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  Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (or the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis), in the Leeward Islands, is a unitary island nation in the Caribbean and the smallest nation in the Western Hemisphere.
To the north-northwest lie the islands of Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, and Saint Martin.
Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Lucia • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis - MSN Encarta
Saint Kitts and Nevis achieved full independence from the United Kingdom on September 19, 1983, and is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Saint Kitts and Nevis is the smallest country in the Western Hemisphere in area and in population.
Nevis is nearly circular in shape and surrounded by coral reefs and beaches of white coral sand.
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 Saint Kitts en Nevis - Wikipedia
Saint Kitts en Nevis kregen in 1967 volledige interne autonomie, maar bleven een onderdeel van het Britse rijk, samen met Anguilla onder de naam Saint Christopher, Nevis en Anguilla.
Saint Kitts en Nevis werden onafhankelijk op 19 september 1983.
Saint Kitts en Nevis is derhalve een constitutionele monarchie.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts (also/previously known as Saint Christopher) is an island in the Caribbean.
The Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (or 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 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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 Economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kitts and Nevis is a member of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) issues a common currency (the East Caribbean Dollar) for all members of the ECCU.
Kitts is a member of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications (ECTEL) authority, which is developing the regulations to liberalize the telecommunications sector in the region by 2004.
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.
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 Accenting St. Kitts & Nevis - Official Travel Guide
St. Kitts and Nevis are located in the northern part of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean, 19 degrees north of the equator, separated by a channel two miles wide.
Nevis, the smaller island, lies to the south and is approximately 7 miles in diameter, covering a total of 36 square miles.
Nevis, the "Queen of the Caribbees," possessed unimaginable wealth from its super-productive sugar industry, while on St. Kitts the impregnable fortress of Brimstone Hill stood as the Gibraltar of the West Indies.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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.
Saint Kitts and Nevis acknowledges absence of official policy on women's participation in political life; Committee concludes consideration of country's report on implementation of anti-discrimination convention.
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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.
Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.
The major labor union, the St. Kitts Trades and Labour Union (SKTLU) was associated closely with the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and was active in all sectors of the economy.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18343.htm   (3552 words)

  
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (08/05)
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.
Kitts and Nevis was the last sugar monoculture in the Eastern Caribbean until the government decided to close the sugar industry following the 2005 harvest after decades of losses at the state-run sugar company.
Kitts and Nevis is strategically placed in the Leeward Islands, near maritime transport lanes of major importance to the United States.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
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.
To the north-north west lies the islands of Saint Eustatius, Saba, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin.
The country is an independent Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented in St. Kitts and Nevis by a governor general, who acts on the advice of the Prime Minister and the cabinet.
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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   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kitts and Nevis) was completed and the corresponding report issued in 1996; a paper on the assessment was published in CSI papers 1.
St Kitts and Nevis’ involvement in the Small Islands Voice project was discussed on the forum in April 2002: ‘Start-up Activities for the Small Islands Voice Initiative’.
Kitts and Nevis were the start-up islands for the Small Islands Voice project in the Caribbean.
www.unesco.org /csi/act/other/kittsnev.htm   (2222 words)

