UN Volunteer and Fund Control Specialist to Visit States PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 6, 1997 – Vice President Leo A. Falcam told governors of the FSM States in a July 30, 1997, letter that it is important to improve foreign aid reporting and coordination in…

FOREIGN AFFAIRS WEEKLY April 7-April 11, 1997 The Department is expecting two diplomat visitors to the FSM who are the Ambassador-designate from the Kingdom of Spain, His Excellency Delfin Colome, accompanied by his wife (Mrs. Elena Sanchez Colome), April 20-23, 1997; and Ambassador-designate to the FSM from…

FOREIGN AFFAIRS WEEKLY January 20-31, 1997 The Secretary General of the South Pacific Forum, the Honorable Ieremia T. Tabai, visited the FSM, January 27-29, 1997. The visit was part of the Forum Secretariat’s effort to reach out to its member countries as often as it can to…

FSM Ranks 91 Among 163 Countries on Voter Turnout PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 4, 1997 – In a Global Survey by Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) on voter turnout shows the FSM ranks 91 among 163 countries of the world and ranked number…

Vice President Supports COM-FSM Media Studies Program Proposal PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): August 5, 1997 – FSM Vice President Leo A. Falcam, in a July 28, 1997, letter to Vice President for Academic Affairs, COM-FSM, offers support for the proposal to develop a Micronesian Media Studies…

FSM Special Education Funding Application’s Approval Recommended PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 4, 1997 – The application for funding of Special Education Programs in the FSM submitted by the FSM Department of Education to the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has been recommended for…

Joint Committee on Compact Negotiation Members Sworn-in PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): September 3, 1997 – The members of the Joint Committee on Compact Negotiations (JCN) were sworn-in by President Jacob Nena in a brief ceremony held in the Cabinet Room in Palikir this morning, Wednesday, September…

FSM President Returned from Australia PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): June 6, 1997 – President Jacob Nena and his delegation arrived Pohnpei from Australia on June 4, 1997, on Continental Micronesia Flight from Guam. Nena headed the FSM delegation to Perth at the invitation of the Government…

FOREIGN AFFAIRS WEEKLY March 24-April 4, 1997 The newly accredited Japanese Ambassador to the FSM, His Excellency Jiro Kobayashi, is scheduled to visit the FSM, April 21-23, 1997, to present his Letters of Credence to the Honorable Jacob Nena, Acting President of the Federated States of Micronesia…

FOREIGN AFFAIRS WEEKLY February 10-21, 1997 The Acting President of the Federated States of Micronesia, His Excellency Jacob Nena, has sent a congratulatory message to the new President of the Republic of Nauru, His Excellency Kinza Clodumar, on the latter’s recent election to his high office. In…