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  2. Papua New Guinea–United States relations - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Papua conflict - Wikipedia

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    The unification of Western New Guinea with Papua New Guinea was official Australian government policy for a short period of time in the 1960s, before Indonesia's annexation of the region. [43] Generally, proposals regarding federation with Papua New Guinea are a minority view in the freedom movement.

  5. Papua New Guinea opens embassy in Jerusalem

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    Papua New Guinea opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Tuesday, becoming only the fifth country with a full diplomatic mission in a city whose status is one of the most sensitive issues in ...

  6. Indigenous people of New Guinea - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Papua New Guinean New Zealanders - Wikipedia

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    The number of Papua New Guineans in New Zealand is considered relatively small, given the countries are neighbours and PNG's status as a former Australian territory. Other Pacific island countries have much larger populations in New Zealand. At the time of the 2018 New Zealand census, there were 1,131 Papua New Guineans in New Zealand. [5] [3]

  8. State of Emergency Declared in Papua New Guinea After Rioting ...

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    Prime Minister James Marape has declared a state of emergency in Papua New Guinea amid an outbreak of rioting and looting, as depicted here in the country's capital, Port Moresby, on Jan. 10, 2024.

  9. Robert Guba Aisi - Wikipedia

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    Robert Guba Aisi is a Papua New Guinean diplomat. He is the former Permanent Representative (ambassador) of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations in New York. He presented his credentials to the Secretary General on June 25, 2002. Prior to being appointed to the United Nations, Aisi was Councillor of Papua New Guinea’s Legal Training ...