Author: David Gootnick Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1437906486 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 26
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Discusses the amended Compact of Free Assoc. between the U.S. and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). From 1987 through 2003, the FSM received more than $1.5 billion in economic assistance under the original Compact of Free Assoc. with the U.S. In 2003, the U.S. gov¿t. approved an amended compact with the FSM that provides an additional $2.3 billion from 2004 through 2023. The amended compact identifies the additional 20 years of grant assistance as intended to assist the FSM in its efforts to promote the economic advancement and budgetary self-reliance of its people. It also contains several new funding and accountability provisions intended to strengthen reporting and bilateral interaction. Charts and tables.
Author: United States Government Accountability Office Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781983848179 Category : Languages : en Pages : 26
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Compact of Free Association: Micronesia Faces Challenges to Achieving Compact Goals
Author: Marko Milanovic Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191027030 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 560
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This volume is an edited collection of essays on various aspects of the 2010 Kosovo Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice. The main theme of the book is the interplay between law and politics regarding Kosovo's independence generally and the advisory opinion specifically. How and why did the Court become the battleground in which Kosovo's independence was to be fought out (or not)? How and why did political arguments in favour of Kosovo's independence (e.g. that Kosovo was a unique, sui generis case which set no precedent for other secessionist territories) change in the formal, legal setting of advisory proceedings before the Court? How and why did states supporting either Kosovo or Serbia choose to frame their arguments? How did the Court perceive them? What did the Court want to achieve, and did it succeed in doing so? And how was the opinion received, and what broader implications did it have so far? These are the questions that the book hopes to shed some light on. To do so, the editors assembled a stellar cast of contributors, many of whom acted as counsel or advisors in the case, as well a number of eminent scholars of politics and international relations whose pieces further enrich the book and give it an interdisciplinary angle. The book thus tells the story of the case, places it within its broader political context, and so attempts to advance our understanding of how such cases are initiated, litigated and decided, and what broader purposes they may or may not serve.
Author: Gonzaga Puas Publisher: ANU Press ISBN: 1760464651 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 312
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This study addresses the neglected history of the people of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) engagement with the outside world. Situated in the northwest Pacific, FSM’s strategic location has led to four colonial rulers. Histories of FSM to date have been largely written by sympathetic outsiders. Indigenous perspectives of FSM history have been largely absent from the main corpus of historical literature. A new generation of Micronesian scholars are starting to write their own history from Micronesian perspectives and using Micronesian forms of history. This book argues that Micronesians have been dealing successfully with the outside world throughout the colonial era in ways colonial authorities were often unaware of. This argument is sustained by examination of oral histories, secondary sources, interviews, field research and the personal experience of a person raised in the Mortlock Islands of Chuuk State. It reconstructs how Micronesian internal processes for social stability and mutual support endured, rather than succumbing to the different waves of colonisation. This study argues that colonisation did not destroy Micronesian cultures and identities, but that Micronesians recontextualised the changing conditions to suit their own circumstances. Their success rested on the indigenous doctrines of adaptation, assimilation and accommodation deeply rooted in the kinship doctrine of eaea fengen (sharing) and alilis fengen (assisting each other). These values pervade the Constitution of the FSM, which formally defines the modern identity of its indigenous peoples, reasserting and perpetuating Micronesian values and future continuity.
Author: Derek Grossman Publisher: ISBN: 9781977402288 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 100
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The Freely Associated States--the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau--have been the subject of increasing Chinese influence. The authors examine the implications of these activities for defense and foreign policy interests of the United States.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Publisher: ISBN: Category : United States Languages : en Pages : 1024
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Author: Derek Grossman
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies