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	Inside Asia Pacific - The Regional Centre in Colombo Newsletter
		Solomon Islands is an archipelago made up of six main islands, with numerous smaller islands scattered over an Exclusive Economic Zone of 1.3 million km2 in the Pacific Ocean.
		The fact that in the 2006 general election, no woman was elected from among the 60 female candidates is a glaring statement on the inequalities faced by women to access decision-making positions.
		The mountainous island geography and the widely scattered rural population structure contribute to low levels of household access to either improved water supplies (29.8% 1999) or improved sanitation facilities (22.4% 1999).
	www.undprcc.lk /web_bulletin4/soloman.html (1211 words)

	Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queen Elizabeth II is recognised as Queen of the Solomon Islands, and is represented by a governor general, chosen by the Parliament for a 5-year term.
		The Solomon Island are a wide island nation that lies East of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russell Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
		The national flag of Solomon Islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner representing the sun; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue representing the blue sky with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green representing the greeny patch of lands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solomon_Islands (857 words)

	Elections in the Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elections in Solomon Islands gives information on election and election results in Solomon Islands.
		Solomon Islands elects on national level a legislature.
		Solomon Islands have a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_the_Solomon_Islands (106 words)

	PITIC - Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Solomon Islands is the second largest Islands country after PNG in terms of size.
		The Solomon Islands is the second largest Pacific islands nation in terms of land area and the third largest in terms of population.
		Solomons Islands is a constitutional monarchy with the British sovereign its head of state.
	www.sptc.gov.au /ausint/climates/solomon.htm (740 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
		The uninhabited islands were discovered and colonized by the Portuguese in the 15th century; they subsequently became a trading center for African slaves and later an important coaling and resupply stop for whaling and transatlantic shipping.
		Dominica was the last of the Caribbean islands to be colonized by Europeans, due chiefly to the fierce resistance of the native Caribs.
		Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
	www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html (15472 words)

	Solomon Islands - Country Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Despite their exclusion from formal decision-making processes, Solomon Islander women have moved between the different combatant groups persuading men to lay down arms; women negotiators took on the traditional go-between role, which is a traditional method of conflict resolution in the Solomon Islands.
		According to the March 2002 UN Common Country Assessment for the Solomon Islands, the Peace Monitoring Council (PMC) is a local group established by the Government under the Townsville Agreement to monitor the peace process in close cooperation with an International Peace Monitoring Team sponsored by Australia and New Zealand.
		According to Amnesty International’s November 2004 report, Solomon Islands: Women Confronting Violence, lack of awareness of human rights (including women’s rights), domestic law and human rights standards, and mechanisms of recourse are the biggest impediment to women reporting and/or seeking justice for violations of their human rights.
	www.womenwarpeace.org /solomon_islands/solomon_islands.htm (5286 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995 - Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Solomon Islands, with its approximately 395,000 people, is an archipelago stretching over 840 miles in the South Pacific.
		The media comprise the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a statutory body which comes directly under the Prime Minister's office and whose radio broadcasts are heard throughout the country, and privately owned newspapers based in the capital, Honiara.
		A group representing the disabled, the Crippled Society of Solomon Islands, recently revived after years of inactivity, and held a fund-raising drive with the goal of setting up a home for the disabled in the capital, Honiara.
	www.usemb.se /human/1995/eastasia/solomon_islands.html (2074 words)

	Solomon Islands. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands—Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, Choiseul, Ysabel (Santa Isabel), San Cristobal (Makira), the Shortland Islands, and countless smaller islands—are only part of the 900-mi (1,448-km) Solomon Islands chain, which also includes Bougainville and Buka, which are politically part of Papua New Guinea.
		The southern islands were placed under a British protectorate in 1893; the eastern islands were added to it in 1898.
		The Solomon Islands became self-governing in 1976 and independent in 1978.
	www.bartleby.com /65/so/SolomonI.html (483 words)

	1997 Human Rights Reports: Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Solomon Islands, with its approximately 400,000 people, is an archipelago stretching over 840 miles in the South Pacific.
		The media comprise the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC), a statutory body that comes directly under the Prime Minister's office and whose radio broadcasts are heard throughout the country; a privately owned FM radio station; and three privately owned weekly or semiweekly newspapers.
		In addition to the three established newspapers, a newspaper in Solomon Islands Pidgin, the language understood by most of the population, began semiweekly publication in late 1996.
	www.usemb.se /human/human97/solomoni.html (2408 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Division - Solomon Islands Political, Economic and Relationship Country ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Solomon Islands was the scene of some of the bloodiest land, sea and air battles of World War II from 1942 to 1945 and the capital moved from Tulagi (in the Florida Islands, Central Province) to Honiara (adjacent to the strategic Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal Province) in 1944.
		Solomon Islands is a member of many regional and international bodies, including the Pacific Islands Forum, the Melanesian Spearhead Group, the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, and has formal diplomatic relations with a number of European, Asian and other Pacific Island countries.
		A British Solomon Islands Protectorate over the southern islands was proclaimed in 1893 in response to the exploitation of islanders as indentured labour for the sugar plantations of Queensland and Fiji and for the cultivation of copra in Western Samoa.
	www.mft.govt.nz /foreign/regions/pacific/country/solomonislands.html (6527 words)

