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FSM Government News and Public Statements

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Recent Press Releases

• FSM Delivers Statement to US on Compact Progress (7/10/08)
  
• FSM Deepens Economic Ties with the European Union (7/10/08)
  
• Proposed Bills for Constitutional Amendments (7/7/08)
  
• Passport Processing Decentralization Sought by President Mori (7/7/08)
  
• President Mori's State visit to Chuuk (7/4/08)
  
• Micronesian Trade Ministers Meeting (7/4/08)
  
• President signed six congressional acts into law, vetoed two and let one become law without his signature (7/3/08)
  
• Ambassador Shoji Sato is the 1^st Residing Ambassador of Japan to the FSM (6/26/08)
  
• Congressional Acts signed into Law (6/26/08)
  
• NORMA is Congratulated on Approved Proposal (6/26/08)
  
• President Mori Declared June 15-21 as National Men's Health Week (6/12/08)
  
• President Mori Declared July 12 as Law Day (6/12/08)
  
• Congressional Act Becomes Law without President's signature (6/10/08)
  
• President Mori for His State Visit to Chuuk (6/6/08)
  
• Kosrae Won 5^th Environment Day National Speech Contest (6/6/08)
  
• Opening of the 1^st Meeting of the Micronesia Challenge Working Groups (6/6/08)
  
• Visit Declares Madolenihmw High School a Pilot School (6/4/08)
  
• More Bills Passed and Resolutions Adopted during the Fourth Regular Session (6/4/08)
  
• Election Result for Chuuk ED #2 Officially Declared and Certified (6/3/08)
  
• Congress defeats bill to extend national petition filing date (5/28/08)
  
• Vice President Alik L. Alik Addressed the 12^th FSM National Close-Up Participants (5/27/08)
  
• Speaker urged commitment to laws and policies (5/26/08)
  
• Asia Pacific Air (APA) Incident (5/20/08)
  
• President Emanuel Mori Continues Mission throughout FSM with State Visit to Kosrae (5/16/08)
  
• Congress convenes; President delivers State of Nation message (5/16/08)
  
• President to Deliver his State of the Nation Address (5/8/08)
  
• Speaker Figir calls for the Fourth Regular Session (5/7/08)
  
• Micronesian Transnational Crime Unit Commence Operation in FSM (4/29/08)
  
• Turkey-Pacific Island States Conference in Istanbul, Turkey (4/29/08)
  
• Five hopefuls to vie for Congress seat (4/24/08)
  
• President Mori calls for greater Congress prioritization of national needs (4/15/08)
  
• Navy Admiral Keating visited FSM (4/15/08)
  
• Speaker Figir meets with Admiral Keating of US Pacific Command (4/14/08)
  
• Improved Border Management System is Operational in FSM (4/14/08)
  
• President Manny Mori calls on the people of FSM to eat more local food to offset higher rice prices (4/14/08)
  
• FSM President expresses support for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community to recover from the catastrophic fire that destroyed its North Pacific sub-regional office in Pohnpei (4/14/08)
  
• Speaker Figir declares vacancy in Congress (4/4/08)
  
• Congress confirms Secretary of Education and overseas deputies, among others (4/3/08)
  
• Mexican Special Envoy Visits the FSM (4/2/08)
  
• U.S CODEL Professional Staffers Visit the FSM (4/2/08)
  
• Congress recessed until March 31 (3/27/08)
  
• President Mori transmits seven more nominations (3/26/08)
  
• FSM Petroleum Corporation now responsible to fuel FSM's future (3/24/08)
  
• President Manny Mori commends Pohnpei State for joining the FSM Petroleum Corporation and the new national fuel supply arrangement (3/24/08)
  
• President Mori discusses reorganization of Compact infrastructure Program Management Unit and is assured that goal to implement $35 million per year in infrastructure development is on track (3/24/08)
  
• President Mori calls for Congress Special Session (3/18/08)
  
• Chuuk State employees will benefit from China grant funds as bank loans, life insurance benefits and medical coverage become available again (3/18/08)
  
• More Congressional Acts signed into law (3/18/08)
  
