Word: vanuatu
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...number of peculiar Pacific overtures. In the past year Gaddafi's agents have offered arms and cash to rebels in Papua New Guinea, encouraged an aboriginal separatist movement in Australia, shipped weapons to dissidents in New Caledonia and tried to open an office in the island republic of Vanuatu...
...Pacific between the superpowers. The contest began in earnest 15 months ago, when Moscow secured fishing rights to the tuna-rich waters of Kiribati, a tiny 33-island former British colony in the South Pacific. Since then, much has happened to heighten Washington's jitters. Last June, Vanuatu, formerly the British-French territory of New Hebrides, opened diplomatic relations with Moscow, following the lead of Fiji and three other Pacific island states. Vanuatu is currently negotiating a pact with the Soviets that would include, in addition to fishing licenses, port and landing rights...
...nation about 3,000 miles east of Singapore, became the first South Pacific country to sign an agreement with the Soviet Union. The $1.7 million fishing treaty allows the Soviets emergency access to the cash-starved nation's 33 coral atolls. Two weeks ago Moscow began similar negotiations with Vanuatu, a nearby island nation, and Fiji has also expressed interest in a Soviet fishing agreement. In the latest talks the Soviets are more demanding: they are asking for shore privileges and airline landing rights as well as fishing access. Vanuatu, an 80-island nation about 1,000 miles east...
Most shipowners around the world now avoid the steep costs of union wages and government regulations at home by registering their fleets with developing countries, notably Liberia, Cyprus and Panama. The latest popular flag belongs to a tiny South Pacific island group, Vanuatu, which charges a bargain- basement registration fee of $14,460, even lower than Liberia's $21,005. Vanuatu's fleet now numbers 100 ships...
...have one vote; Vanuatu [in the South Pacific] has one vote. That kind of principle creates a disjunction between power and responsibility because some of the nations who have... the resources to implement decisions are not identical with those who have the power to vote to make them...