NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

SECOND SPECIAL SESSION, 2015 C.R. NO. 19-76

A RESOLUTION

To confirm the nomination of Mr. Sebastian L. Anefal to serve as the FSM Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Fiji. 1 WHEREAS, the President of the Federated States of Micronesia 2 has nominated Mr. Sebastian L. Anefal to serve as the FSM 3 Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Fiji; and 4 WHEREAS, the nomination is subject to the advice and consent 5 of Congress pursuant to section 2(d), Article X, of the 6 Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia and 2 F.S.M.C. 7 §207; and 8 WHEREAS, Mr. Anefal is presently the Special Consultant to 9 the Governor of Yap State and has served as Yap State Governor 10 from 2007 to 2015; and 11 WHEREAS, Mr. Anefal has held several public positions in Yap 12 State, including the Director of the Office of Planning and 13 Budget, the Director of the Department of Resources and 14 Development, and the Director of the Department of Public Affairs; 15 and 16 WHEREAS, Mr. Anefal also served in other capacities including 17 an Alternate Governor to the Asian Development Bank, an Alternate 18 Governor to the World Bank Group, and as Chairman of the SOPAC 19 Governing Board; and 20 WHEREAS, Mr. Anefal possesses the essential qualifications

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1 that make him a suitable candidate be the FSM Ambassador 2 Plenipotentiary to Fiji; and 3 BE IT RESOLVED by the Nineteenth Congress of the Federated 4 States of Micronesia, Second Special Session, 2015, that Congress 5 hereby confirms the nomination of Mr. Sebastian L. Anefal to serve 6 as the FSM Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Fiji; and 7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 8 resolution be transmitted to the President of the Federated States 9 of Micronesia, the Governor of each State of the Nation, and Mr. 10 Sebastian L. Anefal. 11 12 Date: 8/15/15 Introduced by: for /s/ Joseph J. Urusemal Florencio S. Harper 13 (by request) 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

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