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Gillam Ishiguro [Applause] now please join me in welcoming representing the Secretariat of the Pacific community Regional Director Varro students you [Applause] representing the Asia Development Bank please join me in welcoming deputy director general mr. James Lynch I now welcome special guests of the president visiting all the way from Oregon State mr. and mrs. brought three [Applause] also joining us today representing New Zealand director for the North Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the Honorable Richard Griffiths [Applause] representing our neighbors the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands let us welcome special envoy mr. Angel Donovan chief of staff to the governor [Applause] now representing the state of yap the island of so money the Honorable lieutenant governor Jesse Salam [Applause] we now welcome the lieutenant governor of a state who is also the honorary council of Israel the Honorable lieutenant governor read Oliver accompanied by the second lady Estelle Oliver [Applause] representing our neighboring island of Guam the islands first female governor the Honorable Lourdes a quasi Leon Guerrero [Applause] representing the state of karai the islands of the Sleeping Lady the Honorable governor Carson Tigra accompanied by the first lady Mina Seagram [Applause] now representing the state of Chu home of the world's greatest underwater museum the Honorable governor Johnson DeSimone [Applause] representing the state of one pain the garden hidin won't be sorry the Honorable governor Marcel okay Peterson accompanied by the first lady business Pearson [Music] [Applause] please now join me in welcoming roving ambassador of the independent state of Papua New Guinea his Excellency Alexis miner [Applause] now representing the Republic of Indonesia his Excellency ambassador artistry and his wife madam Ratna Meera dustry [Applause] that is not welcome representing the Federal Republic of Germany his Excellency ambassador Gordon creaky [Applause] also with us today based out of Manila we are honored to have them representing the Russian Federation his Excellency ambassador Igor Papa and joining us from fellow Pacific item nation of Tuvalu let us welcome special envoy to the prime minister the Honorable nominee Zoology Nemea accompanied by his wife this is India [Applause] now representing our sister island nation of Palau it is my pleasure to present special envoy to the President of Allah the Honorable alpha trole sit down the minister of the Ministry of Finance it is not my honor to welcome one of our remaining with founding fathers of our nation former Speaker Beth was Henry it is not my honor to welcome the seventh presidents of our nation former president Manuel Monni Maureen [Applause] it is not my honor to welcome the second president of our nation former President John hog welcome and former first lady Paula how the locum [Applause] let us not welcome joining us from Australia the Honorable Alex Clark Minister of the Ministry of International Development and the Pacific accompanied by Australian ambassador to the episode His Excellency George Frazer and Member of Parliament the Honorable Pat Conroy next it is not my privilege to welcome our friends representing the People's Republic of China His Excellency Xuan Tong young special envoy of the president of China and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference accompanied by ambassador to the epistemic his Excellency mr. Wang Qiang and the councilor of the department of northern American and Oceania mr. Wang Ching it is not my pleasure to present here as the designated representative of Japan a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the Japan understand parliamentary friendship and delegation the Honorable KJ Faria accompanied by the Honorable Takata pushing stop the ambassador of the Pacific iron region and Sharky affairs a I mr. Cole James ooyama it is now my honor to welcome our friends representing the United States of America the Honorable Robert Wilkie secretary of the department of veterans affairs with them today we also have the pleasure to welcome his Excellency Robert Rainey United States ambassador to the FSM reader Admiral Kevin Lundy commander of the United States Coast Guard district 14 headquartered in Honolulu the Honorable Sandra old Kirk Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of State mr. Alexander great office director of the National Security Council of the White House and mr. nicoleff will have director of the office of insular affairs of the Department of the Interior [Applause] I now have the honor to welcome representing a fellow Micronesia island nation the vice president of the Republic of Judah busts the Honorable dr. to way up the West [Applause] ladies and gentlemen to conclude the welcoming of our visiting distinguished dignitaries and honored guests please join me in welcoming from our sister island nation the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Her Excellency Hilda Heine accompanied by First Gentleman mr. Thomas Eugenia Junior [Applause] your excellencies distinguished dignitaries and friends again welcome to the capital and welcome to the joint national inauguration of the Federated States of Micronesia we are honored by your presence and we thank you for being with us here today you