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	Micronesia, Federated States of (country) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Micronesia, Federated States of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Each state elects one ‘senator-at-large’ to the Congress for a four-year term, the remaining 10 senators being elected for two years, their seats distributed on a population basis.
		The federal president and vice-president are elected by the Congress from among the four ‘senators-at-large’.
		The UN trusteeship arrangement was formally terminated 1990 and the FSM became an independent sovereign state.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Micronesia,+Federated+States+of+(country) (341 words)

	Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia takes place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of the Federated States of Micronesia is both head of state and head of government Executive power is exercised by the government.
		The internal workings of the Federated States of Micronesia are governed by the 1979 constitution, which guarantees fundamental human rights and establishes a separation of governmental powers.
		The Federated States of Micronesia elects on national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia (512 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia
		The FSM is a constitutional federation incorporating four states (from east to west); Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (formerly Truk) and Yap.
		As a political entity distinct from the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia did not exist until 12 July 1978 when voters in the four districts that would become the states of the FSM ratified their constitution.
		Under its federal political system, the national government exercises certain powers expressly delegated to it by the constitution as well as powers which are of such an indisputably national character as to be beyond the power of a state to control.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/fsm.html (1139 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Federated States of Micronesia comprise a republic located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Papua New Guinea.
		The country is a sovereign state in free association with the United States.
		In international politics, the Federated States of Micronesia are traditionally known as keen supporters of the State of Israel, voting almost consistently in its favor at the United Nations General Assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Federated_States_of_Micronesia (1195 words)

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		The President of the FSM is the highest law enforcement official of the land.
		Geographically, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a nation of islands in the South Pacific located between 0 and 14 degrees north latitude and 136 and 166 degrees east longitude.
		The FSM Attorney General, whose entire staff of Assistants Attorney General are located on Pohnpei, could select the cases that he wanted investigated and prosecuted and leave the remainder to state officials.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjfsm.txt (4073 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia
		The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is composed of 607 small islands extending over a large area of the central Pacific.
		The four states were part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and were administered by the United States from 1947 to 1986 pursuant to an agreement with the United Nations.
		The FSM has no security forces aside from national police operating under the office of the Secretary of Justice and public safety officers operating under the authority of the attorney generals of the individual state governments.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/1999/297.htm (2143 words)

	FSM - Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The FSM National Capitol is located in Palikir, Pohnpei, where the Office of the FSM President, the FSM Supreme Court, and the FSM Congress are located.
		The Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia is a unicameral law making body with 14 Senators - one from each state elected for a four-year term, and ten who serve two-year terms, whose seats are apportioned by population.
		The state governments under their constitutions are structurally similar, all utilizing three co-equal branches of government, the executive, legislative and judicial.
	www.fsmlaw.org /fsm (753 words)

	FSM Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia was drafted by the Micronesian Constitutional Convention in 1975 in Saipan.
		The FSM Constitution was ratified in 1978, with the voters of the Ponape, Kusaie, Truk, and Yap Districts approving the Constitution.
		FSM Constitution and the 2001 Constitutional Convention by Regent Professor of the College of Micronesia-FSM, President of the Third FSM Constitutional Convention, and former President of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Honorable John H. Haglelgam.
	www.fsmlaw.org /fsm/constitution (657 words)

	Micronesia (10/05)
		The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) consists of 607 islands extending 1,800 miles across the archipelago of the Caroline Islands east of the Philippines.
		The current FSM passed to German control in 1899, then to the Japanese in 1914, and, following World War II, to the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which was administered by the United States after 1947.
		U.S. citizens who are long-term visitors or traveling in dangerous areas are encouraged to register their travel via the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov or at the Consular section of the U.S. embassy upon arrival in a country by filling out a short form and sending in a copy of their passports.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1839.htm (1830 words)

	Asian Development Outlook 2005 - Federated States of Micronesia - ADB.org
		The declines in tax revenues were greatest in the states of Chuuk and Kosrae, of 15% and 7%, respectively, from the 2003 levels.
		The Third FSM Economic Summit was held in early 2004 in Palikir, Pohnpei to build awareness of the new arrangements with the US and to develop consensus on an overall development strategy.
		In the case of the state governments, the cut in locally funded operating expenditures would range from 16% to 37% if all the adjustment is to be made on the expenditure side.
	www.adb.org /Documents/Books/ADO/2005/fsm.asp (1577 words)

	FSM Department of Education
		The initial FSM stands for the Federated States of Micronesia which consequently derived from the former TTPI, stands for the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands.
		The FSM established its constitutional entity in 1976 through the FSM Constitution and had formally came into existence in 1979 at which time the national government was officially opened in Pohnpei State, the new capital state of the FSM.
		The federation is comprised of the four (4) named and autonomous states, namely Chuuk, Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae, and a national government consists of the executive branch, headed by a president; the Legislative by a speaker and a chief justice heads the judiciary branch.
	www.literacynet.org /micronesia/doe1.html (497 words)

	Migration Information Source - The Federated States of Micronesia: The "Push" to Migrate
		The FSM is located approximately 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii and consists of 607 islands spread throughout approximately one million square miles in the western Pacific Ocean.
		Traditionally, the FSM was a subsistence economy and even today the economic activity of the islands consists primarily of subsistence farming and fishing.
		The United States and the FSM began discussing the soon-to-expire provisions of the Compact in the fall of 1999.
	www.migrationinformation.org /Profiles/display.cfm?ID=143 (1838 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia and the IMF -- Page 1 of 2
		Nick L. Andon, Governor of the Fund for the Federated States Of Micronesia, on behalf of the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu, at the Joint Annual Discussion
		On behalf of: Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Republic of Korea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Vanuatu, Samoa.
		On behalf of the constituency comprising Australia, Cambodia, Kiribati, Korea (Republic of), Marshall Islands (Republic of), Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, New Zealand, Palau (Republic of), Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
	www.imf.org /external/country/FSM (1031 words)

