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Entries from May 2008

Tuvalu Needs Our Help

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Tuvalu’s 12,000 people and 26 square kilometers of paradise need the help of the global community. Rising sea levels are causing a multitude of problems for this island country found in the Pacific half way between Hawaii and Australia. We must not remain passive and need to make concrete commitments to mitigate the effects of […]

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CSD-16 takes place at UN Headquarters in New York

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

The sixteenth review session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, more commonly known as CSD-16, takes place at the United Nations Headquarters from the 5th to the 16th of May. CSD meets yearly and was established to ensure effective follow-up to the Earth Summit of 1992. The Pacific Islands have always had very active participation […]

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Obama wins Guam caucus by 7 votes

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Barack Obama has won the Democratic caucus in Guam by a nifty 7 votes. Hand counted ballots give Obama 2,264 votes to Hillary Clinton’s 2,257.

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