FSM elected Vice President of the General Assembly
June 6, 2024 (New York, FSMUN) – Today the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) elected 16 Vice Presidents, including the Federated States of Micronesia, to serve at its 79th session, lasting from September 2024 until September 2025. The Vice-Presidents are nominated by the UN regional groups and…
FSM deposits instrument of ratification for BBNJ Agreement
June 3, 2024 (New York, FSMUN) – In a brief ceremony today, Ambassador Jeem S. Lippwe, the Permanent Representative of FSM to the United Nations in New York, deposited FSM’s instrument of ratification for the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea…
Micronesia and Bulgaria establish diplomatic relations
October 20, 2022 (New York) – The Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of Bulgaria established diplomatic relations today at a ceremony held in New York. Ambassador Jeem Lippwe of Micronesia and Ambassador Lachezara Stoeva of Bulgaria signed a Joint Communiqué formalizing diplomatic…
PGA Fellowship Programme
Introduction The President of the General Assembly Fellowship Programme aims to promote youth engagement in multilateralism and support the next generation of diplomats. The Fellowship will bring to New York a small group of young diplomats and civil servants from developing countries, particularly from Least Developed Countries…
Citing COVID-19 Exposure, FSM Consulate in Guam Moves to Remote Work Only
HARMON, Guam—On September 25th, 2020, the Consulate of the Federated States of Micronesia in the U.S. Territory of Guam announced that, despite the Government of Guam’s recent laxation on some components of its lockdown, it will be moving towards providing all citizen services remotely.
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.
