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  Marshall Islands - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/a/r/Marshall_Islands_94ee.html   (798 words)

  
 Marshall Islands - Gurupedia
The Republic of the Marshall Islands are an island nation in the
United States invaded the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the American government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
www.gurupedia.com /m/ma/marshall_islands.htm   (542 words)

  
 Marshall Islands Travel Tips
In 2003, the U.S. and the Marshall Islands agreed on a new Compact of Free Association, an extension of the lease to use the Kwajalein military base in exchange for economic aid.
In travels between the islands, early inhabitants learned to read the patterns of the waves and the positions of the stars, and they made stick charts to record and pass on their observations to less experienced navigators.
The sense that Marshall Islands was a God-given sanctuary away from the harshness of other areas is therefore part of the socio-cultural identity of the people.
www.southtravels.com /pacific/marshallislands/traveltips.html   (2833 words)

  
 Transactions Involving the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands is a group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean with a population of approximately 65,000.
Nonetheless, the legal, supervisory, and regulatory systems of the Marshall Islands at present create significant opportunities and tools for the laundering and protection of the proceeds of crime, and allow criminals who make use of those systems to increase significantly their chances to evade effective investigation or punishment.
The Marshall Islands' commitment to bank secrecy and the absence of any supervisory or enforcement mechanisms aimed at preventing and detecting money laundering in the Marshall Islands increases the possibility that transactions involving Marshall Islands offshore entities and accounts will be used for illegal purposes.
www.fincen.gov /advis20.html   (690 words)

  
 PREAMBLE
Each court of the Marshall Islands shall have power to issue all writs and other processes, make rules and orders and promulgate all procedural regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be required for the due administration of justice and the enforcement of this Constitution.
The Public Service of the Marshall Islands shall comprise all such employees as may be necessary to assist the Cabinet in exercising the executive authority of the Marshall Islands and to perform such other duties in the service of the Marshall Islands as may be required.
The system of local government shall in each case extend to the sea and the seabed of the internal waters of the atoll or island and to the surrounding sea and seabed to a distance of 5 miles from the baselines from which the territorial sea of that atoll or island is measured.
www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/marshall_islands.html   (12893 words)

  
 Malta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Republic of Malta is an island nation in southern Europe.
In 1530 the islands were given to the Order of Knights of the Hospital of John of Jerusalem who had been driven out of Rhodes by the Ottoman Empire.
Numerous bays along indented coastline of the islands provide good whereas the landscape of the densely populated themselves is characterised by low hills with fields.
www.freeglossary.com /Malta   (1153 words)

  
 United Church News: Marshall Islanders seek response from Congress to health care burdens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Compact was created in 1983, approved by Congress in 1986, and defines the relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
In 1946, the United States began to test nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands, a total land area about the size of Washington, D.C., located approximately halfway between Hawaii and Australia.
Sandra Sorensen is Associate for Communications and Media Advocacy in the Washington, D.C., office of the UCC's Justice and Witness Ministries.
www.ucc.org /ucnews/nov02/marshall.htm   (602 words)

  
 Offshore Companies: South East Asia & Pacific Islands: Labuan
The Marshall Islands Constitution, signed in 1979, is a blend of American and British models of government.
Although the Marshall Islands BCA is modelled after the corporate laws of the United States, certain provisions have also been borrowed from British law.
Marshall Islands’ corporations may have registered shares, bearer shares, preference shares, redeemable shares, shares with or without par value and shares with or without voting rights.
www.offshore-manual.com /se_asia-marshall.html   (1103 words)

  
 Marshall Islands: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
The Marshall Islands, east of the Carolines, are divided into two chains: the western, or Ralik, group, including the atolls Jaluit, Kwajalein, Wotho, Bikini, and Eniwetok; and the eastern, or Ratak, group, including the atolls Mili, Majuro, Maloelap, Wotje, and Likiep.
Marshall Islands - Marshall Islands, officially Republic of the Marshall Islands, independent nation (2005 est.
Marshall Islands: History - History Some of the islands were visited by Spanish explorers in the early 16th cent.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107767.html   (653 words)

  
 Marshall Islands Fast Facts for Scuba Diving Travelers
Geography: The Marshall Islands consist of two almost parallel chains of atolls and islands and lie west of the International Date Line.
The eastern Ratak (Sunrise) Chain consists of 15 atolls and islands, and the western Ralik (Sunset) Chain consists of 16 atolls and islands.
It may be necessary to obtain a transit visa for the USA first, as flights to the Marshall Islands are via Hawaii or Guam.
www.divetravel.info /destinations/pacific/marshallislands_fastfacts.htm   (949 words)

  
 Marshall Islands - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The islands border the typhoon belt and the average annual temperature is 27 degrees Celsius (81 degrees Fahrenheit) all year.
Under this system the people of the Marshall Islands controlled their internal and foreign affairs, however, the US remain responsible for the islands' defense.
In Jan. 1991, the UN dissolved the Pacific Island Trust and the islands became an independent republic and on Sept. 17, 1991 were admitted to the UN as a full member.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/marshal.htm   (520 words)

  
 Marshall Islands, The
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. island of Wake.
Although English is an official language and is spoken widely, Marshallese is used by the government.
Japanese is also widely spoken in many areas of Marshall Islands.
creekin.net /c-n118--marshall-islands-the.html   (623 words)

  
 Marshall Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In World War II, the United States occupied the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (including several more island groups in the South Sea).
Between 1946 and 1958 the United States tested 67 nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands, including the largest nuclear test the United States ever conducted, Castle Bravo.
In 1979 the Government of the Marshall Islands was officially established and the country became self-governing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marshall_Islands   (1198 words)

  
 Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a self-governing nation under the Compact of Free Association with the United States.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
There were several reported cases of arbitrary detention lasting over 24 hours, in which persons were denied their rights to be charged or released within the specified time, or to be informed of the charges against them.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18253.htm   (2874 words)

  
 Jurisdictions: Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands consist of a group of islands in the south Pacific, located between Indonesia and Hawaii.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) became an independent and sovereign nation in 1986 after signing the Compact of Free Association with the United States (and became a full member of the United Nations in 1991).
The flexibility in the legislation allows a company incorporated in the Marshall Islands to operate with the ease.
www.offshoreadviser.co.uk /jurisdiction_marshall-islands.htm   (393 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Marshall islands
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in the Marshall Islands, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language.
Listing of political resources relevant to the Marshall Islands, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
Subjects: antigua and barbuda, bahamas, bahrain, barbados, belize, brunei, cape verde, comoros, cyprus, djibouti, dominica, equatorial guinea, fiji, grenada, guyana, iceland, kiribati, luxembourg, maldives, malta, marshall islands, micronesia, palau, qatar, saint kitts nevis, saint lucia, saint vincent, samoa, sao tome and principe, seychelles, solomon islands, suriname, swaziland, tonga, tuvalu, vanuatu
bubl.ac.uk /link/m/marshallislands.htm   (278 words)

  
 The Republic of the Marshall Islands Climate Change Website: SEAFRAME
Eleven monitoring stations were established in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western Samoa, to provide a wide coverage across the Pacific Basin.
The SEAFRAME station for the Marshall Islands was installed on the main wharf in Uliga and opened by the Australian and Marshall Islands Governments in 1993.
The Project aims to help Pacific Island Countries and their Governments understand the scale and implications of changing sea levels and climate.
unfccc.int /resource/ccsites/marshall/activity/seaframe.htm   (886 words)

  
 Marshall Islands Visitors Authory Tourism Bureau Majuro
The Marshall Islands is one of the most unique places in the world to visit, made up of 29 coral atolls and 5 single islands spread out over an exclusive economic zone of nearly 1 million square miles (one of the largest in the Pacific!).
The Marshalls is one of only four atoll nations in the world and is also one of the world’s youngest nations, independent since just 1986.
United States and all its territories, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Pacific Islands Forum Countries including Australia and New Zealand are exempted from the requirements of entry visa.
www.visitmarshallislands.com /marshallislands.htm   (328 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Oceania - Marshall Islands - Historical Highlights
The Marshall Islands were claimed by Spain in 1874.
In 1947, the United States, as the occupying power, entered into an agreement with the UN Security Council to administer Micronesia, including the Marshall Islands, as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
On May 1, 1979, in recognition of the evolving political status of the Marshall Islands, the United States recognized the constitution of the Marshall Islands and the establishment of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
www.geographyiq.com /countries/rm/Marshall_Islands_history_summary.htm   (362 words)

  
 Scuba Diving Travel to the Marshall Islands
Air Marshall Islands (AMI) services Majuro with one weekly flight from Suva, Fiji (Monday) and two weekly flights from Nadi, Fiji (Tuesday and Thursday).
Bank of the Marshall Islands, Bank of Hawaii, and Bank of Guam all have branches on Majuro; Bank of Marshall Islands and Bank of Guam have branches on Ebeye; and Bank of Guam has a branch on Kwajalein.
One weekly newspaper (the Marshall Islands Journal), two AM radio stations (one public and one private), two FM radio stations, and television station.
www.divetravel.info /destinations/pacific/marshall_getthere.htm   (645 words)

  
 Kwajalein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kwajalein Atoll (Marshallese: Kuwajleen [kʷuw.wɔ͡ɛt̪ʲ.l̪ʲɪn̪ʲ]; common English pronunciation [ˈkʷɒʤəˌlɪn], often nicknamed Kwaj [kʷɒʤ] by English-speaking residents of the U.S. facilities) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
A neighboring island Ebeye has the largest population in the atoll, with approximately 12,000 native residents living on 80 acres (320,000 m²) of land.
Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kwajalein   (883 words)

  
 Marshall Islands - Travel and Accommodation Guide
Made up of 29 coral atolls, diving in the Marshalls can be done either within the lagoons or in the open ocean.
The Marshalls are also home to an abundance of WW2 ship and plane wrecks, concentrated in the lagoons of Bikini, Kwajalein, Jaluit, Wotje, Maloelap and Majuro Atolls.
There are laundry facilities, hire cars are easily arranged and, for business communications, guests have access to the fax machine.
www.janeresture.com /marcom   (204 words)

  
 The Republic of the Marshall Islands Climate Change Website: Communications
The Marshall Islands are currently working on the production of those National Communications it is required to produce under the UNFCCC with financial and technical assistance under the PICCAP project.
An Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emmissions for the Marshall Islands was produced in 1996 as part of the U.S. Country Studies Program.
A copy of the 1996 study will be made available online (as will copies of all other National Communications) as soon as time and service provider space will allow.
unfccc.int /resource/ccsites/marshall/comm/index.htm   (151 words)

  
 Marshall Islands, Map and Flag
Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962.
The Marshall Islands have been home to the US Army Base Kwajalein (USAKA) since 1964.
two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range
www.greatestcities.com /Oceania/Marshall_Islands.html   (1030 words)

  
 Pacific Islands Newspapers & Media
The Pacific Island Report is a very large web site with a good deal of worthwhile information and resources on the Pacific Islands.
To see where Kwajalein is located, we provide a map - plus we also have a section on the Marshall Islands on our website.
Island Tribune - Island Tribune - Micronesia's Biweekly Newspaper.
www.escapeartist.com /media12/media12.htm   (585 words)

  
 Marshall Islands Communications: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
Marshall Islands Communications: from the All Country Info reference guide to country facts
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Marshall Islands Communications: A summary of information about Marshall Islands Communications, from government research data as well as independent research and other sources.
www.allcountryinfo.org /marshall_islands/marshall_islands_communications/marshall_islands_communications.shtml   (107 words)

  
 Register IRI
IRI and its affiliates are the exclusive corporate and maritime agents of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Before you leave our site please be sure to fill out our Visitor Form where you can request additional information and e-mail us your questions and comments.
As a thank you we will send you a special Marshall Islands memento - your choice of a lapel pin or commemorative stamp.
www.register-iri.com   (278 words)

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