やしの実通信 by Dr Rieko Hayakawa

太平洋を渡り歩いて35年。島と海を国際政治、開発、海洋法の視点で見ていきます。

号外 ミクロネシア連邦議会米国との自由連合破棄を決議

2015年11月19日の、ミクロネシア議会で、現在米国と締結されている自由連合協定を2018年までに破棄することが決議され、大統領の了承待ちとなった。

決議内容は下記の通り。

自由連合は米国のミクロネシア連邦に対するチャリティではない。米国は安全保障で多くの利益をミクロネシアから受けている。

にも拘らず米国の態度は一方的である。

例えば事前の協議なくミクロネシア短期大学の予算をカットした。

さらに、米国への入国が以前より厳しくなった。

よって自由連合協定の協定破棄条項に従ってミクロネシア政府は米国との自由連合を破棄する。

2023年に予定されていたのは協定支援金の中止であり、自由連合ではない。

自由連合の中止となればこの地域の安全保障の枠組みが一機に崩れる。

現在のクリスチャン大統領は、数年前、議員だった時に同様な提案をしているので本決議を承認する可能性が大きいのではないか?

また今決議されても2018年までの3年間で某かの妥協案が出て来る可能性がある。

当方は、ミクロネシア連邦だけでなく、パラオマーシャル諸島も含め、日本と米国が共同で自由連合を締結するのがよいと思う。経済では日本との関係の方が近い。

NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

THIRD SPECIAL SESSION, 2015

C.R. NO. 19-155

A RESOLUTION

Requesting the President of the Federated States of Micronesia to

terminate the Amended Compact of Free Association with the United

States of America, pursuant to section 441 of the Amended Compact,

such termination to take effect no later than 2018.

WHEREAS, the Amended Compact of Free Association was

entered into by the Federated States of Micronesia and the

United States of America with the intent of maintaining a close

and mutually beneficial relationship between our two nations;

and

WHEREAS, the United States derives many benefits from the

Amended Compact, not least of which is its exclusive control

over the military use of the Federated States of Micronesia’s

extensive territorial waters and airspace; and

WHEREAS, the recent words and deeds of United States

policymakers suggest they view the Amended Compact as an act of

charity by the United States rather than a treaty between two

sovereign nations; and

WHEREAS, the United States has abused its majority on the

US-FSM Joint Economic Management Committee (JEMCO) to force

through resolutions contrary to the interests of the Federated

States of Micronesia; and

WHEREAS, most recently, the United States members of JEMCO

have unilaterally made drastic cuts to the funding of the

CRL 19-165

A RESOLUTION

Requesting the President of the Federated States of Micronesia to

terminate the Amended Compact of Free Association with the United

States of America, pursuant to section 441 of the Amended Compact,

such termination to take effect no later than 2018.

C.R. NO. 19-155

1 College of Micronesia-FSM without prior discussion or

2 consultation with leaders of the Federated States of

3 Micronesia; and

4 WHEREAS, the United States Senate Committee on

5 Appropriations has recently recommended that the United States

6 Department of Homeland Security consider establishing a pre-

7 screening process and requiring advanced permission for

8 prospective travelers from the Federated States of Micronesia

9 and other Freely Associated States to enter the United States;

10 now, therefore,

11 BE IT RESOLVED that the Nineteenth Congress of the

12 Federated States of Micronesia, Third Special Session, 2015,

13 requests that the President of the Federated States of

14 Micronesia terminate the Amended Compact of Free Association

15 with the United States of America, pursuant to section 441 of

16 the Amended Compact, such termination to take effect no later

17 than 2018; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this

resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated

States of Micronesia.

Date: 11/19/15

Introduced by: /s/ Isaac V. Figir

Isaac V. Figir

/s/ Bonsiano F. Nethon

Bonsiano F. Nethon

/s/ Robson U. Romolow

Robson U. Romolow