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	Palau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palau, officially the Republic of Palau, is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines.
		Politics of Palau takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Palau is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		While much of Palau's fragile natural environment remains free of environmental degradation, there are several areas of concern, including illegal fishing with the use of dynamite, inadequate facilities for disposal of solid waste in Koror, and extensive sand and coral dredging in the Palau lagoon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palau (7708 words)

	Palau - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The President of Palau is both head of state and head of government and is directly elected for a term of four years.
		Palau enjoys a tropical climate all year round with an annual mean temperature of 82 °F (27 °C).
		The population of Palau is approximately 19,000 of whom 70% are native Palauans, who are of Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian descent.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Palau (1562 words)

	Palau
		The president of Palau, who is both head of state and head of government, is elected by the Palauans every four years.
		Palau's most important islands are Angaur[?], Babeldaob[?], Koror, Peleliu[?], which lie together near the same barrier reef.
		The official languages of Palau are English and Palauan[?], except for three states where the local language is official instead of Palauan.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Palau.html (516 words)

	Palau Information Center - survivor palau
		In the past 5 years, the United States has built a submarine base on palau map the island of Guam (a U.S. territory), which is the southern-most survivor: palau of the Mariana Islands, for which the trench is named.
		The members of both chambers are chosen by the people; 9 are palau palau case in vendita islands map of palau immobili vendita a palau map part of the Senate, and 16 of the House of Delegates.
		The official languages of Palau are Palauan and English, except for three states palau hotels (Sonsorol, Hatohobei, and Anguar) where the immobili in vendita palau local language is official instead of Palauan.
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Official_Languages_P_-_S/Palau.html (873 words)

	Palau
		"The width of the Flag of the Republic of Palau shall bear the ratio of 1.0 to 1.6 and the diameter of the moon shall the ratio to the width of the flag of 0.6 to 1.0.
		When independence came Palau and the Marshal Islands decided to separate from the rest of the group, which became the Federated States of Micronesia with the same blue flag with four stars instead of six, for Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk and Yap.
		Palau issued a mini-sheet of stamps depicting the 16 state flags and the national flags.
	flagspot.net /flags/pw.html (1027 words)

	Palau (10/05)
		Palau instead approved a new constitution and became the Republic of Palau in 1981, signing a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1982.
		Palau is a democratic republic with directly elected executive and legislative branches.
		The main economic challenge confronting Palau is to ensure the long-term viability of its economy by reducing its reliance on foreign assistance.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1840.htm (1912 words)

	Wikinfo \| Palau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Palau's most important islands are Angaur, Babeldaob (Babelthuap), Koror, Peleliu, which lie together near the same barrier reef.
		Palau enjoys a tropical climate all year round with an annual mean temperature of 82° degrees F. Rainfall can occur throughout the year, the annual average is 150 inches.
		Typhoons are rare as Palau is outside the typhoon zone.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Palau (721 words)

	Palau - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Until 1994, Palau was administered by the United States as the last UN trust territory.
		Palau has a bicameral parliament, a president, and a vice president.
		Palau's constitution, adopted in 1980, prohibits nuclear weapons, causing a conflict with the Free Association Compact proposed by the United States in 1985-86.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-palau.html (462 words)

	Palau: Airai -- Memories: Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Palau becomes one of six administrative districts in Japanese Micronesia, and a policy is established that no one except the Japanese government can buy land in Palau.
		Japanese development of Palau continues with urbanization of Koror, agricultural experiment stations, phosphate and bauxite mining, and the construction of airports (on Peleliu and Angaur) and seaplane ramps.
		TTPI is ended with the establishment of the Federated States of Micronesia, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
	www.pacificworlds.com /palau/memories/chronol.cfm (1334 words)

	Ibedul Gibbons - Palau - 1983 Right Livelihood Award Recipient
		Palau, also called Belau, is a Micronesian archipelago in the Western Pacific with a population of 15,000 people.
		In 1979 the people of Palau voted overwhelmingly for a constitution which prohibited the use, testing, storage or disposal of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and the entry of both nuclear-power and nuclear-armed ships and aircraft.
		At the centre of the crisis is tthe Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau.
	www.rightlivelihood.org /recip/gibbons.htm (463 words)

