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	Biography of President Urusemal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Joseph J. Urusemal is the Sixth President of the Federated States of Micronesia.
		President Urusemal was born on March 19, 1952, on Woleai one of the many outlying islands in the State of Yap.
		In 1987, President Urusemal was elected as Yap State's at-large or four-year representative to the Fifth Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia.
	www.fsmgov.org /bio/urusemal.html (509 words)

	Bankruptcy law passes wit reservations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Urusemal congratulated the congress on enacting this much-needed and long-awaited legislation, which he believes is a positive step toward establishing a process for the orderly and equitable resolution of creditor claims against debtors.
		Second, Urusemal was concerned that while the law allows for reorganization of corporate debtors as an alternative to receivership proceedings, it does not allow similar opportunities to individuals.
		Urusemal's third concern was the need to instate a criminal penalty provision for bankruptcy fraud to deter any abuses of the law, given that the legislation offers a number of incentives to file a bankruptcy application.
	www.fm /news/kp/03_4.htm (494 words)

	Eleven Pacific countries at ninth EPS seminar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is essential that a new tuna monitoring body in the Pacific set limits on fishing in the region to conserve the world’s largest tuna resource, President Joseph Urusemal of the Federated States of Micronesia told the inaugural meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention in Pohnpei early December.
		Urusemal also said that Pacific islands need to reap more than just the benefits of licensing revenue from fishing that is now largely done by distant water fishing nations, urging the development of domestic fleets that will lead to investment and employment opportunities in the islands.
		Urusemal said the members of the Tuna Commission need to adopt fishing limits that "err on the side of caution." Scientists report that big eye tuna is in serious danger of over-fishing, while yellowfin is nearing its maximum catch levels.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/bulletin/bull12-4/10.html (240 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Micronesia
		Joseph Urusemal was elected president by the FSM Congress in May 2003.
		In 2003 Mr Urusemal told the UN General Assembly that his country was under threat from global climate change, with increases in the frequency and intensity of storms in the Pacific.
		Joseph Urusemal was born on Woleai, an outer island of Yap State.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300849.stm (480 words)

	TUNA QUOTAS ESSENTIAL: URUSEMAL - December 10, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Urusemal also said that Pacific islands need to reap more than just the benefits of licensing revenue from fishing that is now largely done by distant water fishing nations, urging the 200 representatives of more than 26 nations to promote development of domestic fleets that will lead to investment and employment opportunities in the islands.
		Urusemal said the members —14 Pacific nations, including Australia and New Zealand, and China, Korea and Taiwan, with the United States, Japan, the European Commission and others expected to follow shortly — need to adopt fishing limits that "err on the side of caution."
		Urusemal said at the same time the Tuna Commission moves to regulate fishing, new management efforts should take into account "the special interests of developing states, particularly small-island developing states." But he warned island officials not to miss potential opportunities for developing their domestic fishing industry.
	pidp.eastwestcenter.org /pireport/2004/December/12-10-10.htm (439 words)

	Rockhurst Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Urusemal said he became interested in Rockhurst when three classmates from Xavier High School in his home country enrolled a year before him.
		Urusemal said one of his priorities is creating unity among them.
		Moving to Kansas City to attend Rockhurst was Urusemal’s first exposure to foreign culture and he admits to feeling a bit of culture shock.
	www.rockhurst.edu /news/magazine/alumni/alum4.asp (321 words)

	Pacific Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is not the view of the FSM President Joseph Urusemal, a Yap outerislander who was named president in March.
		A number of senior FSM executive branch officials told Pacific Magazine that the Congress' rejection of Urusemal's three perceived "anti-Fritz" nominees was indicative of yet another part of the "Chuuk problem." Now, they say, Chuukese state politics are being played out on the national stage, to the potential detriment of the country.
		Indeed, it is Urusemal's fate to serve as FSM president at a time when the country's very future is at stake.
	pacificmagazine.net /pm112003/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0001 (1527 words)

