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	Maldives - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		Maldives is a republic governed under a constitution.
		The Majlis, a unicameral legislative body, consists of 40 members directly elected from the 20 administrative atolls, 2 members elected from Male, and 8 representatives appointed by the president.
		The president appoints a cabinet that is responsible to the Majlis.
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	Maldives - MSN Encarta
		Maldives (formerly Maldive Islands), island republic in southern Asia, located in the northern Indian Ocean, southwest of the southern tip of India.
		Maldives is made up of a chain of 1,190 small coral islands that are grouped into clusters of atolls.
		The capital and largest city of Maldives is Male (population, 2001, 84,000).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761569884/Maldives.html (451 words)

	Maldives. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Majlis, the legislative body, consists of 50 members, of whom 42 are popularly elected and 8 appointed by the president; all serve five-year terms.
		The Maldives obtained complete independence as a sultanate in 1965, but in 1968 the ad-Din dynasty, which had ruled the islands since the 14th cent., was ended and a republic was declared.
		In the late 1980s the Maldives joined with a number of coral atoll nations to raise international awareness of the consequences of global warming, and in 1989 hosted an international conference to discuss this issue.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ma/Maldives.html (605 words)

	MALDIVES
		Maldives is made up of a chain of nearly 2000 small coral islands that are grouped into clusters of atolls.
		Maldives is a republic governed under a constitution promulgated in 1968.
		The Majlis, a unicameral legislative body, consists of 40 directly elected members from the 20 administrative atolls and 8 representatives appointed by the president.
	www.geocities.com /EnchantedForest/7457/MALDIVES.htm (472 words)

	Maldives Online, World Encyclopedia, India encyclopedia, Featured Articles, Cover Stories, World wide Informations @ ...
		Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean.
		Maldives is the smallest Asian country in terms of population.
		The Maldives has refused to enter into any negotiations with Mauritius over the demarcation of the maritime border between the Maldives and the British Indian Ocean Territory, pointing out that under international law, the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago rests with the UK, with whom negotiations were started in 1991.
	www.chennaivision.com /windex.php?title=Maldives (3439 words)

	Maldives People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Early references to the Maldives are found in the Commentary on the Bharu Jataka and the Khuddapatha, early Buddhist texts, and the Dipavamsa, the earliest Sinhala epic (4th century BC), and the Mahavamsa (3rd century BC).
		It was used in the southern atols of the Maldives as late as 1835.
		Maldives is an active and equal member of SAARC (South Indian Association for Regional Co-operation), which is recognition of its fundamental cultural similarity with India and Sri Lanka, although as a practical matter the financial aid proffered from the Arab countries is also accepted.
	www.iias.nl /iiasn/iiasn5/insouasi/maloney.html (3042 words)

	Maldives History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Maldives' nearest neighbors are Sri Lanka and India, both of which have had cultural and economic ties with Maldives for centuries.
		Maldives remained a British crown protectorate until 1953 when the sultanate was suspended and the First Republic was declared under the short-lived presidency of Muhammad Amin Didi.
		Meanwhile, in 1960 Maldives allowed Britain to continue to use both the Gan and the Hitaddu facilities for a thirty-year period, with the payment of £750,000 over the period of 1960 to 1965 for the purpose of Maldives' economic development.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/maldives/maldives_history_index.html (2121 words)

	The EU's relations with Maldives - Overview
		The Republic of Maldives has a largely Muslim population and the laws of the country are consistent with Islamic Shari’ah law.
		The Maldives is member to the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), which requires States parties to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women that prevent their enjoyment of their full civil, political, economic and cultural rights.
		But the fact that the Maldives is a collection of atolls means that the tsunami affected the entire country (rather than just the coastal belts) and that the level of economic disruption is the greatest.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/maldives/intro/index.htm (3173 words)

	Maldives (01/07)
		The Maldives were badly hit by the Asian tsunami of December 26, 2004, which killed 82 and caused substantial damage to Maldives tourism, housing, and fishing infrastructure.
		Maldives follows a nonaligned policy and is committed to maintaining friendly relations with all countries.
		The Maldives is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5476.htm (3205 words)

