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  Saint Kitts and Nevis - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The head of government is the prime minister, who must command a majority of the single-chamber legislature, the National Assembly.
Of the four nonelected members, one is the speaker of the Assembly and the other three, known as senators, are appointed—two on the advice of the prime minister and one on the advice of the leader of the opposition.
The main political parties are the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), the People’s Action Movement (PAM), the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP), and the Concerned Citizens’ Movement (CCM).
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 Encyclopedia: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, estimated population 15,500 (1990), is the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies.
Saint Kitts and Nevis is an island nation in the Caribbean, known for a number of musical celebrations including Carnival (December 24 to January 2).
Saint Kitts and Nevis The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas [1] which came into effect on August 1, 1973.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, located in the Leeward Islands is a unitary island nation in the Caribbean, and the smallest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
Kitts and Nevis has a unicameral legislature, known as the National Assembly.
Saint Kitts and Nevis are a full and participating member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis
The prime minister is the leader of the majority party of the house, and the cabinet conducts affairs of state.
Kitts and Nevis has a bicameral legislature: An 11-member senate appointed by the governor general (mainly on the advice of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition); and an 11-member popularly elected house of representatives which has eight St. Kitts seats and three Nevis seats.
The prime minister and the cabinet are responsible to the Parliament.
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 History of St. Kitts and Nevis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kitts and Nevis is strategically placed in the Leeward Islands, near maritime transport lanes of major importance to the United States.
Kitts and Nevis also signed an updated extradition treaty with the U.S. in 1996, and a mutual legal assistance treaty in 1997.
Kitts and Nevis has enjoyed a long history of free and fair elections, although the outcome of elections in 1993 was strongly protested by the opposition and the Eastern Caribbean Regional Security System (RSS) was briefly deployed to restore order.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The chief settlement on Nevis is Charlestown, the birthplace of Alexander Hamilton.
Saint Kitts and Nevis were visited by Columbus in 1493, but European settlement did not begin until the British arrived on St. Kitts in 1623.
Nevis was first settled by the British in 1628.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis Governmental System - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Kitts and Nevis is a federal state that adheres to the forms of the British Westminster-style parliamentary system of government.
The federal government of St. Kitts and Nevis is directed by a unicameral parliament known as the National Assembly, established by the 1983 Constitution to replace the House of Assembly.
Kitts has no corresponding right of secession, a reminder of the separatist roots of the NRP and the desire of the smaller island to protect itself from possible exploitation by its larger neighbor.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
Kitts has been referred to as the "mother colony of the West Indies," a reflection of its status as the first English colony in the Caribbean.
Kitts and Nevis remained an associated state until it declared full independence in 1983 (the last of the associated states to do so).
The political history of St. Kitts and Nevis is closely intertwined with its economic development (or lack of it).
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
In elections in March 2000, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas's St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party won all 8 St. Kitts seats of the 11 seats in the legislature, and Douglas remained Prime Minister.
The major labor union, the St. Kitts Trades and Labour Union, is associated closely with the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and is active in all sectors of the economy.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8258.htm   (3472 words)

  
 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS - SAINT-KITTS-ET-NEVIS - SAINT KITTS Y NEVIS
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, food security suggests a minimum and ready supply of nutritious food for all households and that this supply is continuous and stable.
In the last few years, Saint Kitts and Nevis and indeed the whole Caribbean region, has suffered from the recurring incidences of natural disasters, including hurricanes and the infestation of pests which have wreaked havoc on our agriculture industry.
In Saint Kitts and Nevis, and some other Caribbean countries, food crops and agricultural exports are being devastated by this pest.
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Kitts' economy is based largely on sugar cultivation and tourism, with the latter poised for strong growth in the wake of major recent infrastructure improvements.
The association of St. Kitts and Nevis with Anguilla ended in December 1980, with Anguilla reverting to the status of a dependent British territory.
St. Kitts and Nevis is a beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Initiative, CARIBCAN, and Lom@ agreements qualifying it for trade concessions with the United States, Canada, and the European Union.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy and federation, with a population of approximately 46,700.
The governor general appoints three senators, two on recommendation of the prime minister and one on the recommendation of the leader of the opposition.
The major labor union, the Saint Kitts Trades and Labour Union (SKTLU), was associated closely with the SKNLP and was active in all sectors of the economy.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61739.htm   (2817 words)

