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,…

FSM Congress Designates Acting President PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSM Information Service): November 14, 1996 – The Ninth FSM Congress in its Fourth Regular Session, on November 8, 1996, adopted Congressional Resolution 9-93. designating Vice-President Jacob Nena as Acting President of the Federated States of Micronesia after a Declaration…

Course Focuses on Spectacular Nan Madol Site On November 11, 24 museum staff and historic preservation officers from 16 Pacific Island countries visited and studied the 12th to 17th Century island city of Nan Madol, by boat. This was the launch of the course “Conserving Pacific Heritage…

Federated States of Micronesia signs diplomatic relations with Kingdom of Belgium NEW YORK, October 28, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – On Monday, 28 October 1996, a Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and…

Secretary Takesy Addressed 51st UN General Assembly NEW YORK, September 25, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – The Honorable Asterio R. Takesy, Secretary of External Affairs, addressed the 51st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) during its 9th plenary meting in the afternoon of September 25,…

FSM Signs Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty NEW YORK, September 24, 1996 (FSM Permanent Mission to the UN) – The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) became one of the first signatories to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (commonly known as the CTBT) when Honorable Asterio R. Takesy, Secretary…