Cabinet Members urged to assist 18th MCES preparation processes

FSM Information Services (November 19, 2012): President Manny Mori has urged his cabinet members to consider the proposed agenda for the upcoming 18^th Micronesia Chief Executives Summit in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and contribute to its finalization.

As a practice, officials from jurisdictions to the Summit gather days ahead of the Chief Executives to finalize their recommended discussion focus and draft a communiqué for their review and adoption.

“All Cabinet members who could best advice on the issues included in the agenda are urged to go”, the President wrote in a November 16 memorandum.

The proposed agenda forwarded by the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands includes the following items, among others:

Micronesian Stone Heritage Project, to be presented by Dr. John Peterson, VP of the University of Guam; Asia-Pacific Center for Strategic Studies – The Environment and Security in the Pacific, to be presented by the United States Department of Defense; Regional Workforce Development, by the Center for Micronesian Empowerment on Guam; and a topic on Micronesian Conservation Trust – Debt Swap for Adaptation Program…

The 18^th MCES will take place on November 29-30, 2012.

Marz Akapito, markapito@gmail.com or fsmpio@mail.fm.