truly know who your friends are when they are willing to come and bear this heat for two hours let's now move on to the main events starting with the introduction of the Honorable members of the 21st Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia we begin with the Honorable Aaron be garlic whose the company by mrs. at the Lida garlic senator pilot is the at-large four-year representative of the state of Para [Applause] next we have the Honorable Lorenzo s government estates the senator is accompanied by his wife mrs. Beth s gunman and their daughter miss Carla Goodman senator con man represents a region of southern harmonious congressional district [Applause] now representing the Northwest region of chup congressional district but I have the honor to present the Honorable Roxton you Rommel Oh [Applause] the cellular is accompanied by his wife mrs. Christian Ramadan and their daughter miss Manion Geronimo [Applause] [Music] please now join me in welcoming the Honorable Fermi s Perman who was accompanied by his wife mrs. Buchanan [Applause] senator Thurmond is the representative of Bombay state's congressional district 1 mainly Vilonia Sophia stop walk with new park and people clapping at meringue [Applause] I'm not least to welcome the Honorable Dion G net [Applause] he is accompanied by his wife mrs. Vivian met senator nan is the representative of Madeleine even kitschy and womp a state's congressional district I would not like to introduce in absentia the Honorable Victor Vicki Boland who's unable join us this morning due to a family emergency so I may ask that we still give him a round of applause [Applause] that is not welcome the Honorable by ethnic que le and mrs. shri wet wedding [Applause] senator Welli is the two-year representative of his state of pushrod [Music] it is now my privilege to present the Honorable do we learn artists [Applause] being accompanied by two of his grandchildren GUI right pinkie toe Arthas and Maya nation Arthas senator Arthas represents congressional district core of chopstick the region of fights [Applause] hailing from the state of yet I present the Honorable Isaac V figure senator forgiveness is the two-year representative of the state of Yap [Music] [Applause] it is now my privilege to present the Honorable Joseph J her smile and his niece miss Jade Hill mine [Applause] senator Bruce monsters as the at-large four-year representative of the state of Yap and also served as the six presidents of our nation [Applause] [Music] now representing the state of bunkmate I present the Honorable Peter M Christian he is accompanied by his wife mrs. marina W Christian senator Christian is the at-large four-year representative of the state of one bank and also served as the eighth president of our nation I'm not pleased to present the Honorable floor leader florencio Sinclair Oh Harper being accompanied by two of his daughters Akina Rosario Tommy and lastly Harper our ethos [Applause] Lord leader heartburn represents congressional district 1 the Morlock islands of the state of Chu [Applause] and now I'm welcome the Honorable vice speaker essman be Moses is alongside his wife mrs. Gandhi ji Moses vice speaker Moses is the representative of Congressional District three in the state of 1p ladies and gentlemen it is now my honor to welcome and present to you the Speaker of the 21st Congress the Honorable speaker Wesley W Simoneaux accompanied by mrs. Anthony Cigna [Applause] or similar before your at-large member from the state of Shu [Applause] ladies and gentlemen I present to you the Honorable members of the 21st Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia please join me in and congratulating them [Applause] at this time ladies and gentlemen it is my honor to present to you the vice-president of the Federated States of Micronesia the Honorable Joseph P George [Applause] the Vice President is accompanied by the second lady aunt ELISA why George [Applause] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen momentarily we will be joined by the president will be joining us from the back of the official state car and entering through the honor guard [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] your excellencies distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen the moment we have all been waiting for may ask that we all please rise for the President of the federated states of micronesia his Excellency President David W been widowed lady Patricia Edwin and members of the first family [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] ladies and gentlemen I give you the president and the vice-president of the Federated States of Micronesia his Excellency President Manuel oh and the Honorable vice president George [Applause] and now that we are joined by all of our leaders I invited all so please stand again and join members of the first family Jenna Tina Manuela Alex deepen wala David pañuelo jr. and Michael Benoit no for the singing of the national anthem and the raising of colors [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] to me [Music] you [Music] my [Laughter] [Music] oh joy [Music] [Music] Oh I [Music] the [Music] my doggies [Music] yeah [Music] [Music] [Applause] may I ask that we please remain standing Thank You Jenna for beautifully leading us in our national anthem at this time I now welcome pastor Norbert kaloud to lead us an invocation