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Papua New Guinea
| Location |
between S Pacific Ocean, Coral Sea |
| Latitude and longitude |
6 00 S, 147 00 E |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Independent State of Papua New
Guinea"; shares island of New Guinea with
Indonesia; includes islands of Manus,
New Britain, New
Ireland, and the North
Solomon Islands, among many others |
| Population |
5,695,300 |
| Census notes |
est. June 2004
|
| Land area in square kilometers |
462,243 |
| Capital |
Port Moresby |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea,
from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South
Pacific School of Law |
Other legal documents online
|
| Papua
New Guinea Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial
decisions and other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information
Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
| Fisheries
Management Act 1998 (PDF) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| About
the Court, from the Papua New Guinea Judiciary |
| Bank of Hawaii, Economics Research Center, Papua
New Guinea Economic Report (2001) (PDF) |
| Country
profile: Papua New Guinea, from the BBC News |
| Embassy of Papua
New Guinea in the Americas |
| Fishery
Country Profile--Papua New Guinea, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Investment
Promotion Authority of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
| Office of the Prime
Minister of Papua New Guinea |
| Papua
New Guinea, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State
(2003) |
| Papua
New Guinea, from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade |
| Papua
New Guinea, from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Papua
New Guinea, from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Papua
New Guinea, from the World Bank Group |
| Papua New Guinea Online |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2004 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 78K) |
| United Kingdom, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Country
Profile: Papua New Guinea |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
| University of
Papua New Guinea Remote Sensing Centre, including its
interactive mapping portal |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Disorderly democracy: Political turbulence and institutional reform in Papua New Guinea,
by R.J. May, from the State,
Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific
and Asian Studies, Australian National University (2003)(PDF 201K) |
| Economic decline and political reform in Papua New Guinea,
by Benjamin Reilly, from the Pacific Economic Bulletin (2002) (PDF 106K) |
| Horses
for Courses: Special Purpose Authorities and Local-Level Governance in
Papua New Guinea, by Colin Filer, from the State,
Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific
and Asian Studies, Australian National University (2004)(PDF 461K) |
| Land registration in Papua New Guinea: Competing Perspectives,
by Tim Curtin, Hartmut Holzknecht and Peter Larmour, from the State,
Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Research School of Pacific
and Asian Studies, Australian National University (2003)(PDF 1396K) |
| South
Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium: Regional Contribution--Papua New
Guinea, by Hartmut Holzknecht, working draft presented to the
FAO/USP/RICS Foundation South Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium
at the University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, April 10 -12, 2002 (PDF
157K) |
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