	Palau Physical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Republic of Palau became an independent nation on October 1, 1994 in part with the implementation of the Compact of Free Association between Palau and the United States of America.
		The capital of Palau is located in Koror with a land area of 7.1 square miles where two thirds of the population resides.
		Palau’s distance to major cities in nautical miles: Guam (722 miles), Hong Kong (1,739 miles), Honolulu (4,449 miles), Manila (528 miles), San Francisco (5,751 miles), Shanghai (1,679), Sydney (3,319), and Tokyo (1,890 miles).
	palaugov.net /stats/PalauStats/PhysicalFeatures/physical_features.htm (294 words)

	Palau
		Palau consists of some of the westernmost of the Caroline Islands, in Micronesia.
		On 1994-10-01, Palau became a freely associated state of the United States, a status somewhere between protectorate and independent country.
		Palau includes a chain of islands running from Tobi in the southwest to Kayangel Atoll in the northeast.
	www.statoids.com /upw.html (170 words)

	Palau
		Palau is an archipelago consisting of several hundred volcanic and limestone islands and coral atolls, few of which are inhabited, and is politically divided into 16 states.
		A visa is not required for U.S. citizens visiting Palau for one year or less, provided the visitor otherwise complies with applicable regulations, for example, on employment.
		Penalties for possession of, use of, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Palau are strict, and convicted traffickers face a mandatory twenty-five year jail sentence and USD 50,000 fine.
	travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_993.html (1385 words)

	Palau
		Under the Compact of Free Association, the United States is responsible for the Republic of Palau's defense.
		Palau has no security forces other than local police and civilian law enforcement personnel, all are under the firm control of civil authorities.
		The Constitution states that the Government shall protect children from exploitation, and children are protected by the general constitutional prohibition against forced and bonded labor (see Section 6.c.).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/301.htm (2383 words)

	PR4: Palau Joins the CWC
		Palau deposited its instrument of accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention with the Secretary General of the United Nations on 3 February 2003.
		Palau will become the 149th State Party to the Convention on 5 March 2003, thirty days after the deposit of its instrument of accession.
		Palau is also the 10th member of the Pacific Islands Forum to join the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), following Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Samoa.
	www.opcw.org /html/global/press_releases/2k3/PR4_2003.html (223 words)

	GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 55 TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY FIRST COMMITTEE ON A WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT, SECURITY MATTERS
		Under a further term, the Assembly called on the nuclear-weapon States to agree on an internationally and legally binding instrument imposing policies of no-first use, and upon all States to conclude an internationally and legally binding instrument on security assurances of non-use and non-threat of use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear-weapon States.
		It would also call on States to adopt unilateral, bilateral, regional and multilateral measures so as to contribute to ensuring the application of scientific and technological progress in the framework of international security, disarmament and other related spheres, without detriment to the environment or to its effective contribution to attaining sustainable development.
		The Assembly would urge Member States to take and strengthen national measures to prevent terrorists from acquiring mass destruction weapons, their delivery means and materials and technologies related to their manufacture. It would invite them to inform the Secretary-General, on a voluntary basis, of the measures taken in that regard.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2004/ga10310.doc.htm (6284 words)

	Palau - Gurupedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Republic of Palau (also spelled Belau) is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located some 500 km east of the
		North of these islands, the coral atoll of Kayangel is situated, while the uninhabited Rock Islands (Palau) (ca.
		Palau enjoys a tropical climate all year round with an annual mean temperature of 82° degrees F. Rainfall can occur throughout the year, the annual average is 150
	www.gurupedia.com /p/pa/palau.htm (592 words)

	ABC 33/40 Alabama's News Leader - 'Colbert Report' Showcases Palau Envoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The United States administered Palau's affairs as a U.N. trust territory from 1947 until its independence in December 1994.
		Before that, Palau was ruled by Japan, Germany and Spain, dating to 1885.
		Palau and its 20,000 residents are in the westernmost Caroline Islands, west of the international date line and 4,000 miles southwest of Honolulu.
	feeds.birminghamnews.net /?rid=7b40ead3091c0da6&... (353 words)

	Micronesia In Review: Issues and Events: Palau - 1 July 2004 - 30 June, 2005
		The Palau Constitution allows the chief executive to introduce legislation, and the president was the top bill author with twenty-two of his bills becoming law.
		In spite of the obstacles, Palau's sixteen state governors have unanimously endorsed the grandiose Nautilus proposal.
		Palau's connection to Japan is both contemporary and historic and the sixtieth anniversary ceremony of the Battle of Peleliu reinforced that truth, as has the impressive work over the years of the BentProp Project, led by Dr Patrick Scannon of San Francisco.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2006/February/02-01-tcp-palau.htm (5125 words)

