Declaration of Public Health Emergency Extended to May 31st, 2021; May 13th Planned for Repatriation of Stranded Citizens
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—Per Congressional Resolution (C.R.) 21-252, the Declaration of Public Health Emergency originally implemented by His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), on January 31st, 2020, has been extended to May 31st, 2021. Citizens interested in reading C.R. 21-252 may find it here: https://gov.fm/files/CR_21-252_-_Effective_Date_for_COVID-19_Emergency_Declaration_on_May_31_2021-compressed.pdf
All Citizens, Residents, & Friends Encouraged to Virtually Attend “Talk Story with President Panuelo & Nicole Yamase: A Conversation on Navigating the FSM’s Blue Heritage & Future” at 10:00am on March 31st, 2021
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 11th, 2021, Nicole Yamase—a citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) hailing from the State of Chuuk and the State of Pohnpei—became the first Pacific Islander, and the youngest woman, to travel to the deepest part of the World’s oceans: the Challenger Deep. The Challenger Deep, part of the Marianas Trench, is 35,856 ft (10,929 m) below sea level. Nicole Yamase is one of only approximately two dozen people to ever descend to the deepest part of the ocean and, as the Challenger Deep is located within the territory of the FSM, she is the first FSM citizen to visit this unique environment of her country.
U.S.-Funded Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Program Extended until September 2021
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—On March 23rd, 2021, His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the
Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and the Honorable Eugene Amor, Secretary of the
Department of Finance & Administration, announced that the U.S.-funded Pandemic
Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program will be extended until September 2021. The Office of
PUA under the Department of Finance & Administration received the official notice for extension
of the PUA program from the U.S. Department of Labor on March 15th, 2021.
Statement by President David W. Panuelo at the High-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations
Mr. President,
Mr. Secretary-General,
Presidents of the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council and the International Court of Justice,
Dear Friends,
In September 1991, my country, the Federated States of Micronesia, proudly joined this United Nations. We believed then, as we do now, that the United Nations was the best solution to many of the challenges we face.
FSM Pushes Forward to be First Pacific Island to Fully Establish Electronic Monitoring for Sustainable Fisheries
PALIKIR, Pohnpei—The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) is pushing forward with the Nation’s bid to be the first Pacific Island country to fully establish the capacity to monitor longline vessels fishing in its Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) using Electronic Monitoring by 2023.
Agenda item 80: Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its seventysecond session
Chair,
Micronesia welcomes the request under consideration in this agenda item and encourages the granting of observer status to the Small Island Developing States Dock (“SIDS DOCK”). Micronesia was actively involved in the establishment of SIDS DOCK and views the entity as closely related to the core objectives and mission of the United Nations.
75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly 14th Meeting of the Sixth Committee
Chair,
Micronesia welcomes the request under consideration in this agenda item and encourages the granting of observer status to the Small Island Developing States Dock (“SIDS DOCK”). Micronesia was actively involved in the establishment of SIDS DOCK and views the entity as closely related to the core objectives and mission of the United Nations.
Independence Day Message by Ambassador Chigiyal
Independence Day Message by Ambassador Chigiyal New York, 3 November 2020 On behalf of the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, H.E. David W. Panuelo, and the staff at our Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, I am privileged to join all our…
Address by H. E. David W. Panuelo On the Occasion of the 34th Day of FSM Independence
the 34th Day of FSM Independence Address by: H.E. David W. Panuelo’s 34th FSM Independence Day Address My fellow Micronesians, Kaselehlie Maingko, Mogethin, Ran annim, and Len wo. Today, November 3rd, 2020, we celebrate our Nation’s 34th year of Independence. Through the democratically expressed wishes of the…
United Nations Day Message
United nations day Statement by: Delegation of Micronesia New York, 24 October 2020 October 24, 2020, marks the 75th Anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter. The UN officially came into being – an institution born out of the ashes of World War II….
