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Marshall Islands
Customs authorities of the Marshall Islands strictly prohibit the importation of firearms, ammunition, explosives and indecent publications. Certification from the Quarantine Division is required for importing animals, plants and fruits. It is advisable to contact the Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in Washington, D.C., or one of the Marshall Islands' Consulates in the United States for specific information regarding customs requirements. Please see our information on customs regulations. ... [Read More]
Report Evaluating the Request of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Presented to the Congress of the United States of America
Exposure: The facts regarding radioactive fallout do not support a request under the "changed circumstances" provision of the section 177 settlement agreement. In its request, the RMI asserts that a far wider area of the Marshall Islands than the northerly atolls and islands that are the focus of the section 177 settlement agreement was exposed to dangerous levels of radioactivity. The weight of expert scientific evidence indicates that the present impact of radioactive fallout on the Marshall Islands is limited to the more northerly atolls and islands. Although some islands may never be suitable for communities or food gathering and should remain off limits, most historically inhabited islands in the northern atolls could be resettled under specific conditions. The section 177 settlement agreement recognized that, within the northern atolls, some islands would be more habitable than others. In the section 177 settlement agreement, the Government of the Marshall Islan ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.S. Committed to Helping Developing Pacific Island Nations
The United States is also working closely with Pacific Island Nations, as we are with many other developing nations, on the climate change issue. For example, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) assists the overall Global Climate Observation System (GCOS) effort in the Pacific Islands with training and infrastructure support, capacity-building among meteorologists in the region to improve predictions and related climate change risk management and adaptation strategic planning. In addition, the U.S. will be collaborating under the Climate Action Partnership, a new arrangement with Australia, to cooperate with developing countries in the Pacific Island region to build their capacity to address climate change. Initial projects under this activity will establish and maintain robust climate monitoring and data management systems in the Pacific, and will assist Pacific Island countries in accessing and applying climate and oceanographic information more effectively ... [Read More]
Dominican Republic (05/05)
The island of Hispaniola, of which the Dominican Republic forms the eastern two-thirds and Haiti the remainder, was originally occupied by Tainos, an Arawak-speaking people. The Tainos welcomed Columbus in his first voyage in 1492, but subsequent colonizers were brutal, reducing the Taino population from about 1 million to about 500 in 50 years. To ensure adequate labor for plantations, the Spanish brought African slaves to the island beginning in 1503. ... [Read More]
Authentication of Documents For Use Abroad
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Earth Day 1996 Bibliography
Earth Island Journal: an International Environmental NewsMagazine, Earth Island Institute, quarterly, ISSN1041-0406 ... Miller, Joseph A., et al. The Island Press Bibliography ofEnvironmental Literature. Island Press, 1993, cloth, ISBN1-55963-189-9 ... Island Press. Eco-Compass. ... [Read More]
Dept. of State: International Information Programs: Publications: Outline of U.S. Government
The full and final implementation of the Constitution was set for March 4, 1789. But by that time, only 13 of the 59 representatives and 8 of the 22 senators had arrived in New York City. (Seats allotted to North Carolina and Rhode Island were not filled until those states ratified the Constitution.) A quorum was finally attained in the House on April 1 and in the Senate on April 6. The two houses then met jointly to count the electoral vote. ... — John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, McCulloch v. Maryland, 1819 ... [Read More]
Hague Convention on Legalization of Foreign Public Documents
CHINA (Macau SAR (Special Administrative Region) ONLY) COLOMBIA COMOROS ISLANDS CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DJIBOUTI DOMINICA EL SALVADOR ESTONIA FALKLAND ISLANDS FIJI FINLAND FRANCE [Read More]
Other Multi-Lateral Organizations & Programs
To develop a sustainable institutional capacity in the Caribbean region to address the issues related to anti-money laundering efforts at a local, regional and international level, by strengthening existing institutional capacity at the regional level, and developing new, or enhancing existing, institutional capacity at the local level.The Programme consisted of three separate, yet interlinked, sub-programs: Legal/Judicial After conducting worldwide research of anti-money laundering laws, regulations and working practices, the legal/judicial advisor made appropriate recommendations to the respective member countries to ensure they have the necessary legal structures in place to combat money laundering. Countries with very limited facilities were also provided legislative drafting ass ... [Read More]
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