Papua New Guinea 2001
Yearbook 2001 Papua New Guinea is a country located in Oceania as shown on Abbreviationfinder. The weak economy drove the government to propose savings programs at the beginning of the year. meant halving the...
Category: Oceania
Palau 2001
Yearbook 2001 Palau. The new government under Tommy Remengesau Jr., who won the 2000 presidential election, took office on January 17. Abbreviationfinder: lists typical abbreviations and country overview of Palau, including bordering countries, geography,...
New Zealand 2001
Yearbook 2001 New Zealand. Extensive cuts in defense were announced in the spring. The Labor government said it intended to sell all the air force’s combat and exercise plan and reduce its funding for...
Nauru 2001
Yearbook 2001 Nauru. Nauru protested at the beginning of the year against the US’s plans to expand its robotic defense due to concerns that it would cause environmental problems in the Pacific. President Bernard...
Micronesia 2001
Yearbook 2001 Federated States of Micronesia. The election of ten senators was held in March. A new congressman was elected when a senator had died during the year, the other nine were re-elected. Negotiations...
Marshall Islands 2001
Yearbook 2001 Marshall Islands. President Kessai Note overcame a vote of no confidence in Parliament in January with votes 19-14. In July and December, the United States conducted test shoots with intercontinental robots from...
Kiribati 2001
The new head of state abandoned the privatization policy implemented by his predecessors and announced in mid-1995 that public servants would have their salaries increased. In foreign policy, the Tito government criticized Japan for...
Fiji 2001
Yearbook 2001 Fiji. In March, Fiji’s Court of Appeal ruled that the interim minister appointed at the 2000 coup was illegal. Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase resigned but was reinstated a day later by President...
Australia 2001
Yearbook 2001 Australia. The state elections held during the year meant success for the Labor Party. In Western Australia in February, Labour’s success led to a regime change. The Liberal Party made a bad...
Oceania History
Prehistory Due to the differences between western Oceania, with large, resource-rich islands separated by relatively short stretches of open water, and the area east of the Andesite Line (from Solomon Islands to Tonga) with...