	Radio Australia - Pacific Beat - Stories - FSM: New President aims to improve relations with Pacific
		Joseph Urusemal, the new President of the Federated States of Micronesia, says he wants to improve his country's relations with its Pacific Island neighbours.
		Mr Urusemal, a former Floor leader in the FSM Congress, was sworn in on May 11th.
		URUSEMAL: "Well I believe it's important, it's a forum that we can get together and discuss issues of mutual interest and being new in this position it will also be a forum that I can get ideas from other Pacific countries, how they deal with their problems in their own country.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacbeat/stories/s866494.htm (549 words)

	Pacific Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fueling the talk in sakau (kava) bars and over betel nut chews are two inter-related problems: the slow pace of development, which has seen thousands of islanders migrate to the United States in search of jobs, and the deep-rooted mismanagement in Chuuk that is causing fallout in the other states.
		For his part, the soft-spoken Urusemal, who is from Yap, believes that the FSM leadership has to find solutions to its own problems instead of making it an issue for the U.S. Department of Interior to act on.
		Urusemal says his reform agenda includes requiring his national level departments to monitor progress at the state level.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm82005/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0003 (1188 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » President Urusemal and Yap leadership meet on typhoon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palikir, POHNPEI (FSM Information Services): April 16, 2004 - President Joseph J. Urusemal is on Yap for a consultation meeting with the State's leadership in the wake of Typhoon Sudal's destruction during the Easter weekend.
		President Urusemal had notified Governor Robert Ruechó of his intent to meet with the leadership to help "facilitate survey assessment and immediate mitigation and recovery activities as may be needed" for coordination of short and long term relief programs.
		The initial consultation meeting is also anticipated to provide the President with the state leadership's expectations of the national government's coordination role in emergency assistance to the State of Yap.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACOS-64BS8B?OpenDocument (550 words)

	President Urusemal files petition against judge's advice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		President Joseph Urusemal of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has filed a writ in the country's supreme court to have decisions made in court by Justice Richard Benson in the past three months declared null and void.
		President Urusemal filed the writ because Justice Benson's term had exceeded his term in office and therefore his decisions could be declared illegal.
		"President Urusemal's resolution now disapproves the continuation of Justice Benson's service, citing that his 'cumulative services as a temporary Justice has exceeded three months" in light of which he "shall hereafter be ineligible for further service as temporary justice for one year, unless Congress shall sooner revoke its disapproval".
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2004/01/23/23rege.html (249 words)

	Terrorism, multilateralism and UN reform highlight UN Assembly's debate
		The President of Micronesia, Joseph Urusemal, said despite the immediacy of so many pressing political demands today, the challenges of the environment and sustainable development could not be put on hold - they were part of the worldwide security challenge, especially over the long term.
		He said war and terrorism were only consequences of their deeper root causes - poverty, human injustice and environmental degradation - and that the unique vulnerability of island States to those scourges is widely recognized, yet they are often overlooked in the allocation of resources.
		Urusemal also said a clear and pressing emergency for Micronesia, perhaps even more urgent than in years past, was action to combat climate change.
	www.un.org /apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=8334&Cr=general&Cr1=assembly (1290 words)

	PM Sharon Meets Micronesian Pres. Urusemal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Prime Minister Sharon met with Federated States of Micronesia President Joseph J. Urusemal and thanked him for his country’s friendship towards Israel and for its UN votes, which express its support for Israel.
		Micronesian President Urusemal noted that that while this was his first visit to Israel, it was the third by a Micronesian President.
		Micronesian President Urusemal commended Prime Minister Sharon for his courageous efforts to reach a settlement and said that he supports the Prime Minister’s efforts.
	www.pmo.gov.il /PMOEng/Communication/EventsDiary/event220605.htm (192 words)

	Micro Forums - FSM News
		Tokyo, JAPAN (Department of Foreign Affairs - May 4, 2005) Joseph J. Urusemal accompanied by a suit, paid an official working visit to Japan from the April 25 to 29, 2005 at the invitation of the Government of Japan.
		The trip provided President Urusemal the opportunity to thank the people and government of Japan for its economic assistance over the years, which had played an important part in the economic development of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
		Both leaders agreed that development of bilateral relations between their two countries have been very smooth and friendly and encouraged more interactions at all levels to further strengthen the existing relations the peoples and government of the two countries have come to enjoy.
	www.microislands.com /Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15655 (1246 words)

	URUSEMAL SEES COMPACT AS BOON FOR FSM - December 29, 2003
		For the first three years of the amended Compact, the FSM will be receiving $76 million in economic assistance grants, to be allocated among education, health, capacity-building, private sector development, environment and infrastructure.
		Urusemal also lauded the signing last Dec. 17 by U.S. President George W. Bush of House Joint Resolution 63 approving the implementation of the amended Compact, completing the American ratification of the pact that provides a framework to guide U.S.-FSM relations over the next 20 years.
		Urusemal said Bush’s signing of the Compact was a "testament to the special relationship between FSM and the U.S.; it reaffirms the spirit of close friendship and cooperation fostered by the 1986 Compact."
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2003/December/12-29-10.htm (395 words)

	KIWIS TAKE OUT TWO MORE NIUE FISHING LICENSES - December 16, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The people who are coming on board are very committed to the long term future of Niue and the sustainability of the fish processing plant," she said.
		Meanwhile, President Joseph Urusemal of the Federated States of Micronesia has told the inaugural meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention in Pohnpei it was essential that a new tuna monitoring body in the Pacific set limits on fishing in the region to conserve the world’s largest tuna resource.
		He said that Pacific islands needed to reap more than just the benefits of licensing revenue from fishing that is now largely done by distant water fishing nations, urging the 200 representatives of more than 26 nations to promote development of domestic fleets that will lead to investment and employment opportunities in the islands.
	pidp.eastwestcenter.org /pireport/2004/December/12-16-12.htm (351 words)

	Freedom in the World 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A new president, Joseph Urusemal, was elected in May.
		Joseph Urusemal was elected the sixth president of the FSM, and Redley Killion was chosen as the vice president.
		Urusemal is a former governor of Yap, one of the constituent states of the federation, while Killion was vice president in Falcam's administration.
	www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2004/countryratings/micronesia.htm (932 words)

	Marianas Variety On-Line Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Palikir, Pohnpei (FSMIS) — Federated States of Micronesia President Joseph J. Urusemal has called for a five-day special session of the 14th FSM Congress.
		According to Urusemal’s letter, the matters to be addressed by the government before the end of 2005 include:
		The letter further urged lawmakers to restrict the issues of discussion to only the matters noted to ensure healthy deliberations on each.
	www.mvariety.com /calendar/nov/03/pacific/pac04.htm (121 words)

	President Urusemal declares Youth Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President, Joseph Urusemal, has declared an International Youth Day for his country in accordance with a United Nations General Assembly declaration.
		President Urusemal says youth are one of the nine major groups that participated in the multi-stakeholder dialogue in the preparatory committees leading up to the Johannesburg Summit.
		He said that involvement of youth in environment and development decision-making is critical to the long-term success of Agenda 21, a landmark achievement in integrating environment, economic and social concerns into a single policy framework.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/08/18/18c.html (245 words)

	Micronesia, Federated States of Executive branch - Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		chief of state: President Joseph J. URUSEMAL (since 11 May 2003); Vice President Redley KILLION (11 May 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
		head of government: President Joseph J. URUSEMAL (since 11 May 2003); Vice President Redley KILLION (11 May 2003); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
		Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government.
	www.indexmundi.com /federated_states_of_micronesia/executive_branch.html (318 words)