	resist the neo-con empire - SOLOMON ISLANDS: Howard props up corrupt regime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On Tuesday, 18 April 2006, the democratically elected Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands was stoned by an angry mob on the steps of Parliament, tear gas was tossed around, a large chunk of the national capital, Honiara, was burnt to the ground, livelihoods were lost and lives seriously threatened.
		The Solomon Islands government’s decision to expel the Australian High Commissioner in the Solomon’s because Australia’s plans for the Solomon Islands were more in line with the Opposition’s agenda than the government’s agenda, highlights the dangers of the South Pacific neo-colonial approach taken by the Howard led government and the Beazley led Opposition.
		It is not surprising the election of a new Solomon Islands government has led to increasing tensions between the Australian government and the new government.
	www.resist.com.au /forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=2759&REPLY_ID=6811 (6432 words)

	Newsvine - SOLOMON ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Diarrhea has broken out among children huddled in camps of tsunami survivors in the Solomon Islands, a Red Cross official said Wednesday — the first worrying sign that thousands of people who lost their homes in the waves may be at risk of disease.
		Scores of Australian troops landed in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday to try to restore peace after rioters angered by the election of an unpopular new prime minister attacked police and laid waste to a neighborhood.
		The Solomon Islands capital of Honiara is braced for the possibility of further violence as the Pacific nation's new parliament meets for the first time in what is being seen as a test point for hundreds of Australian and New Zealand security forces...
	solomonislands.newsvine.com (1036 words)

	Setback sharpens the focus on Solomon Islands challenge - Editorial - Opinion
		The holding of elections on April 5 was a notable achievement for the nation of 500,000 people, who were voting for the first time since an Australian-led coalition force was deployed in July 2003 to end years of violent anarchy.
		The opportunistic criminality does not alter the fact that Solomon Islanders are angry about their poverty and unemployment and official corruption, a big issue in the election.
		The Solomon Islands has the makings of a viable economy - the value of resources extracted since independence exceeds $1 billion - but its reliance on logging is unsustainable.
	www.theage.com.au /news/editorial/setback-sharpens-the-focus-on-solomon-islands-challenge/2006/04/19/1145344150280.html (753 words)

	Solomons poll could see clean sweep of parliament - World - smh.com.au
		NATIONAL elections in the Solomon Islands could result in most of the nation's 50 MPs being swept from power amid a wave of anti-corruption sentiment.
		Solomon Islanders yesterday voted for the first time since Australian-led peacekeepers arrived in mid-2003 to restore peace after years of bloody ethnic tension in the country of about half a million people.
		Nearly 50 international election observers from Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Commonwealth, with 80 local observers, were deployed across the islands.
	www.smh.com.au /news/world/solomons-poll-could-see-clean-sweep-of-parliament/2006/04/05/1143916594754.html (476 words)

	A short history of the Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Kenilorea is confirmed in the 1980 elections, but as a result of a realignment within the parliament Mamaloni, now leader of the social democratic People's Alliance Party (PAP), becomes prime minister again in 1981.
		The 1997 elections result in the election Bartholomew Ulufa'alu of the Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) election as prime minister, heading a coalition government, which christened itself the Solomon Islands Alliance for Change.
		New elections in 2001 bring Allan Kemakeza of the PAP into the prime minister’s chair with the support of a coalition of parties.
	www.electionworld.org /history/solomon.htm (321 words)

	Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation
		Solomon Islands must be a friend to all countries and organisations and an enemy to none, based on just and equal give and take relationships, taking great care not to make diplomatic or other ties which would tarnish the integrity and legal sovereignty of the country.
		Solomon Islands must rise above her internal conflict, constraints and obstacles, so that a conducive and viable environment is created for the inflow of foreign investment and outflow of trade.
		Solomon Islands is indebted to the Electoral Commission and its Chairman, Secretary to the Commission, Technical Advisors to the Commission, Staff of the Commission, Election Officers and Assistants, Development Partners who funded the entire election expenses, International Election Observers, Police Officers, Voters and People of Solomon Islands.
	www.sibconline.com.sb /NewsYearsMessage.asp (3993 words)

	Detailed Country Profile: Solomon Islands
		Solomon Islands are a country in the Pacific.
		The British protectorate of the Solomon Islands became independent in 1978.
		The UK established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in the 1890s.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/bp (178 words)

