Australia Society
Languages English is the official language and is spoken and written in a variant known as Australian English. According to a census, English is the […]
Oceania
FAO History
The emergence The FAO was founded on October 16, 1945 in Quebec, Canada. The initiative was taken as early as May 1943 when then-US President […]
Vanuatu 2004
Yearbook 2004 Vanuatu. The year was marked by political turbulence. During the first three months, the government was rebuilt three times as a result of […]
Tuvalu 2004
Yearbook 2004 Tuvalu. In February, unusually high tides threatened to temporarily submerge Tuvalu’s atolls. The tides did not go as high as feared, but the […]
Tonga 2004
Yearbook 2004 Tonga. The total population in Tonga is 105,706 people in 2020. Prince Tu’ipelehake, Member of Parliament and relative of King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV, […]
Solomon Islands 2004
Yearbook 2004 Solomon Islands. The total population in Solomon Islands is 686,895 people in 2020. The situation in the war-torn Solomon Islands was relatively calm […]
Samoa 2004
Yearbook 2004 Samoa. The total population in Samoa is 198,425 people in 2020. Hundreds of Samoans demonstrated in March outside New Zealand’s parliament demanding that […]
Papua New Guinea 2004
Yearbook 2004 Papua New Guinea. The total population in Papua New Guinea is 8,947,035 people in 2020. Prime Minister Michael Somare visited China at the […]
Palau 2004
Yearbook 2004 Palau. In the November 2 presidential election, President Tommy Remengesau was re-elected with approximately 64% of the vote. His main opponent, Polycarp Basilius, […]
New Zealand 2004
Yearbook 2004 New Zealand. The total population in New Zealand is 4,822,244 people in 2020. The issue of Maori rights was the subject of intense […]
Nauru 2004
Yearbook 2004 Nauru. In early January, the hunger strike interrupted by about 30 asylum seekers was canceled in December 2003. The refugees – most Afghans […]
Micronesia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Micronesia Federation. The total population in Micronesia is 115,034 people in 2020. Over 90% of the buildings on the island of Yap were […]
Marshall Islands 2004
Yearbook 2004 Marshall Islands. On March 1, on the 50th anniversary of the US explosion of the hydrogen bomb Bravo over the Bikini Toll, memorial […]
Kiribati 2004
Yearbook 2004 Kiribati. The total population in Kiribati is 119,460 people in 2020. The government’s decision in 2003 to recognize Taiwan and sever diplomatic relations […]
Australia 2004
Yearbook 2004 Australia. In February, Australia and the United States entered into a free trade agreement, which means that customs duties are abolished on most […]