	FSM PRESIDENT CALLS MEETING ON COMPACT - October 17, 2003
		KOLONIA, Pohnpei (Marianas Variety, Oct. 17) — Federated States of Micronesia President Joseph J. Urusemal has called for a meeting of the Economic Planning Implementation Council from Oct. 28 to 30 to discuss several issues related to the still unratified amended Compact of Free Association with the United States.
		Among the subjects Urusemal has proposed for discussion have to do with the status of the amended Compact legislation, which remains with both houses of the U.S. Congress for review and investigation, and "the anticipated changes from the May 14, 2003 signed package."
		Earlier this week, the president, his cabinet and members of the FSM Congress were given a closed-door briefing by the Joint Committee on Compact Economic Negotiation on the status of the amended Compact.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2003/october/10-17-07.htm (351 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - FSM president inspects cyclone damage on Yap
		The President of the Federated States of Micronesia, Joseph Urusemal, has flown to Yap to inspect the damage caused by typhoon Sudal over the Easter weekend.
		About 20 shelters have been opened, housing about 2,000 people whose homes were wrecked by the typhoon.
		President Urusemal's office says Yap is in ruins but relief efforts are being coordinated with the help of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency"
	www.goasiapacific.com /news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_1089426.htm (198 words)

	GuamPDN.com \| Grad_Tab 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Using education to help the islands was the theme of the commencement speaker’s address.
		Before the ceremony, Federated States of Micronesia President Joseph J. Urusemal explained the main message he wanted to get across to the graduates: “To encourage the graduates to use the knowledge and the skills they have learned here for the betterment of their islands,” he said.
		A total of 253 people graduated with bachelor’s or master’s degrees, though organizers said only about 200 participated in the commencement ceremony.
	www.guampdn.com /guampublishing/special-sections/grad_tab/2004/uog.htm (595 words)

	Marianas Variety On-Line Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		PALIKIR, Pohnpei (FSMIS) — A 10-day special session of the 13th Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia has been called by President Joseph J. Urusemal to convene on Monday, March 21.
		In accordance with the FSM Constitution, the president notified Speaker Peter M. Christian on March 3 of his intention to convene the FSM Congress so that both branches can work together on various pressing issues of national importance.
		In Urusemal’s letter to Christian he noted among other items, the following amendments for consideration by Congress -– submission of unrevised departmental budget proposals, powers of the Registrar of Corporations, corporate income tax and its distribution, several amendments to the Compact distribution and the Compact Management Board along with amendments to National Food Safety Act.
	www.mvariety.com /calendar/march/18/pacific/pac02.htm (125 words)

	USPACOM Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		CAMP H. SMITH, Hawaii -- President Joseph J. Urusemal recently met with Admiral William J. Fallon, head of the United States Pacific Command (US PACOM) in Hawaii.
		President Urusemal reiterated FSM's continued support of the US's continued fight against global terrorism.
		He expressed appreciation to Admiral Fallon for the US Navy's continued support and assistance extended to the FSM in the areas of search and rescue operations.
	www.pacom.mil /articles/articles2005/050708story2.shtml (172 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On March 24th, 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council met at the Great Hall of the People with visiting President of the Federated States of Micronesia Joseph Urusemal.
		President Joseph Urusemal reiterated his country's adherence to the "one China" policy and fully agreed with Wen Jiabao's suggestions on further developing bilateral relations.
		He added that Micronesia would adopt pro-active measures to implement the consensus reached between the two sides and continue to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
	fm2.mofcom.gov.cn /column/print.shtml?/bilateralvisits/200411/20041100003948 (256 words)

	::.Angus Reid Consultants.::
		No political parties exist in the country and all candidates contest elections as independents.
		In May 2003, Joseph John Urusemal became president.
		Leo Falcam—who had served as head of government since 1999—was unable to win his seat in the 2003 congressional ballot.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=5717 (408 words)

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