Island Journal Marshall
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]
US Department Of State Post Report
The total population of the Marshall Islands as of the 1999 census was 50,840 people. That was an increase of 7,460 people since the 1988 census. Majuro and Ebeye are the two urban population centers. Over 50% of Marshallese live on Majuro Atoll. Out of the total population, 19% live in the island of Ebeye in Kwajalein Atoll and 3% on the outer islands of Kwajalein Atoll. With just 0.14 square miles, Ebeye Island is the most densely populated area in the Marshall Islands, with an equivalent population density of 66,750 persons per square mile. The city of Majuro and Ebeye offer amenities, such as electricity, modern Western lifestyles, and employment opportunities (albeit limited) that continually draw younger Marshallese from the outer islands. On the outer atolls the lifestyle is mostly unchanged and untouched by modern development. ... [Read More]
Article Alert, Archives--Environment & Global Issues
This paper investigates how far OPEC influences world oil markets. We ask the question: What is the impact of the decisions of the OPEC Conference, the supreme authority of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, on world oil prices? Extracting the Conference's decisions from the communiques of fifty meetings from 1984-2001, these decisions were compared with the subsequent market developments. The result is that this impact is weak at best, and if at all then restricted to meetings recommending a price increase. However, the opposite claim (found in the literature) - the Conference is simply following the market - was also not supported either. Another interesting observation is the little autocorrelation between the decisions of Members of Earth Island gathered in Boston November 20 to hear Dr. Charles Chester talk about biodiversity. The event was held at the Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, ... [Read More]
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]
Remarks
1111--01/28/04 Marshall Legacy Institute Award; Kara L. Bue, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at the Marshall Legacy Institute’s Annual Gala; Washington, DC ... 1111--04/18/03 Detritus of Conflict; Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs and Special Representative for Mine Action; Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations; Volume IV, Number 1 ... [Read More]
Remarks
1111--01/28/04 Marshall Legacy Institute Award; Kara L. Bue, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at the Marshall Legacy Institute’s Annual Gala; Washington, DC ... 1111--07/18/03 Status of U.S. Interagency Review of U.S. Export Licensing and Technology Transfer Policy; Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Conference on "Transatlantic Defense Industrial Cooperation: Challenges and Prospects" Co-sponsored by NATO and the Transatlantic Center of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; Brussels, Belgium ... [Read More]
Article Alert, Archives--Electronic Journals, Dept. of State
usinfo.state/gov/journals/journals.htm ... Global Issues, and Issues of Democracy) with a new journal in one of the series appearing each month. ... EJ06 -- Roger Rosenblatt, Professor of English and Writing at Long Island University's Southampton College; Essayist Time Magazine. A PATRIOT'S PROGRESS: SEPTEMBER 11 AND FREEDOM IN AMERICA ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Satellite Shows that El Nino Drives Global Rain Patterns
Scientists also have known several regions with abundant rain are not influenced by the El-Nino/La-Nina changes, including the Bay of Bengal and the vast expanse of the Western Pacific Ocean between the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the Marianas. ... Rainfall data from land and island stations were used to extend this index back in time and to compare it with the ENSO sea-surface temperature and atmospheric pressure. The results showed a strong relationship between the rainfall patterns and ENSO. "The fact that the rain-change index, which comes directly from global measurements, tracks the ENSO indices from the 1950s to the present confirms that El Nino is the principal driver of global year-to-year rainfall change," Haddad said. ... [Read More]
Prisoner Transfer Treaties
The COE Convention is in force in the following countries: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of), Malta, the Netherlands (including Netherlands Antilles and Aruba), Nicaragua, Norway (including Bouvet Island, Peter I's Island and Queen Maud Land), Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom (including Anguilla, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman ... [Read More]
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