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Topic: President of Kiribati

	STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF KIRIBATI, HIS
		President, I feel that this unprecedented Summit symbolizes a strong commitment by the United Nations family to renew the dream of humankind for a better world free of wars and other man‑made disasters, a dream, which began 55 years ago with the founding of this world body.
		Kiribati stands ready to contribute to this goal by focussing on the needs of its people, the families, villages and the community at large.
		For example, Kiribati fully supports the move to democratize and rationalize the organisational structure of the United Nations, in particular the expansion of the Security Council membership, the creation of the Pacific Regional Grouping and the inclusion of at least one representative from each regional grouping in the membership of the Security.
	www.un.org /millennium/webcast/statements/kiribati.htm (2278 words)

	History of Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The I-Kiribati people (or Gilbertese) settled what would become known as the Gilbert Islands (named by von Krusenstern, an Estonian admiral of the Czar, in 1820, after a British captain, Thomas Gilbert) between 3000 and 2000 years ago.
		Teburoro Tito (or Tiito, pronounced Seetoh) was elected President in 1994, and reelected in 1998 and 2002.
		The Kiribati Government has responded by including several special provisions in the Constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Kiribati (634 words)

	KIRIBATI
		Kiribati commends the Secretary-General in his unwavering resolve and determination to ensure that the United Nations continues to perform the role we expect it to play in the international arena.
		President, while Kiribati fully supports efforts to address the security challenges facing the world today, we are mindful that the ranking of security challenges facing member states differ.
		President, Kiribati is comprised of low-lying coral atolls and is therefore most vulnerable to climate change, climate variability and sea-level rise.
	www.un.org /webcast/ga/58/statements/kirieng031001.htm (1319 words)

	Kiribati
		Kiribati has a population of 71,800 and an annual growth rate of approximately 2.3, one of the highest in the Pacific.
		Kiribati's new political institutions have demonstrated their viability in the post-independence period.
		After years of neglect by the Kiribati government, the Banabans are hopeful that there will be a more sympathetic approach to their problems if they join the ruling party.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/kiribati.html (906 words)

	Statement by President of Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kiribati fully commits itself to implementing whatever is agreed here as the roadmap and action plan to be followed by all participating states for the achievement of a greener and more human planet within the context of sustainable development.
		President that if we continue to wait, low lying countries like Kiribati will become uninhabitable and it will be already too late to adapt to the calamities of global warming.
		Kiribati could depend on solar energy to meet its energy demands but the technology needs to be affordable to the average population.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /news/2002/Sep02.htm (1949 words)

	Kiribati - Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Kiribati announcers consequently were able to use only a few words of their own language during fill-ins between programmes and when reading the news bulletins for the Kiribati audience.
		Kiribati composing is a masterpiece of art that can really touch listeners in their hearts.
		In contrast, I-Kiribati in the southern islands were rich in religious music and to some extent in traditional dancing with a foreign flavour.
	www.janeresture.com /ki33/communications.htm (959 words)

	EUROPA - Development - Countries - Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kiribati, a Micronesian country, formerly the Gilbert Islands, consists of 33 low atolls divided into three groups and with a total area of 810 square km, but its EEZ of 3.5 million square km is six times the surface of France.
		Kiribati is a well-functioning parliamentary democracy, based on the Westminster model, and adapted to the local culture.
		Kiribati is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, established in 1971 resulting from a desire of the independent countries in the region, including Australia and New Zealand, to tackle common economic and political issues from a regional perspective.
	europa.eu.int /comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=ki&lng=en&status=old (2240 words)

	wfn.org \| BWNS - Sailing in for a Baha'i jubilee
		President Anote Tong and Madam Tong set out in a police boat and had just arrived at the lagoon when the storm hit.
		The events included a speech by President Tong, performances of singing, dancing, and drama, and a feast of roasted fish, taro, breadfruit, pork, chicken, and coconut.
		Also attending was a representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Zealand, Michael Fudakowski, who lived for some 12 years in Kiribati with his wife, Robin White, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors in Australasia, and their family.
	www.wfn.org /2004/05/msg00239.html (708 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - Titles T-Z
		Te ika ae te kabanea ni bubura i aon Kiribati.
		Te Oto-rongorongo ao Tuan te taetae ni Kiribati.
		Wareboki ni Kiribati i bukin te tia reirei.
	www.trussel.com /kir/giltitt.htm (2500 words)

	Kiribati (09/05)
		Kiribati (pronounced "keer-ih-bahs") consists of 32 low-lying atolls and one raised island scattered over an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States.
		Kiribati has received high marks for its prudent management of the reserve fund, which is vital for the long-term welfare of the country.
		Kiribati became a member of the United Nations in 1999, but does not maintain a resident ambassador in New York.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1836.htm (2538 words)

