Talk:Marshall Islands
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I can't find any evidence of this 33 district division from the CIA World Factbook, other than from the CIA. It's especially peculiar since several of this islands are uninhabited.
What I can find is a 24 district division, on the Marshall Islands US embassy website:
http://www.rmiembassyus.org/government/overview.html
So I'll update to match that. -- Walt Pohl 17:00, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Perhaps there was a reorg between the date of the CIA data and the present web page? Or the web page simplifies by omitting uninhabited districts, since there are no residents there needing services. :-) Stan 21:31, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Here's the CIA's list for reference:
- Ailinginae
- Ailinglaplap
- Ailuk
- Arno
- Aur
- Bikar
- Bikini
- Bokak
- Ebon
- Enewetak
- Erikub
- Jabat
- Jaluit
- Jemo
- Kili
- Kwajalein
- Lae
- Lib
- Likiep
- Majuro
- Maloelap
- Mejit
- Mili
- Namorik
- Namu
- Rongelap
- Rongrik
- Toke
- Ujae
- Ujelang
- Utirik
- Wotho
- Wotje
Walt Pohl 17:02, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I think the link "ebon" in languages is wrong ?
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[edit] Tuna Loining Plant
According to this article, the plant closed in 2005. I clicked on "Main article: Economy of the Marshall Islands" and it sounds as if it's still open. Which is it?
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I think it is still closed, but (Chinese?) investors are looking at re-opening it. [Feb. 23, 07] It has been discussed on: http://www.yokwe.net/
[edit] The Compact of Free Association and the matter of independence and sovereignity
I have read the Compact of Free Association and I don't think it gave independence or sovereignity to the RMI. The text of the whole Compact does not refer to the US giving either or to the RMI. In fact, the Compact refers to certain adminsitrative and financial matters between the US and the RMI and does never touch on the matter of independence at all.
The Compact treats the RMI as a sovereign and independent state from the beginning and was negotiated on the basis that the Compact would follow the Constitutional process in both the US and the RMI. The Compact is an international treaty and as such, it required at least two states to become parties to it. This is clearly reflected in the preamble of the Compact.
A state is created by some sort of declaration, such as the RMI Constitution of 1979. The Compact simply acknowledged the Constitution and the fact that by then the RMI was already politically independent and sovereign.
While I agree that the Compact was a decisive element in the process of independence of the RMI (recognition by other states is an element of the existence of a state), I think independence had already been granted or achieved.
The process of Independence of the RMI started in 1979 with the Constitution; progressed as in 1986 the Compact became the first International Treaty signed by the RMI, which implied recognition by the US; and culminated with the termination of the territorial Trust by the UN in 1991. Didacvs 19:30, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proposed WikiProject
There is now a proposed WikiProject dealing with the area of Micronesia at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals#Micronesia. Any interested parties should add their names there, so we can see if there is enough interest in this project to try to officially start it. Thank you. Badbilltucker 21:20, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Capital city
I don't think that you can say that Majuro is the capital of the Marshall Islands. The capital is Uliga in the Delap-Uliga-Darrit-community (also called D-U-D), which lies in the Majuro atoll. I think that we must change from Majuro to Delap-Uliga-Darrit instead. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.228.219.87 (talk) 18:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC).
