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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, 2016 C.R.

NO.

19-224 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 singed the Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands 3 Forum (the “Agreement”); and 4 WHEREAS, the Agreement establishes the Pacific Islands Forum 5 of which the Federated States of Micronesia is a regular member; 6 and 7 WHEREAS, the purpose of the Pacific Islands Forum is to 8 strengthen regional cooperation and integration, including through 9 the pooling of regional resources of governance and the alignment 10 of policies, in order to further Forum member’s shared goals of 11 economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and 12 security; and 13 WHEREAS, the members of the Pacific Islands Forum are 14 Australia, the Cook Islands, the Republic of Fiji, the Republic of 15 Nauru, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, the Federated States of 16 Micronesia, Kiribati, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic 17 of the Marshall Island, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu; 18 and 19 WHEREAS, the Federated States of Micronesia has regularly 20 benefitted from the assistance and cooperation among the members CRL 19-234 C.R.
NO.
19-224 1 of the forum as well as from the Forum Secretariat; and 2 WHEREAS, the Federated States of Micronesia will host the 47th 3 Pacific Islands Forum on September 7-11, 2016; and 4 WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Federated States 5 of Micronesia to continue with its membership and to maintain a 6 good working relationship with the forum members by ratifying the 7 Agreement; now, therefore, 8 BE IT RESOLVED by the Nineteenth Congress of the Federated 9 States of Micronesia, Fourth Regular Session, 2016, that Congress 10 hereby ratifies as a treaty the Agreement Establishing the Pacific 11 Islands Forum; and 12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this 13 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 14 of Micronesia.
15 16 Date: 5/19/16 Introduced by: for /s/ Joseph J. Urusemal Florencio S. Harper (by request) 2 of 2