  
 1996 Human Rights Report: St. Kitts and Nevis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Kitts and Nevis Labour Party won seven of eight seats at stake in St. Kitts with 60 percent of the popular vote, and Douglas became Prime Minister.
Kitts and Nevis' sole female member of Parliament chose not to run for reelection in the June 1995 elections, and there were no other female candidates.
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 Saint Helena
Kitts was held jointly by the English and French from 1628-1713.
In 1997 some leaders in Nevis were urging separation from Saint Kitts on the basis that Nevis was paying far more in taxes than it was receiving in government services, but the vote on cessation failed in August 1998.
Miguel Trovoada, a former prime minister who had been in exile since 1986, returned as an independent candidate and was elected president and was re-elected in Sao Tome's second multiparty presidential election in 1996.
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 List of Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
See also List of Governors-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis, lists of incumbents.
Chief Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1960-1967
Prime Ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1967-present
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis   (152 words)

  
 TITLE: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Saint Kitts and Nevis 2001
Saint Kitts and Nevis is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy, a federation, and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
In elections in March 2000, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas's St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party won all 8 St. Kitts seats of the 11 seats in the legislature, and Douglas remained Prime Minister.
Kitts Trades and Labour Union, is associated closely with the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and is active in all sectors of the economy.
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 Regional Core Health Data System - Country Profile: SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
Saint Kitts and Nevis is readily accessible by sea and air and boasts a modern international airport, and both islands have an adequate network of roads, a modern telephone system, and an improving transportation system.
Saint Kitts and Nevis functions as a federation: the Federal Parliament, the highest decision-making institution in the country, resides in Saint Kitts, and Nevis operates under a local government, the Island Assembly, which has some degree of autonomy.
The health services in Saint Kitts and Nevis are administered and operated by a team composed of 21 different categories of workers, ranging from highly skilled technicians in the acute care institutions of J.N. France and Alexandra hospitals to the community outreach workers who provide domiciliary care.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The capital is Basseterre on the island of Saint Kitts.
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas pledged in April 2002 to readjust the focus of Saint Kitts and Nevis's offshore financial services policy away from an emphasis on tax exemption to other attractions that a “reputable” offshore location could offer.
With an area of 104 square miles (269 square kilometers), the country is composed of oval-shaped Saint Kitts Island, also known as St. Christopher, and circle-shaped Nevis Island to the southeast.
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 University of the West Indies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The aim of the university is to help "unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth" in the West Indies.
Seven of the regional Prime Ministers are graduates of the UWI.
Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
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 A short history of Saint Kitts and Nevis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Saint Christopher is colonized by English and French settlers since 1623, followed by Nevis since 1628.
Saint Christopher and Nevis become independent in 1983 as the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, in which Nevis gets limited self-government.
Saint Kitts and Nevis enjoys a long history of free and fair elections, although the outcome of elections in 1993 is strongly protested by the opposition.
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 United Nations Daily Highlights, 97-09-29
Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis says conditions should not be tied to reform proposals.
The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis on Monday called on Member States to refrain from "marrying conditionalities to the process of reform".
Prime Minister Douglas said that the growing reduction in levels of much- needed aid and technical assistance to the developing countries threatened further marginalization of poor countries, leaving them to depend more on the United Nations.
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 Facts About Saint Kitts and Nevis
In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed.
Nevis continues in its efforts to try and separate from Saint Kitts.
Sugar was the traditional mainstay of the Saint Kitts economy until the 1970s.
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 St Kitts and Nevis Visa Application - Tourist Visas, Business Visas, Expedited Visas - St Kitts and Nevis Page
Nevis is once more trying to separate from the Saint Kitts.
Kitts and Nevis was the last sugar monoculture in the Eastern Caribbean.
Faced with a sugar industry that was finding it increasingly difficult to earn a profit, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis embarked on a program to diversify the agricultural sector and stimulate the development of other sectors of the economy.
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 St. Kitts and Nevis - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The territory consists of the St. Kitts (Saint Christopher) and Nevis Islands.
St. Kitts has a forest covered mountain range across the central part of the island which reaches the island's highest point of Mt. Misery, an extinct volcano, while Nevis is a dominated by a central peak at 985 metres (3,117 feet).
In April 1992 Deputy Prime Minister Michael Powell was dismissed which led crowds protesting in the streets of the capital.
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 [08 Jun 1998] GA/9411 : SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL NATIONS TO SAY 'YES' TO CHALLENGE OF WORKING TOWARDS DRUG-FREE ...
At the outset of the meeting, Volodymyr Khandogy, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, as temporary President of the special session, announced that 23 Member States were in arrears in the payment of their dues to the Organization under Article 19 of the United Nations Charter.
Saint Kitts and Nevis will continue to work even more closely with the international community to ensure that persons found guilty of drug crimes under due process are punished to the fullest extent of the law of the land.
JOHN PRESCOTT, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (on behalf of the European Union, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Cyprus): The twentieth special session of the General Assembly offers an opportunity to show the world that here is a real spirit within the United Nations to counter illegal drugs.
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1.- (1) The island of Saint Christopher (which is otherwise known as Saint Kitts) and the island of Nevis shall be a sovereign democratic federal state which may be styled Saint Christopher and Nevis or Saint Kitts and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
"minister or religion" means any person in holy orders and any other person the principal function of whose occupation include teaching or preaching i any congregation for religious worship.
Provided that if the Governor-general, acting in his own deliberate judgment, considers that it is impracticable to obtain the advice of the Prime Minister owing to his absence or illness he may exercise those power without tat advice and in his own deliberate judgment.
www.constitution.org /cons/stkitts-.htm   (13333 words)

