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The WAGGGS-Western Hemisphere Region is the divisional office of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, which services Guiding and Scouting in North and South America. This region is the counterpart of the Interamerican Region of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the United States Department of State, the foreign affairs department of the United States federal government. The Assistant Secretary of State guides operation of the U.S. diplomatic establishment in the countries of ...
The Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) is a conservation strategy targeting shorebirds in the Americas launched in 1985. Its aim is to protect the nesting, breeding and staging habitats of migratory shorebirds. [1] The first site to be classified was Delaware Bay, which was dedicated in May 1986 as a site of Hemispheric ...
West Antarctica. Coordinates: 79°S 100°W. Almost blank map of West Antarctica. Labeled map of Antarctica, with West Antarctica on the left. West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Western Hemisphere Warm Pool (WHWP) is a region of sea surface temperatures (SST) warmer than 28.5 °C that develops west of Central America in the spring, then expands to the tropical waters to the east. The WHWP includes the tropical Atlantic Ocean (TNA) east of the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern north Pacific ...
Symphony No. 5, also known as Symphony No. 5 "Western Hemisphere", is a 1945 (rev 1970) composition in four movements by American composer William Grant Still. [1] The work was first performed on November 9, 1970 by the Oberlin College Orchestra conducted by Robert Baustian. [2] The symphony is about twenty minutes long.
In the United States government, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs ( WHA) is a part of the U.S. Department of State, charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere, as well as advising the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State ...
