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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA SIXTH SPECIAL SESSION, 2013 C.R.

NO.

17-225 A RESOLUTION Ratifying as a treaty the Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum.
1 WHEREAS, in 2005 the Government of the Federated States of 2 Micronesia signed the Agreement Establishing the Pacific 3 Islands Forum (the “Agreement”); and 4 WHEREAS, the Agreement establishes the Pacific Islands 5 Forum of which the Federated States of Micronesia is a regular 6 member; and 7 WHEREAS, the purpose of the Pacific Islands Forum is to 8 strengthen regional cooperation and integration, including 9 through the pooling of regional resources of governance and the 10 alignment of policies, in order to further Forum members’ 11 shared goals of economic growth, sustainable development, good 12 governance and security; and 13 WHEREAS, the members of the Pacific Islands Forum are 14 Australia, the Cook Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic 15 of Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, the Federated States of 16 Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the 17 Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, 18 and Vanuatu; and 19 WHEREAS, the Federated States of Micronesia is among the 20 Pacific Islands Forum members that have not ratified the 21 Agreement; and CRL 17-239 C.R.
NO.
17-225 1 WHEREAS, the Federated States of Micronesia has regularly 2 benefitted from the assistance and cooperation among the 3 members of the Forum as well as from the Forum Secretariat; and 4 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Federated 5 States of Micronesia to continue with its membership and to 6 maintain a good working relationship with the Forum members by 7 ratifying the Agreement; now, therefore, 8 BE IT RESOLVED by the Seventeenth Congress of the 9 Federated States of Micronesia, Sixth Special Session, 2013, 10 that Congress hereby ratifies as a treaty the Agreement 11 Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum; and 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this 13 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated 14 States of Micronesia for appropriate transmittal to the Pacific 15 Islands Forum.
16 17 Date: 5/01/13 Introduced by: /s/ Florencio S. Harper____ Florencio S. Harper (by request) of 2