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Founded at. Honiara, Solomon Islands. Type. Non-governmental organisation. Purpose. "Women as Equal Partners in the Development of Solomon Islands". Solomon Islands National Council of Women is a non-governmental women's organisation based in Honiara, in the Solomon Islands. It was founded in 1983 [1] It has received funding from the Global ...
Map of Solomon Islands, circa 1989. Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in the Melanesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean.This page is about the history of the nation state rather than the broader geographical area of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which covers both Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island, a province of Papua New Guinea.
The Solomon Islands United Party (UP) is a political party in Solomon Islands. History. The party was established in March 1980 by Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea, and was based on the government he had led since 1978. Kenilorea had initially been an independent, but sought to form a party in the build-up to the 1980 general elections.
The Solomon Islands, [7] also known simply as the Solomons, [8] is a country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea to the west, Australia to the southwest, New Caledonia and Vanuatu to the southeast, Fiji, Wallis and ...
Following the elections, it joined the Solomon Islands United Party -led coalition government with Kenilorea as Prime Minister and IG leader Francis Billy Hilly becoming Deputy Prime Minister; the Independent Group was also given six seats in the 12-member cabinet. [1] [3] In 1981 the IG pulled out of the coalition, causing the government to fall.
The flag of Solomon Islands consists of a thin yellow diagonal stripe from the lower hoist-side corner, with a blue upper triangle and green lower triangle, and the canton charged with five white stars. Adopted in 1977 to replace the British Blue Ensign defaced with the arms of the protectorate, it has been the flag of Solomon Islands since 18 ...
A meme ( / miːm /; MEEM) [1] [2] [3] is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. [4] A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to ...
Solomon ( / ˈsɒləmən / ), [a] also called Jedidiah, [b] was a monarch of ancient Israel and the son and successor of King David, according to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. [4] [5] He is described as having been the penultimate ruler of an amalgamated Israel and Judah.