FSM And Australia Signed Memorandum of Understanding PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Palikir ensured that the Federated State of Micronesia will continue to benefit from AusAID, Australia’s leading Foreign Aid program. On August 24, FSM Acting…

FSM Prioritizes CRC Strategy PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – On September 5 2001, FSM Health Education and Social Affairs (HESA) in co-ordination with the President’s National Advisory Council on Children (PNACC) hosted and coordinated a meeting with UNICEF. The purpose of the meeting…

FSM Report on Compact Negotiations POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): November 2, 2001 – The Joint Compact Negotiating Committee has submitted a progress report pertaining to the negotiations over the expiring provisions of the Compact of Free Association, a treaty between the FSM and the U.S. In…

Anthrax alert reaches FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 26, 2001 – The effects of the terrorist chemical warfare crusade against the United States with the biological toxin, Anthrax, has rippled across to the Pacific islands of the Federated States of Micronesia. At the beginning of…

Pohnpei joins the South Pacific Pageant in Apia PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): October 26, 2001 – Pohnpei State, for the first time, is sending a representative to Apia Samoa to participate in the 15th Annual Miss South Pacific Beauty Pageant scheduled for October 26. The representative,…

Japan’s Former Prime Minister Mori visits FSM POHNPEI, Palikir (FSM Information Service): September 19, 2001 – The Former Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Yoshiro Mori, will be arriving in Pohnpei today for a brief visit to the Federated States of Micronesia. Mori’s scheduled to FSM includes visits…

The President’s National Advisory Committee (PNACC) on Children Seeks Input from the General Public PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 24, 2001 – The President’s National Advisory Committee on Children wishes to inform the general public for comment on the second draft progress report on the Convention…

A Hope to Change and Renew Efforts for the Children of the FSM A Pledge for Children is a Pledge for the Future – Say Yes! Today, Children in the FSM live safer, healthier, and fuller lives than they did a decade ago, before the government became…

The FSM Government signs the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 24, 2001 – The Honorable Masao Nakayama, FSM Permanent Representative to the United Nations signed the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants at the U.N. Headquarters on 31 July 2001,…

Nauru steps up to host 32nd Forum YAREN, Nauru (FSM Information Service): August 24, 2001 – On August 14, President Leo A. Falcam and his delegation from the Federated States of Micronesia arrived in Nauru for the 32nd Pacific Islands Forum. The Pacific Islands Forum is an…