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SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA FIRST SPECIAL SESSION, 2009 C.R.

NO.

16-21 A RESOLUTION Approving and accepting the AUD$52,679 financial Grant from the Government of Australia to provide additional funding for the life extension program for FSS Micronesia.
1 WHEREAS, most of the costs for the life extension program of 2 FSS Micronesia have been assumed by the Australian Government, 3 while FSM National Government needed only to put up USD$80,000; 4 and 5 WHEREAS, efforts had been exerted to identify funding and 6 requests made to utilize public project funds, but produced no 7 favorable results; and 8 WHEREAS, because the patrol boat had been sitting in a 9 shipyard in Australia without sufficient funding for its 10 completion, the Government of FSM applied to the Government of 11 Australia for financial assistance to save the program; and 12 WHEREAS, the FSM received a diplomatic note dated June 25, 13 2009 from the Australian Embassy in Kolonia, Pohnpei notifying FSM 14 Department of Foreign Affairs of a decision of the Australian 15 Government to provide the requested financial assistance; and 16 WHEREAS, title 55 of the Code of the Federated States of 17 Micronesia, section 210(2) requires foreign financial assistance 18 to be approved by Congress by resolution; now, therefore, 19 BE IT RESOLVED by the Sixteenth Congress of the Federated 20 States of Micronesia, First Special Session, 2009, that the CRL 16-21 C.R.
NO.
16-21 1 AUD$52,679 financial Grant from the Government of Australia is 2 hereby approved and accepted; and 3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Congress is grateful and 4 appreciative to the Government of Australia for the benevolent 5 assistance and gesture of good governmental relationship; and 6 BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that certified copies of this 7 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 8 of Micronesia, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 9 and the Government of Australia.
10 11 Date: 8/31/09 Introduced by: /s/ Joe N. Suka Joe N. Suka by request 2 of 2