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	Serge Vohor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rialuth Serge Vohor (born 1955) is a politician from Vanuatu.
		Vohor was elected Prime Minister by the Parliament with 28 votes, with his opponent, Ham Lini receiving 24.
		At one point, Vohor punched the new ambassador from Beijing, Bao Shusheng, after being approached to explain why the flag of the Republic of China was still flying over the hotel where the Taiwanese representative was staying.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Serge_Vohor (429 words)

	The Head Heeb: Beijing 1, Vohor 0
		Serge Vohor is out as Prime Minister of Vanuatu after most of his coalition - including five ministers - joined the opposition in a 35-14 no confidence vote.
		The immediate catalyst for the vote was Vohor's decision to reject the advice of his ministers and establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan, placing China policy at the center of a power struggle between Vohor and the cabinet.
		Vohor's ouster is a victory for Beijing in the battle of the Chinas for influence in the Pacific, which has gained intensity in many countries during the past year.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/027047.html (1250 words)

	Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Vohor challenges motive of motion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Mr Vohor was speaking in Parliament close to midnight on Friday when he was responding to the motion tabled by former Opposition leader Sato Kilman and seconded by his deputy Maxime Carlot Korman.
		Mr Vohor also went on the attack against foreign interference in local politics by both Australia, who threatened to cut aid to Vanuatu at a time when he knew he was facing a no confidence vote— and China who heaped pressure on his own cabinet Ministers to oppose a legitimate diplomatic relation with Taiwan.
		Vohor regretted that the differences of opinions over China and Taiwan did create problems and divisions between the country’s political leaders but he insisted the only reason behind his signing of diplomatic relations with Taiwan was for the best interests of the people of Vanuatu.
	vanuatu.net.vu /cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm_tools.cgi?print=3066;s=1_7;site=6 (303 words)

	Vanuatu News Port Vila Presse Online :: Vanuatu PM confirms Taiwan diplomatic ties in TV address (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Taiwan welcomed Vanuatu prime minister Serge Vohor reaffirming diplomatic ties with Taiwan on state television after his cabinet decided to back links with the island, a spokesman from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
		Lu said Vohor gave Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Kau, who is in charge of Asia-Pacific affairs, a phone call reaffirming the tiny South Pacific nation's commitment to diplomatic ties with Taiwan on Sunday.
		Vohor expressed support for Taiwan's participation in international organizations, saying it was unjust for 23 million people to be excluded from world bodies, Lu said.
	vanuatu.net.vu /cgi-bin/moxiebin/bm_tools.cgi?print=2691;s=1_3;site=6 (719 words)

	[Kabar-Irian] Irian News - 3/28/03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Serge Rialuth Vohor MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs stated, “Our support for the struggle of our brothers and sisters in West Papua is a continuation from what the Father of our independence, the Late Fr.
		Vohor requested that West Papua be re-inscribed with the UN De-colonization Committee.
		But Mr Vohor refused to be in the limelight alone saying the Vanuatu position on the independence of its "Melanesian brothers in West Papua" was pioneered by the Father of Independence, Father Walter Lini.
	www.kabar-irian.com /pipermail/kabar-irian/2003-March/000172.html (3707 words)

	Vanuatu government collapses following Australian economic threats
		The ousting of Vohor was the culmination of bitter domestic political infighting and the direct intervention of the Australian government in the affairs of the small South Pacific Island nation.
		Vohor’s Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) and Natapei’s Vanuaaku Pati (VP) both lost about half their MPs and 25 new members were elected to the 52-member parliament.
		Vohor’s UMP is a francophone party with ties to France—one of Australia’s chief rivals in the Pacific.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/dec2004/vanu-d22.shtml (1559 words)

