Government of the Federated States of Micronesia

19th UN Special Session

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): June 17, 1997 –
On June 9, 1997, President Jacob Nena informed Congress Speaker Jack
Fritz that he will be heading a delegation from the FSM to attend the
19th Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly scheduled
for June 23 to 27, 1997, in New York to review on progress made by
member nations since the first international Summit in Rio de
Janerio, Brazil in 1992.

It was agreed in the Rio Summit that every five years a UN Special
Session will be called for a review of how countries, international
organizations and sectors of civil society have responded to the
challenge of the Earth Summit.

Nena invited Fritz and members of Congress to join him and his
delegation which is tentatively scheduled to arrive in New York on
June 20, 1997, for the opening of the 19th Special Session on June
23, 1997.

The Department of External Affairs together (with) the FSM
Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York are coordinating
the arrangements for FSM’s participation.

President Nena is scheduled to deliver the FSM Government’s
statement in the afternoon of June 23, 1997. Other Heads of State
and Government, including U.S. President Bill Clinton, are scheduled
to deliver statements on June 26, 1997.