BIO OF RICHARD SALVADOR
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>I was born April 2, 1965 in Belau (Republic of Palau), an island in the
>western end of Micronesia, part of the Western Caroline Islands group. I
>attended elementary school on Peleliu, an island famous for the most
>fiercest World War II battles in the Pacific. I also attended Palau High
>School in Koror, the capitol of Belau, graduating in 1982.
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>I then moved to Thatcher, Arizona where I attended Eastern Arizona College
>and studied criminal justice. I received an A.A. Degree in Administration
>of Justice in 1985. Immediately after my graduation, I went to serve an
>18-month volunteer religious missionary service in the States of
>Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.  After this mission in September 1986,
>I moved to Hawaii and enrolled at Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus
>in La'ie on O'ahu between 1987 and 1989 where I completed a B.A. Degree in
>political science.
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>In August 1990 I began my graduate studies at the University of Hawaii at
>Manoa, having received a East- West Center scholarship. I completed a M.A.
>Degree in political science with a emphasis in the Department of Political
>Science's Program in Conflict Resolution, Mediation and Peace-Making in
>1993.  I also studied under the mentorship of Richard Baker in the
>East-West Center's Program on International Economics and Politics,
>receiving a Certificate in International Relations.  I started the PhD
>program in political science in Fall 1993.
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>Since then I have taken an interest in peace issues and on the plight of
>Indigenous Peoples, both in my academic pursuits and advocacy activities.
>I have represented the Government of Belau at the 1994 UN Global
>Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing
>States in Barbados and was trained by the U.S. Foreign Service Institute
>under the new Micronesian Diplomatic Training Program tasked to train
>foreign service and diplomatic officials for the emerging nations of
>Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Belau in 1994.
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>Throughout 1997, I became active in peace and anti-nuclear advocacy and
>took on the task of Convenor of Indigenous Peoples' participation at the
>1st Preparatory Committee meetings of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
>(NPT) at the UN in New York, AND then addressing the 1998 2nd NPT
>Preparatory Committee meetings in Geneva, Switzerland on the plight of
>Indigenous Peoples and communities vis-a-vis nuclear development and
>testings. I continue to be active in this arena of anti-nuclear advocacy
>by serving in the Coordinating Committee of Abolition 2000: A Global
>Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.  At the November 1997 APEC Peoples'
>Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, I also took part in the
>first Indigenous Caucus at the APEC Summit in addressing the plight of
>Pacific Rim and Islander Indigenous Peoples vis-a-vis the emergent Global
>Economy. I continue to be interested in researching these and other issues
>of peace.