	Kiribati (11/03)
		Kiribati includes Kiritimati (Christmas Island), the largest coral atoll in the world, and Banaba (Ocean Island), one of the three great phosphate islands in the Pacific.
		Teburoro Tito's tenure as president, 1994-2003, also was curtailed by the three-term limit, though in his case his third term lasted only a matter of months before he lost a no confidence motion in Parliament.
		Kiribati also is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, Asian Development Bank, the Commonwealth, International Monetary Fund, the Pacific Community, and the World Bank.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/k/35118.htm (2036 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - Kiribati
		We were introduced to the president and spoke with him for a while, during which time we discussed the sperm whales we had found in Kiribati waters, as well as the eleven other cetacean species sighted--three of which are rarely observed beaked whale species.
		The President emphasized the strong relationship he and his people share with the ocean and its creatures, in particular their connection with whales via several myths and legends.
		The president told us that he too was concerned about ocean pollution and human impacts and that he was very pleased to have the Odyssey working in his waters.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20010214_log_transcript.html (683 words)

	Kiribati - 15 May 2001
		President, I join other speakers and colleagues in congratulating you for your appointments to lead and guide this important third conference of the least developed countries of the world.
		President, in Kiribati we have adopted the third approach and we are beginning to see some encouraging results.
		Kiribati is also in the process of adopting a population policy that addresses the management of high population density areas and the need to lower population growth.
	www.un.org /events/ldc3/conference/address/kiribati15_e.htm (4281 words)

	AllRefer.com - Kiribati (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		A member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the nation is a republic with a president, a cabinet, and a unicameral legislature.
		The islands were administered (1892–1916) with the Ellice Islands as a British protectorate that became (1916) the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony.
		In 1995, Kiribati moved the international date line to the eastern border of the sprawling island nation so that it would no longer be divided by the date line.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/Kiribati.html (393 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		The President (who is Head of Government and State, and Minister for Foreign Affairs) is elected from candidates nominated by members of the Mwaneaba from their own ranks.
		Teburoro Tito was elected President in 1994 and was subsequently re-elected on 27 November 1998 and for a final third term in April 2003.
		Kiribati is reliant on the surveillance of the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency to determine quotas.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1018965328290 (1370 words)

	Kiribati
		Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, consists of three widely separated main groups of southwest Pacific islands: the Gilberts on the equator, the Phoenix Islands to the east, and the Line Islands farther east.
		The move, which fulfilled one of President Tito's campaign promises, was intended to enable Kiribati to become the first country to see the dawn on Jan. 1, 2000, and welcome the new millennium—an event of significance for tourism.
		Kiribati - Kiribati, officially Republic of Kiribati (1995 est.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107682.html (621 words)

	Wansolwara Online: News (USP)
		Another important factor that President Tito highlighted was Fiji's strategic advantage as the main hub for various regional and international organisations and agencies.
		President Tito will be leaving for Rabi Island on Monday with his ministerial team where they will conduct an update on the affairs and developments of the Kiribati government.
		The president has just recently returned from touring the Kiribati islands in the Line and Phoenix group and is yet to tour several remaining islands before the Kiribati elections later this year.
	www.usp.ac.fj /journ/docs/news/wansolnews/2002/2002march/wansol1103022.html (431 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - Kiribati
		I believe that whales also represent a potential for considerable economic value to the people of Kiribati through whale watching, scientific research and as subjects of the roughly twenty films that are made each year about whales worldwide.
		Once they have protected their whales the people of Kiribati might decide to take advantage of an opportunity that no other country has yet seized-by offering a place where scientists, filmmakers and divers can have the chance to swim with whales.
		My suggestion is that Kiribati might offer a unique opportunity to scientists and film-makers for studying and filming whales at close quarters, and to divers for swimming with them.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20010214_roger_letter.html (985 words)

	BWNS: Sailing in for a jubilee
		The President of Kiribati, Anote Tong (left), being greeted by Iotebatu Tiare, the chairman of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Kiribati.
		ABAIANG, Kiribati, 31 May 2004 (BWNS) -- The President of Kiribati and more than 200 Baha'is overcame a storm at sea to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of the Baha'i Faith in Kiribati.
		Also attending was a representative of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of New Zealand, Michael Fudakowski, who lived for some 17 years in Kiribati with his wife, Robin White, a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors in Australasia, and their family.
	news.bahai.org /story.cfm?storyid=301 (882 words)

