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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor ISSN 1443-8976
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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: Jan-Feb 2002
Vol. 3, No. 1(16)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 6
Entries rejected: 1

26 Feb 2002
5star
Unfinished Journeys: refugees and migration in Asia and the Pacific
ABC Radio Australia, The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, Australia
Supplied note: "As ministers and officials from 20 Asian and Pacific countries meet [in Feb 2002 - ed.] in Bali for the regional conference on people smuggling, the ABC has launched the Unfinished Journeys website at [the URL below]. A co-production of ABC New Media, Radio Australia and ABC Asia Pacific, 'Unfinished Journeys' is a comprehensive website which looks at the facts, figures and stories about refugees, migration and people smuggling in the Asia-Pacific region.
[Site contents:] * The latest news from the Bali conference and on refugee issues in the region; * Detailed information about international conventions and declarations referring to refugees, smuggling and trafficking; * An online forum open for comment from around the region; * Accurate figures about unregulated population movements in the region; * Background information, opinion pieces and several case studies; * An examination of six key issues facing the region [Exodus & Repatriation, Seeking Asylum, Internal Displacement, Pacific Solution, Border Crossers, Human Traffic - ed.]; * Definitions about the various terms used in the refugee debate; * A comprehensive links page pointing to other valuable resources [Refugees and IDPs, Trafficking and smuggling, Other - ed.]."
URL http://goasiapacific.com/specials/journeys/
Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Andria Hutchins (hutchins.andria@abc.net.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Feb 2002
5star
Web Resources for International Trade
Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA), Reston, VA, USA
Self-description: 'Welcome to the most comprehensive searchable database of International Trade Web Resources on the Internet! More than 4000 links to International Trade / Import-Export Web sites are annotated and indexed."
Supplied note: "[To find] links to [the Pacific] countries at the FITA site click on 'Regional Resources and Multi-Lateral Trading Areas' in the left column or 'Search by Country or Region' in the right column [....]. Also, you can simply type the name of the country in the search box at [FITA's home page - ed.] www.fita.org"
Site contents: Entering International Markets; International Finance; Transportation and Logistics; Codes, Standards and Conversions; Government and Multi-Lateral Organizations; Legal Resources for International Business; Trade and Economic Statistics; Trade Issues; Language and Translation; Business Travel Guide; Regional Resources and Multi-Lateral Trading Areas; International Trade Associations, Chambers of Commerce, etc.; Business Publications; Trade Leads; Business Directories; Search by Country or Region (Multi-National Trading Areas [ASEAN, CARICOM, European Union, Mercosur, NAFTA], Asia; Australia, NZ and Oceania; Europe; Latin America and Caribbean; Middle East/Africa; North America); Business to Business; eCommerce; Freight Bidding and Booking; Trade Shows & Trade Fairs; Credit Reporting and Debt Collection Services; Trade Finance Services; International Market; Research; Software for International Trade Business Operations.
URL http://www.fita.org/webindex
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.fita.org/webindex
Link reported by: Federation of International Trade Associations (newsletter@fita.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1000

01 Feb 2002
4star
'Time to Talk' website on governance in the Pacific
Radio Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Melbourne, Australia.
Supplied note: "'Time to Talk' - a radio series and Internet website on governance in the Pacific. The 13-part 'Time to Talk'’ radio series is currently broadcast in weekly episodes on Radio Australia in English and Tok Pisin. The series will be repeated on RA from 16 March 2002. To accompany the radio series, Radio Australia has established an interactive website in both English and Tok Pisin [at the URL below] Visitors to the website can read transcripts or listen to audio files of each of the 13 radio programs once they have gone to air. [...]
The Time to Talk website also contains a range of background articles and opinion pieces, with contributors from around the region: from a high school student in Tonga to the Vice President of New Caledonia; a former High Court judge in Fiji and the first woman to win a seat in Vanuatu's Parliament. The website has detailed references and Internet links, and an interactive forum to allow people in government, educational institutions, NGOs and community organisations to discuss and debate issues of governance in the region."
[The radio programs are: 1: Governance; 2: Colonial legacies; 3: Nation-Building; 4: Structures of Government; 5: After Independence; 6: The Governance Agenda; 7: Economic Reform; 8: Corruption and Law; 9: Justice and Law 10: Community Governance; 11: Information, Education, Media; 12: Human Rights; 13: Contesting the State - ed.]
URL http://www.abc.net.au/timetotalk
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: Nic Maclellan (maclellan.nic@abc.net.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

21 Jan 2002
3star
Rulers of French Polynesia
rulers.org, Heidelberg, Germany.
[A sub-section of the Rulers (rulers.org) web site - ed.]
Site contents: Chiefs of the Marquesas Islands; Governors (1849-54 and 1860-81 commandants); High commissioners; Vice presidents of the Council of Ministers (premiers); Presidents.
URL http://rulers.org/rulf.html#french_polynesia
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this note]
Link reported by: John Ballard (john.ballard@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

21 Jan 2002
3star
Jarvis Island Web-Site
jarvisisland.net, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
[A site established in mid. 2000 and since then under construction - ed.]
Supplied note: " [...] As always, I welcome any input you may send me. I still have little info on the DXpedition to Jarvis and I'd like some more narrative and photos from the recent Cromwell expeditions. Any anecdotes are also welcome as well as information on the Panala'au (colonists) and their stories [...] - Steve Higley."
Site contents: Jarvis Island History; Jarvis Island Weather; Jarvis Island Maps & Photos [incl. satellite photos - ed.]; Jarvis Island Terraform Project.
URL http://jarvisisland.net
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/jarvisisland.net
Link reported by: Steve Higley (shigley41@hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

01 Jan 2002
3star
Ex-Kiaps [of PNG]
Ex-Kiaps Association, Springwood, QLD, Australia.
[Kiap, or a patrol officer in Papua New Guinea before the country achieved independence - ed.]
Supplied note: "A web site for the informal association of ex-kiaps, a point of contact, publication of personal occupational memorabilia particularly photographic, to keep abreast of current affairs in Papua New Guinea."
Site contents: "Messages, Addresses, Events, Pictorials, Maps, Items, Links, Humour, Post Courier, The National News Items, Tok Pisin, Weather, ROAPNG, Technical."
URL http://exkiap.net/
Internet Archive http://web1.archive.org/web/*/exkiap.net/
Link reported by: Peter Salmon (kiap@optushome.com.au), forwarded by John Ballard (john.ballard@anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: News/Documents/Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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