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PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 24, 2019– During its recent Sixth Regular Session, the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia passed measures that remedied an issue on corporate tax; addressed budgetary needs of the National Government; and tackled the manifold needs of the states. The Congress had, through Congressional Act (CA) 20-154, amended Title 54 [Taxation and Customs] of […]

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January, 2019– The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia held a three-day workshop, from January 7 – 9, to review its Rules of Procedures with legislative procedural expert and consultant George Crawford from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The Rules of Procedures are the regulations that guide the organization of and

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 4, 2019 – Speaker Wesley W. Simina has, through the consensus of a majority of the Members, delayed the convening of the January session of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to January 14, 2019. The Speaker notified the Nation’s leadership of the decision to delay the Sixth Regular Session of

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. November 9, 2018– Speaker Wesley W. Simina has called for the Sixth Special Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia to convene on November 13, 2018 in Palikir for a 5-day session. Prior to the adjournment of the Fifth Regular Session in October, the Members had agreed to hold a

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. November 9, 2018– The Office of the Speaker has received from the National Election office the list of petitions filed for the March 2019 national elections for the forthcoming Congressional Body. According to the list, 32 candidates from across the Nation filed their petitions to vie for the 14 seats in the upcoming

Geneva, Switzerland. On October 17, 2018, during the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva, Switzerland, FSM Senator Isaac V. Figir calls for international parliamentary leadership and cooperation to tackle worldwide problems, particularly the dangers of climate change, through science and technology. His address came during the assembly’s general debate revolving around the theme of “Parliamentary leadership in

Geneva, Switzerland.During the 139th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva, the delegation from the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), joined national parliamentarians from several other Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) – Fiji, Samoa, Seychelles, and Tonga – in spearheading the inclusion of a climate change resolution as an emergency item on the agenda of the Assembly. The

Geneva, Switzerland. On October 14, 2018, at the 139th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, Switzerland, Wesley W. Simina, Speaker of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) resumed the chairmanship of the IPU’s Asia-Pacific Group (APG). This grand leadership role for a small islands developing country started earlier this year when the FSM Congress first assumed the chairmanship of

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. October 5, 2018– The Fifth Regular Session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned sine die on Tuesday with the passage of measures to address national issues among which included the FY-2019 National Budget, and substantial measures for security and efficiency of the Nation’s Trust Fund, among many others. Leading

PALIKIR, POHNPEI. October 5, 2018– The recent session of the 20th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia adjourned on October 2 with two confirmed nominations and the approval of grant resolutions for the various health, education and social programs of the Nation. Convened on September 17, the Fifth Regular Session of the 20th Congress adjourned last