	Pacific Islanders lead the way - 2000 greeted with song, dance (Kiribati) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Dancers on Kiribati's Millennium Island wore swaying grass skirts and headdresses to welcome the new year with a traditional call for good luck after chanting farewell to the pain of the past and heralding a new time of unity.
		Right after midnight, the president of Kiribati, Teberuro Tito, took a burning torch from an elderly man and handed it to a young boy in a ceremonial passing on of time to the new generation.
		Kiribati was to be the first country to witness the sunrise of 2000 at 5:43 a.m.
	www.trussel.com /kir/millen.htm (564 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Kiribati
		Kiribati - the former Gilbert Islands - is a collection of 33 atolls, ranged into three principal groups, which won independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.
		Kiribati also used to lie either side of the International Date Line, but the government unilaterally moved the line eastwards in 1995 to ensure the day was the same in the whole country.
		This was a shrewd move as Kiribati marketed itself as the first inhabited place on Earth to greet the new millennium on 1 January 2000.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1168527.stm (412 words)

	Teburoro Tito, President, Kiribati, at UN Special Session On Children (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		President, allow me, on behalf of my delegation, to add words of congratulation on your election to the Presidency of the 56th General Assembly as well as this summit and to assure you of our outmost support.
		President, we are gathered today, to take stock of the progress that has been made towards the objects of the Convention of the Right of Child (CRC) and also to put our thoughts together, in response to the call of children, so that we can all help to make a world fit for children.
		President, Kiribati wishes to maintain a moderate and cautious approach, in undertaking those obligations spelt out in the CRC, which would undermine our important cultural values, particularly, with regards to the rights of the child, as defined in Articles 12-16 and Article 26 of the Convention.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_un_speech/index.htm (2411 words)

	"Kiribati News Articles @ Eventpolynesia.com"
		But Anote Tong, the Kiribati president, says while NGOs have a key role to play they have to be careful not to the ioverplay their mandate and recognise it is goverments who are elected to run countries.
		Kiribati has still to ccatch my eye as I am sure it is a beautiful place somewhere.
		President Anote Tong, however, caught my ear as he spoke in detail about investment, the environment, peace, terrorism, international organized crime, reforming the world body and expanding the Security Council.
	www.eventpolynesia.com /news&info/kiribati/KB2_page_newsroom.htm (4411 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Tarawa hosts Presidential ceremony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The newly re-elected President of Kiribati, Teburoro Tito, is being sworn in today for his third and final term as leader.
		President Tito defeated his major rival in the Presidential vote, Taberannang Timeon, by just 547 votes but it was a major turnaround considering how poorly the Tito government had performed in the parliamentary elections late last year.
		Now a number of President Tito's strongest critics of recent years are likely to join him by accepting positions in his new government thus enabling him to form an effective administration.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_795212.htm (184 words)

	Banaba News Briefs - Archived
		Kiribati consists of 33 low atolls totalling 817 square kilometres of land spread over 3.55 million square kilometres of ocean.
		TARAWA -- The President of Kiribati, Teburoro Tito, has declared most parts of the country -- particularly South Tarawa and Banaba, a disaster area because of a prolonged drought.
		President Teburoro is also asking international donor agencies for help in dealing with the severe health conditions created by the drought.
	www.banaban.com /newoi.htm (527 words)

	US 'invasion' of Kiribati prompts panic
		New Zealand papers are reporting that a satirical story on Spinner claiming that the United States was set to invade the tiny Pacific island chain of Kiribati was taken as the gospel truth.
		Kiribati was formerly a British colony – the Gilberts – and consists of a chain of 33 islands with a population of less than 100,000.
		The president of Kiribati – Teburoro Tito – responded publicly to the article, broadcasting messages to the population that no invasion was planned.
	www.theinquirer.net /Default.aspx?article=6068 (212 words)

	Chen meets with Kiribati president (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Taiwan and Kiribati are both island nations, and are sons of the ocean, Chen said, adding that the ocean provides unlimited opportunities.
		Kiribati is the world's largest atoll and it possesses enormous marine resources, he said, noting that the large sum that Taiwan fishermen pay in fishing-rights taxes to the I-Kiribati government each year makes a significant contribution to the economic development of Kiribati.
		Tong said that Taiwan and Kiribati are not only both island nations but also both devoted to democracy.
	www.taiwanheadlines.gov.tw /20040211/20040211p6.html (358 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Kiribati relations fuel China-Taiwan tension (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, earlier this month challenged Beijing's One China policy by opening diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
		The Kiribati police commissioner, Tuare Ioane, has confirmed he is investigating death threats against President Tong.
		And it was made to the president himself, claiming that his life is in danger," he said.
	www.goasiapacific.com /news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_998127.htm (236 words)

	Kiribati News
		President of Kiribati Anote Tong yesterday invited visiting Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Eugene Chien (S s) to his native Maiana, an island located east of the country's capital Tarawa, for...
		Although Kiribati is very much a developing country, Robin Millhouse QC, chief justice of the High Court of Kiribati, believes the tiny nation is "one of the most fortunate countries" in the world in...
		Thanks to their location, the residents of Kiribati, a tiny island halfway between Hawaii and Australia, were the first to greet the new year.
	www.topix.net /world/kiribati (870 words)

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