	Weekly Tax Newsletter
		A spokesman for Vanuatu’s Prime Minister Serge Vohor, insisted last week that the newly-established diplomatic links with Taiwan remain in place despite a unanimous vote by the country’s Council of Minister’s to veto the action.
		It means that Vohor now finds himself politically isolated after taking the unilateral decision earlier in the month to open a diplomatic dialogue with Taipei in defiance of Vanuatu’s long-established ‘one China’ policy.
		Nevertheless, Vohor, who was hoping that friendly relations with Taiwan would materialise into a new source of foreign aid, remained defiant despite facing overwhelming political opposition.
	www.amsbvi.com /AMSGrp/asp/fullstory.asp?storyname=17934 (313 words)

	Sato Kilman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kilman and Ham Lini led the opposition to the Serge Vohor government when it took office in July 2004.
		Soon, however, Lini joined a coalition government with Vohor, as did members of Kilman's own party, including Barak Sope.
		Kilman then became known as the leader of the opposition, and became a particularly strong critic of Vohor's attempts to establish relations with Taiwan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sato_Kilman (181 words)

	AFP: Vanuatu PM defends his diplomatic recognition of Taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Vohor did not give details on the financial assistance offered by Taiwan but his spokesman Kalvao Moli told the local Daily Post newspaper that Taipei had offered "up to three billion vatu (28 million US) next year with no strings attached".
		Vohor's action sparked claim and counter-claim from Beijing and Taipei over who had legitimate diplomatic ties with the tiny Pacific nation.
		Vohor was elected less than three months ago and has reportedly said Vanuatu is too dependent on Australian aid and he wants to find alternative sources of money.
	www.taiwandc.org /afp-2004-05.htm (436 words)

	Barak Sopé - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shortly after he was deposed he was convicted on 2 charges of forging several million US dollars' worth of Vanuatu Government Guarantees and was sentenced in July 2002 to 3 years on each charge (to be served concurrently), but was pardoned in 2003 despite heavy opposition from Australia and New Zealand.
		When the coalition government of Serge Vohor was sworn in on July 28, 2004, Sopé became foreign minister of Vanuatu.
		He lost that position in November 2004 after he spoke out against Vanuatu's attempts to establish diplomatic relations with Taiwan, reputedly due to his own dealings with the Chinese.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barak_Sope (217 words)

	Peaceful Reunification
		Vohor caused a political and constitutional storm last month when he made an unannounced mission to Taipei and signed a communique recognizing Taiwan.
		Vohor on Friday lost a Supreme Court case to have a parliamentary vote of no confidence in his rule declared unconstitutional.
		Vohor was also accused last weekend of physically assaulting China's new ambassador, Bao Shusheng, by punching him on the shoulder after he complained that the flag of Taiwan was still flying in a hotel.
	en.chinabroadcast.cn /2238/2005-3-22/124@219490.htm (321 words)

	FierceOrange: 12/26/2004 - 01/01/2005
		Vohor's staunch support for Taiwan will no doubt go down in history as perhaps the one and only time when a prime minister of Vanuatu has stood up against his own cabinet which finally ousted him to where he had earlier said he would want to be - "in the Opposition".
		Incumbent Prime Minister Serge Vohor has been described by Taiwan as a "courageous" leader for his uncompromising position on the controversial Vanuatu-Taiwan relations he secretly signed on November 3.
		But the important thing is, Serge Vohor held fast, took the initiative, and was not content to meekly bow out to pro-Chinese forces.
	fierceorange.com /oldnews/2004_12_26_oldhotness.html (860 words)

	Vanuatu
		After much parliamentary maneuvering, a coalition government was formed with Serge Vohor of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) as Prime Minister; however, on December 11, Parliament ousted Vohor in a vote of no confidence and elected Ham Lini to replace him.
		Following the election, Prime Minister Serge Vohor of the UMP assembled a coalition parliamentary majority and formed the Government.
		Prime Minister Vohor appointed as his Foreign Minister a former prime minister who was convicted of forgery in 2002 and sentenced to 3 years' imprisonment; he was released several months later, after the then-President pardoned him on medical grounds, and was reelected to Parliament.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41664.htm (3697 words)

