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…

South Pacific Ministers Endorse New SPREP Action Plan for 1997-2000 NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (FSM Information Service): December 17, 1996 – South Pacific Ministers attending the SPREP Meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga late November this year, endorsed the new SPREP Action Plan for 1997-2000, and appointed Mr. Tarmarii Pierre Tuntangata…

FSM and South Africa Establish Diplomatic Relations NEW YORK, December 12, 1996: South Africa became the forty-seventh (47th) country in the world and the first from Africa to formally establish diplomatic relations with the Federated States of Micronesia when Their Excellencies Ambassador Resio S. Moses from the…

Acting President Nena Updates All Governors of Status of the Special Education Fund PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): December 12, 1996 – Acting President Jacob Nena communicated to all FSM State Governors on December 12 last year to update them on the status of the Special Education…

Acting President Declares World AIDS Day in the FSM PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 27, 1996 – Acting President Jacob Nena on November 12, 1996, declared December 1 as World AIDS Day in the Federated States of Micronesia. Following is the complete text of the Presidential…

FSM to Oceania Track & Field Championship in Australia PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM INFORMATION SERVICE), November 22, 1996 – The Federated States of Micronesia will be sending a thirteen member delegation to the 1996 Oceania Track and Field Championship in Townsville, Australia from November 28-30, 1996, according to…

Pohnpei Youth Tennis Development Program PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM INFORMATION SERVICE), November 22, 1996 – At the opening ceremony for the Pohnpei Thanksgiving Tennis Tournament, at the Kolonia Tennis Courts, last Friday afternoon, the President of the Pohnpei Tennis Club, Dr. Bryan Isaac, was presented $800 worth of…

Basketball Development Coach to Visit Yap and Chuuk PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM INFORMATION SERVICE), November 22, 1996 – The FSM office of Youth and Sports, Department of Health Services announces that basketball development workshops will be held in Chuuk and Yap states from November 27 to December 11,…

CFSM Receives Guam Legislature’s Resolution No. 453 PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 18, 1996 – FSM Congress Speaker Jack Fritz included in the October 25, 1996 Order of Business for information of Congress a copy of Guam Legislature’s Resolution No. 453, adopted on July 19, 1996,…