	EUROPA - Development - Countries - Federated States of Micronesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		FSM was part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, under U.S. administration during the period from 1947-86.
		The FSM national (federal) government is located at Palikir, in the State of Pohnpei, while the state governments are located in Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap respectively.
		Co-operation between the Community and Federated States of Micronesia shall pursue these objectives, taking into account fundamental principles laid down in Article 2 of the Agreement – especially the principle of encouragement of ownership of the development strategies by the countries and populations concerned – and essential and fundamental elements as defined in Article 9.
	europa.eu.int /comm/development/body/country/country_home_en.cfm?cid=fm&lng=en&status=new (1980 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia - Links to Online Legal Documents
		The United States and the Federated States of Micronesia have negotiated amendments to the Compact of Free Association.
		Selected Federated States of Micronesia statutes, laws, judicial decisions, and other legal materials are also available from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South Pacific School of Law.
		United States laws pertaining to the Federated States of Micronesia (and the Republic of the Marshall Islands), as collected in title 48 of the United States Code, from the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.
	www.macmeekin.com /Links/documents/docsfsm.htm (846 words)

	Micronesia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to the website of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, the first law passed by the First Congress of Micronesia was to establish the national flag.
		There shall be and there is hereby adopted an official flag of the Federated States of Micronesia, which shall consist of a circle of four white stars centered on a field of blue.
		The width of the flag of the Federated States of Micronesia shall bear a ratio to its length of 1 to 1.9, and the width of the flag to the width of a star the ratio of five to one.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/fm.html (792 words)

	International Adoption Micronesia
		MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF Disclaimer: The following is intended as a very general guide to assist U.S. citizens who plan to adopt a child from a foreign country and apply for an immigrant visa for the child to come to the United States.
		It does not necessarily reflect the actual state of the laws of a child’s country of birth and is provided for general information only.
		FSM ADOPTION AUTHORITY: The government office responsible for adoptions in the Federated States of Micronesia is the Free Associated States (FAS).
	travel.state.gov /family/adoption/country/country_420.html (1928 words)

	Federated States of Micronesia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CLIMATE: Micronesia has a tropical climate that is heavily influenced by the NE trade winds which prevail from November to December and April to May. The trade winds bring frequent heavy rainfall and average temperature ranges are from 26 to 27 degrees Celsius (79 to 81 degrees Fahrenheit) all year.
		In the 1960's moves began towards preparing Micronesia for self government and in a July 1978 referendum of the trust territory states, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Truk, and Yap voted in favor of a common constitution under which the Federated States of Micronesia would be internally self-governing while the US maintained defense responsibilities.
		In Nov. 1986 US administration of the Federated States of Micronesia formally ended when the Federated States of Micronesia signed a "Compact of Free Association" with the US and began to receive US aid for the duration of the 15 year agreement.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/micrones.htm (726 words)

	Micronesia, Federated States of
		COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is composed of four states, named after their main islands, and dozens of atolls extending over a large area of the north central Pacific.
		The FSM is a constitutional democracy, and is party to a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
		For more information about FSM entry requirements, travelers may consult the Embassy of the Federated States of Micronesia at http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/entry.html, 1725 N Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20038, tel: (202) 223-4383 or go to http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/entry.html.
	travel.state.gov /travel/micronesia.html (1704 words)

	Charting the Pacific - Places
		The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a self-governing territory in free association with the United States.
		The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation of four states - Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae and Yap - bound to the United States by a Compact of Free Association.
		The most promising sectors of economic development are tourism (particularly for diving enthusiasts) and fisheries (the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Federated States of Micronesia being one of the important tuna fishing zones in the Pacific).
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/federated_states_of_micronesia.htm (677 words)

	Scuba Yellow Pages - Federated States of Micronesia
		Geography: The Federated States of Micronesia lie 3680km (2300 miles) north of Australia and 4000km (2500 miles) west of Hawaii.
		The overall crime rate in the FSM is low, but there have been incidents where foreigners have been subject to, and possibly singled out for, verbal and physical abuse.
		Traffic, particularly in the state capitals, is increasing, and is a problem particularly during the hours at the beginning and end of the work day.
	www.scubayellowpages.com /destinations/pacific/fastfacts/micronesia_fastfacts.htm (1649 words)

	Overview - Federated States Of Micronesia Country Guide - World Travel Guide
		The Federated States of Micronesia became a US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947.
		In November 1986, the Federated States signed a Compact of Free Association with the USA, allowing for near-independence with US defence support.
		Yet what also makes the the Federated States of Micronesia truly special are those idiosyncrasies that indicate that, despite being economically and politically interlinked with the USA, the States are very much socially and culturally independent.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /country/country_guide.ehtml?o=88&NAV_guide_class=CountryGuide&NAV_Region=88 (460 words)

	Micronesia
		Micronesia is a pleasant mix of traditional and the new.
		The Federated States of Micronesia is a group of self-governing islands within the geographical area of Micronesia.
		In 1979 the islands became self-governing as the Federated States of Micronesia.
	www.micronesia.com (533 words)

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