	Pacific Magazine: VANUATU: Opposition Leader Vohor Apologises To Chinese Ambassador
		Vanuatu’s opposition leader, Serge Vohor has formally apologised to the Chinese Ambassador in Port Vila for his former government’s decision to withdraw diplomatic relations with China.
		Vohor, a member of the Union of Moderate Parties (UMP) took a party delegation to meet with Chinese Ambassador Bao Shusheng.
		Last year, before Vohor’s removal from power, he led a delegation to China and then to Taiwan where he unilaterally decided to switch diplomatic relations from China to Taiwan.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=18795 (185 words)

	The Head Heeb: Cloak and dagger
		An espionage scandal is brewing in the Pacific, where the Vanuatu government has accused two Australian police officers of spying and expelled them from the country.
		Australia has denied the allegations and claimed that they are posturing by Prime Minister Serge Vohor, who has made similar claims before, but even if they aren't proven, they may disrupt Australia's network of relationships in the region.
		Vohor, who came to power after a snap poll two months ago, is very much in the same mold, and reducing foreign influence in Vanuatu was a central part of his campaign.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/026086.html (888 words)

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		Serge Vohor called a vote of no-confidence in the government.
		Although the parliamentary opposition mounted a legal challenge to the dissolution, this was rejected by the Court of Appeal on 28 May 2004.
		Vohor was elected to lead the country once more, after a close vote in the Parliament.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/2345_E.htm (675 words)

	Vanuatu: History
		Carlot's government lost power after the 1995 general elections, but the new coalition foundered, and Corlot again was prime minister from April to September in 1996, when Serge Vohor took office.
		After parliamentary elections in July, Serge Vohor became prime minister for a second time, and in August, Kalkot Mataskelekele was elected president.
		Vohor's government fell in Dec., 2004, after government ministers resigned over actions he had taken without consulting with them; Ham Lini succeeded him.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0861747.html (379 words)

	Vanuatu rewarded after revoking Taiwan pact. 15/12/2004. ABC News Online
		Mr Vohor, who had been in power for only four months, sparked a diplomatic, political and constitutional storm over his solo mission last month to Taipei, where he signed a communique recognising the Government of Taiwan.
		Mr Vohor was finally sacked after a parliamentary vote of no confidence and a new coalition government formed under Mr Lini on Saturday.
		In a press statement to the media, Mr Lini advised that following the formation of the new government in the early hours of Saturday morning, an urgent Council of Ministers meeting was held on Sunday in which the decision was formerly made on Taiwan and China.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200412/s1266077.htm (469 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Vanuatu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The December 1995-February 1996 coalition government headed by Prime Minister Serge Vohor continued the previous government's policy of pressuring both government-owned and private media to limit the presentation of views with which it did not agree.
		A minister in the first Vohor government (December 1995-February 1996) implicitly threatened to revoke the residency permit of the expatriate publisher of an independent, semiweekly newspaper for allegedly irresponsible reporting (see Section 2.a.).
		The second Vohor Government in October threatened to fire and expel the Supreme Court Chief Justice, who had sought to use the Court's judicial powers to issue warrants against leaders of a VMF mutiny in contravention of a cabinet promise that the mutineers would not be punished.
	www.usemb.se /human/human96/vanuatu.html (2424 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Vohor said the passport report was an insult to him and that it was baseless and without proof.
		The Ombudsman said she believes there is ample evidence to convict the Prime Minister in court for gross breaches of the Leadership Code.
		Ferrieux-Patterson has filed a formal complaint, under oath, with the Public Prosecutor and asked the Public Prosecutor to indict Serge Vohor, former Foreign Minister Willie Jimmy and others named in her reports for various offences.
	www.sidsnet.org /mir/pacific/usp/journ/nius/docs/feb98/1196.html (294 words)

	MOFA says no confusion over Vanuatu links - AsianFanatics Forum
		Vanuatu's Foreign Affairs Department Director-General George Manuri said he was unaware that Vohor had gone to Taipei because he was supposed to have gone to Singapore and was due in Australia on Wednesday.
		Vohor's party holds the majority of seats in the parliament and he is confident the newly forged ties with Taiwan will be accepted, Kau said.
		To prevent the same thing from happening, Vohor had kept his trip to Taipei absolutely secret, Kau said, which is why officials in Vanuatu's Foreign Affairs Department were unaware of his schedule in Taipei.
	asianfanatics.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=53977 (562 words)

