining traction -brum-speech-at-the-un-security-council among the general public by the end [accessed 24 Oct 2013] of the period under review was the Johnson, Terrell. 2013. Are Simultaneous reservation of five seats in the Nitijela Floods, Drought an Omen in the Pacific? to be held by women (MIJ, 10 May The Weather Channel, 1 July. http://www 2013). .weather.com/news/science/environment/ While there is some hope that posi- marshall-islands-climate-change-happening tive change may come from a potential -now-20130630 [accessed 1 July 2013] Con-Con, there is also concern that MIJ, Marshall Islands Journal. Majuro. the results from a popular referendum Weekly. may yield little more than pro-forma pir, Pacific Islands Report. 20 June 2013. amendments, as happened during the RMI Government Denies Social Unrest previous two Con-Cons. As the Mar- During Drought. http://pidp.eastwestcenter shall Islands, and Majuro in particular, .org/pireport/2013/June/06-20-06.htm narrows its focus on the politics and [accessed 20 June 2013] logistics of hosting the Pacific Islands Slate V. 2013. Don’t Talk to Us About Forum in September 2013, there has Your Sinking Island: How the U.N.
    [Show full text]
  • Solving Worker Abuse Problems in the Northern Mariana Islands Karen M
    Boston College International and Comparative Law Review Volume 24 | Issue 2 Article 7 5-1-2001 Solving Worker Abuse Problems in the Northern Mariana Islands Karen M. Smith Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr Part of the Labor and Employment Law Commons Recommended Citation Karen M. Smith, Solving Worker Abuse Problems in the Northern Mariana Islands, 24 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 381 (2001), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr/vol24/iss2/7 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College International and Comparative Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SOLVING WORKER ABUSE PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISlANDS KAREN M. SMITH* Abstract: The garment industry has long been criticized for treating workers poorly. Despite the attention that this problem has received in recent years, abuse continues to occur, even in a territory of the United States (U.S.), the Northern Mariana Islands. This Note considers two legislative solutions that have been considered in the United States Congress, applying to the territory (1) U.S. minimum wages laws, and (2) U.S. immigration laws, and argues that better control over immigration to the Northern Marianas may reduce the problem significantly. INTRODUCTION In recent years, interest in combating unfair labor practices has increased in the Vnited States" For example, in response to its obser­ vations of labor in the People's Republic of China, the Clinton Ad­ ministration authored a set of Model Business Principles for V.S.
    [Show full text]
  • 23Rd Pacific Islands Environment Conference
    Hafa Adai! 23rd Pacific Islands Environment Conference “Make A Difference” June 21 - 25, 2004 Dai-ichi Hotel, Saipan Beach CNMI Sponsored by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX Division of Environmental Quality, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands American Samoa EPA, American Samoa and Guam EPA, Guam 23rd Pacific Islands Environment Conference ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES “Make A Difference” The Environmental Protection Agency Honors the Pacific Island Environmental Heroes “The EPA is pleased and honored to acknowledge the innovative and far-reaching environmental work achieved by this impressive group of organizations and individuals.” “All of this year’s winners — in fact, all of this year’s nomi nees — have made commendable efforts to protect and preserve our air, water and land.” ~Wayne Nastri, EPA Regional Administrator The EPA Region 9 Environmental Awards program acknowledges commitment and significant contributions to the environment in California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, the Pacific Islands and tribal lands. Thirty six groups and individuals were selected from over 150 nominees received this year from businesses, media, local, state and federal government officials, tribes, environmental organizations and citizen activists. The winners are: MOVER (Multi-Sectoral Overseas Filipino Workers Movement) Saipan, MP MOVER, a non-profit group on Saipan, has taken the initiative to clean up stormwater drainages on Saipan’s western shores — the first major cleanup project of its kind covering a total of 25 drainages. In 2003, MOVER also actively participated in cleanup projects organized by the Environmental Interagency Cleanup Operation Team. Waking up early in the morning and without pay, its members eagerly pack trash from tourist sites and illegal dumping sites to help maintain Saipan’s environment.
    [Show full text]
  • Curriculim Vitae
    Curriculum Vitae JAMES E. QUICK Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies Southern Methodist University P.O. Box 750240 Dallas TX 75275-0240 (214) 768-1115 (office) [email protected] Education Ph.D., Geology, 1980, California Institute of Technology M.Sc., Petrology, 1974, University of Minnesota B.Sc., Geology, 1972, University of California, Los Angeles Management Training Federal Executive Institute 2/3-3/1/02 Charlottesville, VA Communicating Science in a Virtual World 4/16-18/02 National Center Human Resources Policies and Practices 3/22-26/99 National Center Management Skills for Team Leaders 2/3-7/97 Denver, CO Dealing with Employees with Attitude Problems 8/15/97 Alexandria, VA Conduct verses Performance 12/2/96 National Center Seminar for New Managers 11/12/96 National Center Labor Management Relations Training 11/25/96 National Center Career Experience 8/07-present Associate Vice President for Research, Dean of Graduate Studies; Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas The Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies reports to the Provost and leads SMU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies, which includes Directors for Sponsored Projects, Compliance, and Graduate Studies, and their staffs, participates in the governance of the University as a member of the Council of Deans, as a member of the Provost’s Forum, which comprises the Provost and Associate Provosts, and as a member of the Committee on Academic Affairs of the Board of Trustees, and serves as a representative of the University to local, state, and federal government entities, and other universities.
    [Show full text]
  • 26Th Pacific Islands Environment Conference: Complete Speaker
    26th Pacific Islands Environment Conference CompleteCOMPLETE Conference SPEAKER AND and FACILITATOR Pre-Conference BIOGRAPHIES Speaker and Facilitator Biographies Cheryl L. Anderson Cheryl L. Anderson is the Director of the Hazards, Climate, and Environment Program, University of Hawai‘i Social Science Research Institute and is certified as an urban/regional planner. For the last sixteen years, she has conducted research and planning projects on climate and disaster risk management in the Pacific and Southeast Asia, with attention to gender and traditional ecological knowledge aspects of risk reduction. Some activities include: convening the 2004 Gender Equality and Disaster Risk Reduction Workshop and drafting the Honolulu Call to Action that was presented at the United Nation’s World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan 2005; developing State of Hawai'i’s Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan; facilitating a series of workshops in Micronesia in 2006 as a co-investigator of the Pacific Islands Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) climate program; participating in an IPCC expert meeting on climate impact analysis in 2007; co-organizing and facilitating the February 2008 Pacific Forum, sponsored by AusAID and UNDP, on linking disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, traditional knowledge, and gender; and, co-organizing the workshop on Climate Change and the Micronesia Challenge: ways forward in adaptation and collaboration in April 2009. Lisa Andon Ms. Andon joined MCT in 2004 after nine years at the Pohnpei State Government serving as an Executive Assistant for the Economic Development Authority and as an Historic Preservationist for the Division of Historic Preservation and Cultural Affairs. She earned her BA in American Studies from Grinnell College in 1992 and came to Pohnpei as a Peace Corps Volunteer the same year.
    [Show full text]