  
 Saint Kitts and Nevis - A Virtual Travel to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is a part of the Leeward Islands group lying about 200 miles southeast of Puerto Rico and to the north of the Windward group.
In 1998, a vote in Nevis on a referendum to separate from Saint Kitts fell short of the two-thirds majority needed.
Kitts' economy is based largely on sugar cultivation and tourism, additionally St.
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 Regional Core Health Data System - Country Profile: SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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.
Saint Kitts and Nevis does not currently have a published National Development Plan, but clear national policy objectives, goals, and targets are presented annually as part of the budget proposals.
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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.
In addition in Nevis one cabinet member and the president of the House of Assembly were women.
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   (2826 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch: Americas : Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified on 2 December 1998.
Saint Kitts and Nevis' Article 7 transparency report, due 27 November 1999, was submitted to the UN on 16 May 2000.
Astona Browne, Chargé d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations, wrote, "We applaud your organization for its initiative in raising the awareness of the global community with regards to the global landmine situation, humanitarian mine action, and compliance with the Mine Ban Treaty."
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis travel guide - Wikitravel
Saint Kitts and Nevis are a pair of tropical islands in the Caribbean, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.
As if it were the custom in the Caribbean, St-Kitts and Nevis changed hands many times between English and French, which has left it a heritage of cities with names from both countries.
St-Kitts and Nevis will be called to be developed in the near future, in fact many projects are in progress or completion, notably vast dockings to accommodate the largest liners and cruisers with terminals, loading docks, etc.
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 St Kitts And Nevis Travel Guide | St Kitts And Nevis Guide Overview
The islands of St Kitts and Nevis were originally settled by Indians from South America.
The people of Nevis are themselves deeply split, roughly between the population of the southern towns, which favour independence, and the rest of the island, which does not.
Although Nevis has lived through an earthquake and a tidal wave, which is claimed to have buried the former capital, the island is still dotted, as is St Kitts, with fascinating old buildings and historic sites, a delight for any traveller looking for their next Caribbean adventure.
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 Prenotazioni Alberghi Saint Kitts And Nevis su Viaggi-Vacanze
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis article archives
Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Swarm is incorporated in the Caribbean money-laundering haven of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Saint Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas is chairing the renamed forum´s first meeting.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis
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The Embassy of Saint Kitts and Nevis to the United States, also accredited to United Nations in New York and to the Organization of American States.
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 NCBuy: Saint Kitts and Nevis Country Reference
Nevis is once more trying to separate from the Saint Kitts.
Map of Saint Kitts and Nevis (Location) : 17 20 N, 62 45 W, Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.
Divided diagonally from the lower hoist side by a broad fl band bearing two white, five-pointed stars; the fl band is edged in yellow; the upper triangle is green, the lower triangle is red.
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis News | Online Saint Kitts and Nevis News by Caribseek News
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) — St. Kitts and Nevis’ PM and Min.of Sports, Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is of the view that the soon to be completed Conaree Multi-Purpose Recreational Complex will not only develop the sporting skills of the residents,...
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 27TH 2006 (CUOPM) — Three nationals of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis were among four Caribbean persons honoured Sunday in St. Thomas for their contribution to Virgin Islands-Caribbean Friendship Week.
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CUOPM) - Cruise liner, easyCruise, which is getting rave reviews from budget-minded 20 and 30 something’s and is charting a new course through the canals of Holland and Belgium, is adding St. Kitts and Nevis to its new schedule.
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 WTO | Saint Kitts and Nevis - Member information
Saint Kitts and Nevis has been a member of WTO since 21 February 1996.
Saint Kitts and Nevis' Uruguay Round goods schedules (zip format, 96 KB)
Saint Kitts and Nevis is included in TPRs of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States — OECS
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 Saint Kitts  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis), town, capital of the two-island independent state of Saint Kitts and Nevis (also known as Saint Christopher and Nevis), in the West Indies, southeast of Puerto Rico.
Located on the southwestern coast of the island of Saint Kitts, it is an important seaport of the Leeward Islands.
It became the capital of independent Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1983.
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 GYTS - 2001 Factsheet - St. Kitts - Nevis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Saint Kitts and Nevis GYTS includes data on prevalence of cigarette and other tobacco use as well as information on five determinants of tobacco use: access/availability and price, environmental tobacco smoke exposure (ETS), cessation, media and advertising, and school curriculum.
These determinants are components Saint Kitts and Nevis could include in a comprehensive tobacco control program.
The St Kitts and Nevis GYTS was a school-based survey of students in forms 1-4 conducted in 2002.
www.cdc.gov /tobacco/global/gyts/factsheets/2002/st_Kitts_Nevis_factsheet.htm   (610 words)

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