  
 Small Islands Voice - UN radio interview of Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister
The islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis have been chosen to represent the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of Saint Kitts and Nevis thinks this is very important UNESCO-sponsored initiative for the people of the islands.
NARR: Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis Constitution
1.- (1) The island of Saint Christopher (which is otherwise known as Saint Kitts) and the island of Nevis shall be a sovereign democratic federal state which may be styled Saint Christopher and Nevis or Saint Kitts and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis or the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
(2) The territory of Saint Christopher and Nevis shall comprise all areas that were comprised in the associated state of Saint Christopher and Nevis immediately before 19th September 1983, together with such other areas as may be declared by Parliament to form part of the territory of Saint Christopher and Nevis.
"minister or religion" means any person in holy orders and any other person the principal function of whose occupation include teaching or preaching in any congregation for religious worship.
pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Kitts/kitts83.html   (13008 words)

  
 Office of the President, Republic of China
President Chen said that he felt honored to be able to lead a delegation to St. Kitts and Nevis in September 2005, making him the first ROC president to visit the nation since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1983.
President Chen recalled vividly his trip to St. Kitts and Nevis last year, during which he addressed the opening ceremony of the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association 12th Annual Conference and Trade Show and signed a joint communiqué with Prime Minister Douglas at the Brimstone Hill Fortress, a citadel of peace in the Caribbean Sea.
As St. Kitts and Nevis is to hold the Cricket World Cup in March 2007, President Chen noted that the completion of its international airport expansion by the end of this year is important for hosting this event, which will surely help boost the Caribbean country's international fame and tourism.
www.president.gov.tw /en/prog/news_release/print.php?id=1105499298   (333 words)

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