	Vohor Defiant Over Relations With Taiwan
		With confusion the order of the day concerning Vanuatu’s opening of diplomatic channels with Taiwan in apparent defiance of the Pacific nation’s adherence to the one China policy, Prime Minister Serge Vohor appeared on national television this week in an attempt to defend his recent trip to Taipei.
		According to Vohor, the relationship with China has been largely fruitless for Vanuatu in terms of economic aid.
		Vohor also revealed that he has been in talks with representatives of the People’s Republic and explained to them that he was acting in Vanuatu’s own national interest, although he is still supportive of the one China policy.
	www.companiesinc.com /business-newsletter-17991.html (276 words)

	Vanuatu to open diplomatic representation in Morocco
		Foreign affairs and trade minister of Vanuatu, Rialuth Serge Vohor, announced in Rabat Wednesday his country's decision to open a diplomatic representation in Rabat as the platform to promote the republic in the Arab world, Europe and Africa.
		Vohor said Vanuatu always supported Moroccan territorial integrity adding that through stronger ties with the kingdom, Port Villa meant to strike new cooperation relations with Arab, African and Mediterranean countries.
		Vohor who arrived Wednesday in Morocco said his country was eager to enhance ties with the kingdom and wanted to open a diplomatic representation in Rabat as a bridge to the Arab world, Africa and Europe.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/001214/2000121419.html (450 words)

	LOCAL NEWS: STORY \| Samoa Observer Online: The Information Portal of Samoa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		New Vanuatu Prime Minister Rialuth Serge Vohor is coming to next week's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit in Samoa, it was confirmed by Foreign Affairs officials yesterday.
		Mr Vohor has just formed the new government in Port Vila, taking over from the former government of Edward Natapei, who had been prime minister since 2001.
		Mr Vohor is a veteran of Vanuatu's often turbulent politics.
	www.samoaobserver.ws /news/local/ln0704/3107ln003.htm (821 words)

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		The government of Vanuatu, a tiny South Pacific island nation, announced Wednesday that a meeting of ministers had decided to cancel the agreement made a week ago by Prime Minister Serge Vohor in Taiwan, said China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Zhang Qiyue.
		Taiwan's Foreign Ministry spokesman said that Prime Minister Vohor had said he would try to iron out any internal differences.
		Vohor had signed the deal without approval of the government.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /Reu/2004/Reuters-121104.htm (166 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Serge Vohor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
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	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/?title=Serge_Vohor (555 words)

	VANUATU: parliamentary elections Parliament, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		On 27 November 1997, President of the Republic Jean-Marie Leye dissolved Parliament after a no-confidence motion in Prime Minister Serge Vohor had been filed, and general elections were called for 20 January 1998.
		Vohor, and the opposition Vanua’aku Pati (VP), headed by Mr.
		On polling day, the VP came out ahead with the UMP in second place just in front of the National United Party (NUP) led by former Prime Minister Walter Lini.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2345_98.htm (225 words)

	Radio Australia Tok Pisin: Bikpela Vanuatu nius pepa i askim Serge Vohor long risain. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Radio Australia Tok Pisin: Bikpela Vanuatu nius pepa i askim Serge Vohor long risain.
		Bikpela nius-pepa long Vanautu i askim Praim Minista,Serge Vohor long imas risain,bihain long ripot blong aste ibin kamap olsem em ibin paitim ambassador blong China.
		Ambassador blong China long Port Vila,Bao Shu Sheng,ibin tok Mr Vohor ibin pusim em long shoulder blong em,taim emi traim long autim koros blong em ollsem Flag blong Taiwan iwok long "fly"antap yet,bihain long oli mas pulim em igo daun long mask.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/tokpisin/news/s1259118.htm (264 words)

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