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Session Outcome: Supplemental Budget for Compact Grants and Grant Resolutions

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI.  September 06, 2024 –A supplemental budget to address the various sector grants of the amended Compact along with resolutions of the same nature are the results of the 3rd Special Session of the 23rd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia. To appropriate the Compact grant awards to be used within the budget […]

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Special Session Address Pending Legislations

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 28, 2024.  The 23rd Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia convened the Third Special Session on August 27, 2024, to address urgent matters pending before the Body including JEMCO, Emergency Declaration, supplemental funding, and resolutions on grants and nominations. Following the formalities to convene a session, Speaker Esmond B. Moses appointed

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Chairman Nimea Highlights the Urgency of Proactive Steps to Address Climate Change as a Significant Challenge to Economic Development in the Pacific Region

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI. August 23, 2024 – Chairman Fabian Nimea of the Congressional Standing Committee on Resources and Development, represented the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia at the Second Meeting of Indonesia Pacific Parliamentary Partnership. The meeting provided the platform for Chairman Nimea to work closely with the parliamentary leaders of 10 Pacific Island

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Chairwoman Abello-Alfonso Highlight FSM’s Progress at UN Population and Development Conference

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI. May 15, 2024- Chairwoman Merlynn Abello-Alfonso of the Congressional Special Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, was recently in New York for the United Nations 57th Session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) and as a featured speaker on a Pacific Islands panel discussion. Chairwoman Abello-Alfonso represented the Congress of

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Chairwoman Konman Highlight FSM’s Population Challenges at Oslo Conference

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI – May 01, 2024. Chairwoman of the Congressional Committee on Health and Social Affairs, Senator Perpetua S. Konman was recently in Norway as a panelist for the International Parliamentarian’s Conference on the Implementation of the International Conference on Population Development (IPCI/ICPD) Programme of Action. The three-day IPCI/ICPD conference was hosted in Oslo from

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Congress Mourns the Passing of Congressman Harper

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PALIKIR, POHNPEI. January 12, 2024– With heartfelt condolences to the family, the Office of the Speaker announces the passing of Chuuk State Senator Florencio Singkoro Harper who had represented the Mortlocks region in the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia since 2011. The late Senator Harper passed in the early morning hours of January

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COP 28 in Dubai: A Transformative Conference Highlighting Parliamentarians’ Commitment to Climate Action

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Dubai, December 14, 2023 – This year’s COP, dubbed the year of the “global stocktake,” tasked countries with assessing the progress made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions since the Paris Agreement was signed seven years ago, to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. On December 13, 2023, a consensus was reached among nations to “transition away from

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FSM Congress Delegation Advocates for People of Small Island Nations at Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on the Sidelines of COP

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Dubai, December 6, 2023 – The Congressional delegation to the COP – consisting of Senator Abello-Alfonso, Chair of the Special Committee on Climate Change and Environmental Issues, Floor Leader Quincy Lawrence, Senator Fabian S. Nimea, and Attorney Charlotte Ruzzica-de La Chaussée – concluded its first week at the COP conference by attending the Inter-Parliamentary Union

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