	Passport Express
		The Solomon Islands government strictly enforces immigration laws, and travelers may face fines and other penalties if they remain in the country beyond the authorized period. Persons arriving on yachts should call the nearest immigration office to complete arrival forms for issuance of visitors permits.
		Americans currently in the Solomon Islands, particularly those in and around the capital of Honiara, should make preparations in the event there are extended interruptions in public services and utilities as a result of the country's severe economic problems.
		The remaining roads in the Solomon Islands are made of coral or gravel, or are dirt tracks.
	www.passportexpress.com /default.aspx?page=show_visa&action=Solomon_Islands (1723 words)

	Solomon Islands Government Information
		Solomon Islands governments are characterized by weak political parties and highly unstable parliamentary coalitions.
		The capital of Honiara on Guadalcanal was increasingly populated by migrants from the island of Malaita.
		The Solomon Islands mission to the United Nations is located at 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400L, New York, NY 10017 (tel: 212-599-6192/93; fax: 212-661-8925).
	www.traveldocs.com /sb/govern.htm (970 words)

	Radio Australia - News - Counting continues in Solomon Islands elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Solomons deputy PM retains seat in national elections > [7/04/2006]
		Counting will continue today in the Solomon Islands elections with half of the 50 seats yet to be declared.
		Of the 25 seats where provisional results are known, 15 sitting members have managed to retain their seats-11 of those are government MPs and four are from the opposition.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1611741.htm (250 words)

	Solomon Islands
		The governor general is a Solomon Islands citizen appointed on the recommendation of the National Parliament (rather than of the prime minister as is usual elsewhere).
		Critics have predicted that, because the new Cabinet contained four ministers from Malaita, three from Guadalcanal, three from Western Province, and one each from the four smaller provinces and Honiara, responsible party government in the Solomon Islands may be in jeopardy of being replaced by an oligarchy of island leaders dividing the spoils of office.
		Such fears were laid to rest in the 1993 elections which saw a return to the typical evanescent politics and the emergence of Francis Billy Hilly as prime minister.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/solomons.html (967 words)

	Solomon Islands reports orderly election - Boston.com
		The Solomon Islands held orderly legislative elections Wednesday, its first since international forces landed on this Pacific archipelago nearly three years ago to quell ethnic violence.
		The campaign leading up to the election focused on ministerial corruption, leaving the governing People's Alliance Party, which won 20 of the 50 seats in the last elections of 2001, on the defensive.
		The peaceful elections are a sign of increased law and order since ethnic conflict was ignited by rivalry between indigenous landowners on the main island of Guadalcanal and migrants from the island of Malaita.
	www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2006/04/05/solomon_islands_reports_orderly_election (346 words)

	Solomon Islands: Women confronting violence - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Solomon Islands Parliament passed special legislation to allow for the legal operation of foreign troops and police, and RAMSI officers were given an extensive mandate to end hostilities, arrest and detain suspected perpetrators of any crimes under Solomon Islands criminal law, if necessary with the use of lethal force.
		Currently, Solomon Islands is one of six Pacific island countries without a woman member of parliament.(38) In the 2001 elections, in which campaigning was overshadowed by reports of voter intimidation in both Guadalcanal and Malaita, senior women’s rights activist Afu Billy stood as candidate for East Malaita but lost by two votes.
		The Solomon Islands are a constitutional monarchy with the British Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, represented in the country since July 2004 by Governor General Nathaniel Waena.
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engasa430012004 (17425 words)

	Political Resources on the Net - Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Elections in the Solomon Islands by Wilfried Derksen
		Governments on the WWW: Solomon Islands by Gunnar Anzinger
		Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Solomon Islands by Central Intelligence Agency
	www.politicalresources.net /solomon.htm (40 words)

	Solomon Islands News
		Solomon Islands' Police Commissioner Shane Castles has praised local villagers after a massive rescue operation to save some 80 people on board a ship that sank about 10 nautical miles west of Maro'u Bay in...
		A group of chiefs in the Solomon Islands is threatening to seek legal action against the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Guadalcanal Resource Development Association and the Britain Palm Oil Company.
		The Solomon Islands was accused by an animals right group of capturing and cruelly treating dolphins by keeping them in overcrowded, polluted and shallow...
	www.topix.net /world/solomon-islands (1055 words)

	IFES Election Guide - Country Profile: Solomon Islands - Elections
		HONIARA (Reuters) - The Solomon Islands parliament was sworn in on Monday under heavy security, as foreign peacekeepers arrested another opposition politician after violent protests against the election of Prime Minister Snyder Rini.
		Australia troops are arriving in the Solomon Islands as unrest over the election of a new PM goes on.
		Talks continue in the Solomon Islands over who will be the next prime minister after a shake-up in the 5 April polls.
	www.electionguide.org /country-news.php?ID=196 (301 words)

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