• Visit to the FSM by SPC Director-General, T.H. Jimmie Rodgers, to undertake the FSM-SPC Joint Country Strategy (3/18/08)
  
• FSM Gears up to host the 19^th SPREP Meeting (3/18/08)
  
• Congressional Committee on HESA hosts public hearings in States (3/14/08)
  
• Compact Grants Total $81 Million to FSM for FY09 (3/13/08)
  
• Chuuk and Kosrae to receive funding to continue Financial Recovery (3/13/08)
  
• FSM Receives $1,000,000 from China (3/11/08)
  
• FSM Receives UNFPA Representative (3/11/08)
  
• Italian Delegation Visits FSM (3/11/08)
  
• President Manny Mori completes his first Official State Visit to Pohnpei State (3/7/08)
  
• Experienced FSM diplomat becomes new Chief of Staff to FSM President (3/6/08)
  
• FSM Foreign Affairs Posts Sivas to Beijing as First Secretary (3/4/08)
  
• One override, eight bills among measures of 3^rd Regular Session (3/4/08)
  
• 15^th Congress adjourns Third Regular Session (3/4/08)
  
• Reorganization Continues With Three More Posts Filled (2/29/08)
  
• Ambassador Nakayama Expresses Alarm to United States Congress Over Threat of Abrupt Climate Change (2/27/08)
  
• Four More Posts filled In the FSM Reorganization (2/21/08)
  
• FSM and Australia Sign Memorandum of Understanding (2/21/08)
  
• President Emanuel Mori Participates in National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC (2/21/08)
  
• President Emanuel Mori Had Busy Schedule of High-Level Meetings with US Government Officials While Attending National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC (2/21/08)
  
• Congress News Day 17: Wednesday, February 20^th (2/21/08)
  
• Congress News Day 16: Tuesday, February 19^th (2/19/08)
  
• President Mori Holds Bilateral Meetings in Rome (2/15/08)
  
• Congress News Day 11: Thursday, February 14^th (2/14/08)
  
• President in Rome for Convention on Biological Diversity Second Meeting (2/13/08)
  
• Congress News Day Ten: Wednesday, February 13^th (2/13/08)
  
• Congress News Day Nine: Tuesday, February 12^th (2/12/08)
  
• FSM's Vice President Alik Receives Members of the Kobe Foreign Traders Association (2/7/08)
  
• President Mori Transmits More Nominations to the 15^th Congress of the FSM (2/6/08)
  
• Nominations dominate Third Regular Session (2/6/08)
  
• Congressional Committees wrap up State hearings in Pohnpei (2/6/08)
  
• World Health Organization to Fund Chuuk State's Participation in the Fourth Pacific Stop TB Meeting in Brisbane (1/31/08)
  
• BGSI to Conduct a Workshop on Supporting Strengthened Regional Cooperation on February 14, 2008 (1/31/08)
  
• Two Resolutions for Grant Aid from the People's Republic of China Sent to Congress for Consideration (1/31/08)
  
• Handover Ceremony of the Improvement of the Weno Harbor Project (1/31/08)
  
• FSM and Japan Signs Exchange of Note for 58,000,000 Japanese Yen Grant (1/31/08)
  
• Vice President Alik Designates Expert Working Group Members for the FSM Climate Change Country Team (1/30/08)
  
• President Mori Asks for Congress Approval on $4,000,000 RMB Grant from the People's Republic of China (1/30/08)
  
• First Volume of the 2005 FSM Household Income and Expenditure Publication Soon to be Released (1/30/08)
  
• President Mori Transmits to Congress a Resolution to Ratify the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the UN (1/30/08)
  
• PMU Section of DTC&I to be Located in the President's Office (1/30/08)
  
• Vice President Alik Announces the Establishment of an FSM National Trade Facilitation Committee (1/23/08)
  
• FSM Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji Takes the Oath of Office (1/18/08)
  
• Third Regular Session of Congress set for February 4 (1/17/08)
  
• CEC Directs TC&I, Foreign Affairs, and FSM Telecom to Find Funding for Fiber Optic Cable (1/16/08)
  
• President Emanuel Mori Submits Further Nominations for Advice and Consent (1/15/08)
  

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