	Maldives Royal Family Official Website: Maldive constitutional reform
		The Maldive People’s Special Majlis (a special plenary of the Maldive parliament) was convened in June 2004 to reform the current Constitution of the Republic of the Maldives.
		Following a disagreement with the Speaker as to whether the President and Vice-President of the People’s Special Majlis are to be elected by secret ballot or by show of hands, more than 20 members walked out of the House and marched into the Office of the President of the Republic to complain about the Speaker.
		Given this experience, we feel that the members of the People’s Special Majlis must fully understand the scheme and purpose of the current Constitution and the way it is organised before embarking upon their journey to propose substantive amendments to the Constitution.
	www.maldivesroyalfamily.com /maldives_reform.shtml (1413 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Maldives was seriously affected by the tsunami on 26 December which killed 83 people and virtually destroyed 14 inhabited islands, three of which have been permanently abandoned.
		Maldives was an independent Sultanate from 1153 until the Portuguese invaded in 1558.
		Maldives has ratified four of the six UN Human Rights Conventions; Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the Convention Against Torture.
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	1996 Human Rights Report: Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		However, many Majlis members were active and outspoken critics of the Government and have stimulated closer parliamentary examination of government policy.
		The President's authority to appoint one-sixth of the Majlis members, which is one-third of the total needed for nominating the President, provides the President with a power base and strong political leverage.
		However, the Majlis may enact legislation into law without presidential assent if the President fails to act on the proposal within 30 days or if a bill is repassed with a two-thirds majority.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/maldives.html (3655 words)

	Maldives- ready for a change: Is Gayoom ready? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His critics question the right of the Maldives president to amend the constitution, which they claim is the exclusive preserve of the special Majlis (Upper House), whose function and composition is also stated in the Maldives' constitution.
		There are reports that one of his brothers has threatened practically all the heads of the atolls and the islands that unless they get people to write to the president asking not to introduce the party system, they will not only lose their jobs, they might also end up with suspension and long prison sentences.
		The sooner the people of Maldives become master of their own fate and captain of their own destiny, the developments that are claimed to have taken place may help the system in Maldives to be more egalitarian than what it is now.
	www.saag.org /papers12/paper1135.html (2002 words)

	Media Release -- The President's Office, Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Maldives' President Calls on Political Parties to Adhere to the Constitution, and to Respect and Protect Individual Rights
		The proposals were presented to the Speaker of the Special Majlis, Mr.
		The Special Majlis, which is in the final stages of adopting its rules of procedure, is expected to begin its substantive sessions in early March.
	www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv /v3/pages/MediaRelease.php3?mrid=17 (444 words)

	Special majlis problems with maldives president Maumoon Gayyoom
		The Special Majlis should be conducted independently and separately from the president because its essential responsibility is to compose the documents that allocate powers to the branches of the government.
		A Secretary-General of the People’s Majlis shall be appointed and a secretariat thereof shall be established by the President.
		The Secretary-General of the People’s Majlis shall, as may be directed by the Speaker of the People’s Majlis, organise all the sittings and all the documentation of the Majlis.
	www.maldivesculture.com /news/special_majlis_2004.htm (1503 words)

	Maldives History \| iExplore.com
		In 1985, the Maldives was a founder member of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) and hosted regional summits in 1990 and 1997.
		With no formal political parties, the Maldives’ politics are personality based; no credible threat to Gayoom has emerged in the 25 years during which he has held power, not least because dissent is firmly repressed by Gayoom’s security forces.
		Hopes that the Maldives might become an oil producer were dashed when a 10-year exploration program failed to locate deposits in the islands’ territorial waters.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Maldives/History (821 words)

	Report on the upcoming Parliamentary Elections in the Maldives
		Called the People’s Special Majlis, this body is comprised of the fifty members of the People’s Majlis, the President’s cabinet and another 42 elected seats and a further 8 Presidential appointees.
		In the elections for the 42 elected seats of the People’s Special Majlis, held in May 2004, pro-reform candidates (candidates are banned from running under the MDP banner) won 30 out of the 42 seats, some 70%.
		The supervision and execution of elections in the Maldives is not carried out by impartial persons and as such, the entire election process is open to political interference.
	www.minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=40 (1587 words)

	Human Rights in the Maldives
		Five prisoners of conscience continue to be held in the Maldives in gross violation of their fundamental rights to freedom of expression despite developments in recent months promising to improve the human rights situation in the country, Amnesty International said today.
		A National Human Rights Commission was established and a special Majlis (assembly) was elected to rewrite the constitution in May. Tension emerged on 19 July when sessions of special Majlis were suspended because many Members of Parliament (MPs) objected to the voting process.
		The organisation urged international observers currently in the Maldives, particularly those from the Commonwealth headed by the former president of Mauritius, to refer to the flagrant lack of press freedom in their final reports.
	www.acharya03.org /aiusamaldives.htm (2990 words)

	General information on the Maldives.................Weddings & Honeymoons Abroad Ltd.
		The Maldives has been a crossroads for sea traders for many centuries and the origin of the people of the country is mixed.
		There is no party political system in the Maldives: the citizens Majlis (parliament) comprises 48 members, two elected from each atoll and eight nominated by the President.
		The president himself is nominated by the citizens' Majlis and elected by public referendum for a renewable five year period; the president then appoints his own cabinet.
	www.weddings-abroad.com /maldives_information.htm (1045 words)

	Maldives: Human rights violations in the context of political reforms
		Maldives is a relatively prosperous South Asian country of over 300,000 people with a high level of achievement in recent years in primary and secondary education.
		Maldives' first President, Amir Ibrahim Nasir, introduced a number of changes to the political system and under the Constitution - promulgated in 1968 - had considerable power vested in him.
		While Amnesty International welcomes Maldives' accession to the UN Convention against Torture in April 2004, it urges the government to ensure that provisions of the Convention are fully incorporated into domestic law.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/asia/document.do?id=8CE21C7AD4CBF19C80256FA500584631 (6388 words)

	Maldives
		So far the Government of the Maldives has received pledges totalling approximately USD 262 million, meaning there is a Tsunami funding shortfall in the country of USD 113 million.
		Following his election to the ‘Special Majlis’ (Parliament), designed to amend the President’s outwardly pro-democracy Constitution, Zaki associated himself with the opposition and joined many members in a mass walkout of the Parliament in July in protest at the failure of the Government to incorporate pro-democracy amendments.
		Prisoners in the Maldives are frequently denied basic facilities such as a pen and paper to mount a defence to their often-false convictions.
	www.nirjdeva.com /countries/maldives.htm (2073 words)

	Elections in Maldives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Maldives (Divehi: Divehi) is a country in the Indian Ocean.
		Maldives has a population of around 330,000 on 300 km².
		The Majlis (Assembly) has 50 members, 42 members elected for a term of five years in one eight-seat and nineteen two-seat constituencies and 8 members appointed.
	www.electionworld.org /maldives.htm (227 words)

	Asa Travel Maldives - Investment Law
		An investment made in the Republic of Maldives will be permitted to carry on operations and activities for the full term of the agreement if there is compliance with the Law of Foreign Investment in the Republic of Maldives.
		If a Foreign Investor fails to comply with the laws of the Republic of Maldives and if there be failure to comply with the same even after a notice by the Government of the Republic of Maldives to so comply, the Government may close the investment and terminate the agreement relating to such investment.
		The profits of the investment in the Republic of Maldives may be remitted out of the country under the terms of the agreement entered into under Section 3 of this Law.
	www.asamaldives.com /investmentlaw.html (733 words)

	Maldives - Amnesty International
		However, the newly elected constitutional assembly (People’s Special Majlis) was suspended in July after 24 members refused to take part in an open vote to elect the speaker.
		Maldives acceded to the UN Convention against Torture in April.
		At least 82 people were killed, 26 people remained missing and over 20 inhabited islands in the Maldives were destroyed as a result of the tsunami that struck countries around the Indian Ocean on 26 December.
	web.amnesty.org /report2005/mdv-summary-eng (849 words)

	Maldives Mission to the United Nations
		The Joint Communiqué was signed on behalf of the Republic of Maldives by H.E. Dr. Mohamed Latheef, Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations and on behalf of the Republic of Azerbaijan by H. Mr.
		Speaking at the meeting, the Minister briefed the members of the Consortium on the progress of the tsunami recovery process in the Maldives and underscored that a sustained economic growth trend is crucial for the success of all recovery projects.
		He noted that the tourism industry, which is the mainstay of the Maldivian economy, is showing remarkable progress in its recovery after the tsunami and that favourable impacts of this rebound are being felt throughout the wider recovery process.
	www.un.int /maldives (2510 words)

	Maldives Islands,Maldives Holidays,Maldives Holiday Package,Holidays in The Maldives,Holiday Packages,Holidays in ...
		Maldives is a small Islamic Island Nation, with its own history, culture and language.
		In 1965 Maldives island is known for sovereign and independent sate by the Britishers.
		The population of Male the capital of Maldives is around 65,000.
	www.scantour.com /saarc-maldives.html (628 words)

	Maldives
		According to SAARC observers, the 1999 elections were "free and fair in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations of the Republic of the Maldives." A by-election with 38 percent participation was held in April 2002 following the expulsion of M.P. Mohammed Nasheed from the People's Majlis upon his conviction for petty theft.
		Critics of the Government claimed that some candidates, who remained under house arrest, were unable to file applications to contest the elections by the November 15 deadline; however, at least one candidate who was in detention at the filing deadline was able to file an application and conduct a campaign.
		The Special Majlis, consisting of the 50 members of the regular People's Majlis and 50 members elected or appointed specifically for this reform process, met several times during the year, albeit without the presence of members held in detention.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41741.htm (6147 words)

	Human Rights Commission of the Maldives - Statement on the Elections
		To monitor the election process held in the Maldives on 22 January 2005 to elect 42 Members for the People’s Majlis, this Commission sent 19 monitors to 11 atolls of the Maldives.
		This Commission was engaged in the monitoring of the People’s Majlis elections because free elections without undue influence is a fundamental principle of democracy and without democracy an environment that is protective of human rights cannot be established.
		Based upon the above observations this Commission believes that the elections for the People’s Majlis of the Maldives held on 22nd January 2005 was not an election that in general was free, unbiased or removed from undue influence.
	www.minivannews.com /news/news.php?id=267 (647 words)

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