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East Asia and the Pacific: President Obama’s Nominee to be the…

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am honored to appear before you today as President Obama’s nominee to be the Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia .




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Pacific Island Strategy Targets Fastest Growing Greenhouse Gas…

Pacific Island Strategy Targets Fastest Growing Greenhouse Gas Reducing factory-made HFCs best strategy for slowing sea level rise, other near-term impacts Washington, DC, May 14, 2012 With prospects for a comprehensive climate treaty now delayed until 2020, the Federated States of Micronesia is calling on the 197 Parties to the Montreal Protoco…


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EU drives development in the Pacific

For the past decade, the European Union has been one of the main drivers of sustainable development in the Pacific, funding a number of critical projects implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and other organisations.




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6,035 on housing wait list: Needy families endure years of waiting

GHURA: Marlan Hadley, 2, leans up against Arlene Perolino in the reception area of the Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority office in Sinajana, yesterday.




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Mushrooms and the Micronesia Biodiversity Project

Explore the mushrooms of the remote Pacific islands. Thomas Jenkinson will highlight recent results from the ongoing project to document the mushroom diversity of the Federated States of Micronesia.




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International award for NZ-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation

The World Health Organisation has singled out the New Zealand-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation for its annual international US$ 100,000 Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for excellence in public health.




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First Marianas-wide history conference in the offing

At least 50 individual presentations and papers covering ancient through recent history of the Marianas archipelago will be discussed in the first Marianas History Conference on Saipan next month.




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A 12-year journey home

Located 430 miles south of Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean, is a small, coral atoll made up of 22 islands called Woleai.




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Medical City pours foundation

Guam’s decades-long wait for a second hospital for the civilian community will get shorter with another milestone that will be marked today.




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Sablan elected chair of REL Pacific board

The board of directors for the Pacific Region’s new Regional Education Laboratory, administered by Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, McREL, held its first meeting on March 29-30 in Honolulu, Hawaii, at McREL’s Pacific Center for Changing the Odds.




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