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The U.S. Peace Corps ceased operations in Papua New Guinea in 2001 due to security concerns. About 2,000 U.S. citizens live in Papua New Guinea, with major concentrations at the headquarters of New Tribes Mission (a missionary organization), and the Summer Institute of Linguistics, both located in the Eastern Highlands Province.
Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea List of presidents of the United States Term end September 16, 1975: September 16, 1975: Paulias Matane: Chargé d'affaires, opened the embassy Michael Somare: Gerald Ford: January 9, 1976: January 23, 1976: Paulias Matane: Michael Somare: Gerald Ford: December 8, 1980: December 11, 1980: Kubulan Los: Julius ...
The United States Embassy was opened on September 10, 1975 and Mary S. Olmsted became the first U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea on January 5, 1976. [1] Since establishment of a diplomatic mission in Port Moresby, the United States ambassador to Papua New Guinea has also been accredited to Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. [2]
Papua New Guinea [note 1] [13] [note 2] is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. It has a land border with Indonesia to the west and neighbours Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east.
Papua New Guinea is accredited to Canada from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. [62] China: 12 October 1976: See China–Papua New Guinea relations. The Independent State of Papua New Guinea and the People's Republic of China (PRC) established official diplomatic relations in 1976, soon after Papua New Guinea became independent.
Visa requirements for Papua New Guinean citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Papua New Guinea.. As of 2024, Papua New Guinean citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 85 countries and territories, ranking the Papua New Guinean passport 59th, tied with Chinese passport in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League from 2028 after officially being granted a license. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua ...
The indigenous peoples of Western New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, commonly called Papuans, [1] are Melanesians.There is genetic evidence for two major historical lineages in New Guinea and neighboring islands: a first wave from the Malay Archipelago perhaps 50,000 years ago when New Guinea and Australia were a single landmass called Sahul and, much later, a wave of Austronesian ...