	Palau - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		President of Palau, Tommy E Remengesau, Jr, is both Head of State and Head of Government.
		The Palau Government is also constructing a new capital complex in Melekeok on Babeldaob, which will ease pressure on the heavily congested tourism areas of Koror and the Rock Islands.
		Palau is a member of the United Nations and recently became a member of UNESCO.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/palau/palau_brief.html (1341 words)

	Palau States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I found sources for the populations, areas, and capitals of the states of Palau.
		1995 Census of Population and Housing, Republic of Palau.
		Babelthuap Island, the largest in the Palau group, includes all of the states except the ones described below.
	www.statoids.com /ypw.html (254 words)

	palau - definition by dict.die.net
		Palau n 1: a republic in the western central Pacific Ocean in association with the United States [syn: Palau, Republic of Palau, TT] 2: a chain of more than 200 islands about 400 miles long in the western central Pacific Ocean [syn: Palau, Palau Islands, Belau, Pelew]
		Palau Introduction Palau ------------------ Background: After three decades as part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific under US administration, this westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands opted for independence in 1978 rather than join the Federated States of Micronesia.
		A Compact of Free Association with the US was approved in 1986, but not ratified until 1993.
	dict.die.net /palau (241 words)

	Palau Hotels - Hotel Accommodation in Palau Micronesia (Federated States Of) \| Superior Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Palau Hotels - Hotel Accommodation in Palau Micronesia (Federated States Of)
		An exotic tropical getaway is what you get at the Palau Pacific Resort.
		Nestled among 64 acres of verdant gardens and brilliant tropical flowers, the Palau Pacific Resort offers deluxe accommodations with the perfect environment for both relaxation and recreation.
	www.superior-hotels.com /de/fm/palau (127 words)

	License Plates of Palau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		All 16 states of Palau have distinct license plate designs
		Palau or Belau is an independent country in the Pacific in a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
		Palau became independent from the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1994.
	www.worldlicenseplates.com /world/PA_PALA.html (59 words)

	SMALL ISLANDS VOICE
		Palau's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Stuart Beck, told the U.N. that a "vacuum" exists in many small island developing states, particularly Palau.
		"The vacuum is caused by the remoteness and isolation of Palau, and by the failure of the institutions of the United Nations to create a compelling presence within Palau's borders," Beck said in his plenary statement at the 86th session of the U.N. General Assembly on 06 April.
		Mr Beck said there is a growing sentiment among several Pacific island nations that a U.N. office is needed to help them access the various programmes available to developing countries, and that the lack of such an office discriminates against the smaller countries.
	www.unesco.org /csi/smis/siv/Pacific/pacarticle11.htm (239 words)

	Palau
		Morevoer, according to Ultimate Pocket Flags of the World, Palau has no coat of arms but only a seal.
		The defense of the state is assured by the USA, so there are no specific naval ensigns and rank flags to expect.
		Competitons have been announced for Kayangel and Tobi and Ngiwal is planning on adopting a flag.
	www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/pw.html (531 words)

	Palau -- Passport & Visa Requirements and Travel Guide
		Penalties for possession of, use of, or trafficking in illegal drugs in Palau are strict, and convicted traffickers face a mandatory twenty-five year jail sentence and USD50,000 fine.
		Engaging in illicit sexual conduct with children or using or disseminating child pornography in a foreign country is a crime, prosecutable in the United States.
		REGISTRATION/EMBASSY LOCATION: Americans living in or visiting Palau are encouraged to register at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Koror or through the State Department's travel registration website , and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Palau.
	www.internationalriskmanagement.com /Passport-Visa/Palau_PV.htm (1382 words)

	Palau Visitors Authority - About Palau
		This year's Theme is as stated above "Desisichii A Koted" in english, it means "Strengthening Our Roots", the goal of OBF is to instill in our community sense of pride, and awareness for our unique culture and share our culture to our visiting guests.
		This fair will allow all visiting guests to see, hear, smell and taste Palau's traditional to contemporary dances, music, and foods from all the sixteen (16) states of Palau.
		There will be Booths from each State selling food items, in addition there will be weaving and wood carving demonstration.
	www.visit-palau.com /pressreleases/OBF2005.html (446 words)

	Palau Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online
		Republic of Palau (Outline Map) U.S. Bureau of the Census 1990 (232K)
		Portion of Beliliou sheet, U.S.G.S. Palau - General Soil Map From Soil Survey of Islands of Palau Republic of Palau, United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
		Palau - Mecherchar Island [Eil Malk Island] 1943 (topographic) original scale 1:40,000.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /maps/palau.html (244 words)

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