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The Pacific Studies WWW Monitor: May-Jun 2003
Vol. 4, No. 3(24)

21 May 2003

Tongan History Association (THA)
The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Self-description: " The association's constitution, ratified [...in] January 1997 [...], states the association's objectives to be: 'To encourage the exchange of information amongst individuals, institutions and organisations interested in Tongan history, anthropology and related disciplines' and 'To encourage the study, discussion, writing and publication of material on Tonga' ."
Site contents: Introduction; A brief history of the Tongan History Conference and Association; Tongan History Association Newsletter; Membership to the Tongan History Association; Links to other Tongan and Pacific Sites; List of Tongan History Association Members; 2003 THA Conference [in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, July 8-11, 2003 - ed]
URL http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/PACASSOC/TONGHIST/tonghist.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/sunsite.anu.edu.au/spin/PACASSOC/TONGHIST/tonghist.htm
Link reported by: Helen Lee (h.lee[AT]latrobe.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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 300

13 May 2003

Island State Security 2003: Oceania at the Crossroads, Jul 2003
Department of Regional Studies, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
Supplied note "The Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies is proud to announce 'Island State Security 2003: Oceania at the Crossroads', on 15-17 July 2003. Information on the conference can be found on the conference section of the Center's website [at the URL below]. - es."
Self-description: "This conference is third in an ongoing series and will explore the impact of the war on terrorism on the security perception about and within the island states. Specifically, the discussion will investigate whether the island states are 'stepping stones' or 'stumbling blocks' in the new war, the vulnerabilities in the island states that can be addressed through regional/international cooperation, and the evaluation of immigration in regional security planning."
URL http://www.apcss.org/Conference/conference%20division.htm
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.apcss.org
Link reported by: Dr Eric Shibuya (shibuyae@apcss.org), forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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

12 May 2003

Population Change in Asia and the Pacific, Jun 2003
Development Studies Network, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Supplied note "Population Change in Asia and the Pacific, Implications for Development Policy, An international symposium, Canberra, Australia, 5 June 2003. [...] Declining fertility, increased life expectancy, increased population mobility, labour migration, rapid urbanisation and HIV/AIDS have led to rapid changes in population structures in Asia and the Pacific. These changes have widespred implications for health, education, economic growth, environmental sustainability, access to land, employment, poverty reduction, peace and stablity. Leading experts in demography, development, health, economics and population studies will address these issues and their implications for development and development policy in the Asia-Pacific region.
URL http://devnet.anu.edu.au/Popsymp.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.]
Link reported by: Dr Pamela Thomas (devnetwork@anu.edu.au), forwarded by pacific-islands-l@coombs.anu.edu.au
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* 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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