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