thank you that in honor of God and you remain standing as we pray together you tie up a couple let us pray creator God in the name of Jesus we invite you as our honored guests here today to celebrate with us this momentous inaugural occasion let us see our Islands the way you do and join in your eternal plan for our people we recognize again today that with you and through you all things are possible who can fathom the greatness of God for your glory fills the beautiful islands not even the Senate falls to the ground apart from you knowing it some Lord in your glory and in your grace smile upon us and guide us as we celebrate our freely elected leaders your word says godliness makes the nation great but sin is a disgrace to any people the people of the FSM desire a great nation and deserve a great nation therefore godliness must begin with its leaders so that the people will have a guiding light and an example to follow it is the set of our sail not the wind that determines the final destination of our canoe so I pray for president David pan willow and vice president Yahshua George give them the wisdom integrity and uncompromising courage to leave this nation in the right direction may your hand of blessing care and protection be upon their families for all the newly elected members of Congress the cabinet the judicial branch all those who set the sail for our nation equip them for the work of service that you have called them to do may their moral compass always point to North may they be faithful in the responsibilities they are about to assume may they unite our people as we face the challenges before us may they be trustworthy and persevere to do what is right and good in your sight o people the Lord has told you what is good and this is what he requires of you to do what is right to love mercy and to walk humbly before your God Heavenly Father we have the tendency to forget who we are where we have come from and that we belong to you that our Islands belong to you help us to remember that in Christ we are all your children known loved gifted and cared for now and forever people will fail us and we will fail them but you never fail and you're promised your presence and power to the very end strengthen our leaders hearts that they may be totally committed to you and filter every decision through your holy word because one day every tongue every tribe every nation will stand before you and have to give account may Almighty God equip you president and wearer with all you need for doing his will in leading this nation for the blessing of its people and for the honor of His Holy Name I humbly ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and our Savior amen thank you pastor you may now be seated it is now my honor to invite for his welcoming remarks the governor of the state of Bombay the Honorable Marcello Kay Peterson [Applause] please allow me to pay my utmost respect they were the traditional leaders of this land in our vernacular DMPED back over and Anila paper Devon the Quran nutshell go and put the you wild up and grin should not get booked all the geese up in magic and Mahalo man can you co-patron second basic okay buddy Vancouver and talk--i sir now Morgan wait vanilla better Christian man voila he took on water alright okay it should have been way millennium you should I didn't we know wallop am built okay several miles then identity than porous Oh Louisa chorizo or the mother perseveres comparison window thing HMS Elphaba I will talk a manageable mark a deacon and pelion commercial government boat yeah relative before away we are said afterwards the patron away with the Metro trauma where we are several metals test a red patrol one Newton were settled on mr. Rawat this Excellency President David W pañuelo first lady vice president under Bowyer George speaker seminar Chief Justice honorable yamas a members of the 21st Congress my special respect to former president's former speakers of the Federated States of Micronesia Her Excellency President Hilda hey V Republic of the Marshall Islands First Gentleman mr. Haney speaker lovebird Chief Justice Joseph members of tonight legislature of Pompey governor Lillian Pereira governor of Guam cover secret of khushu a governor salut of Yap lieutenant governor Oliver Pompey state my special recognition to the first lady of Pompey State Secretary of Veterans affair Robert Wilkie kenji fallujah member of the House of Representative Japan government vice chairman of CBBC Chatham young special envoy of China minister of international and Development Pacific Alex Hall of Australia deputy secretary jonathan cahn of New Zealand excellencies ambassador - rape of Indonesia ambassador cricket Germany ambassador Krupa of Russia ambassador - of PNG Minister of Finance mr. Japan Republic of Palau development of Bank Development Bank dr. sugar toka members of the diplomatic corps development partner partner representatives special guests mr. and mrs. David Rock Carrey Jim veneer of MRA Bernie Valencia of Matson mr. Eko special rep or spread distinguished guests ladies and gentlemen good morning and welcome I would like to begin by paying my at most respect to the traditional leaders who had rich traditional custodians of this land namely the traditional leaders of poppy on behalf of the Drishti leaders and the people of this great state of Albania it gives me great pleasure to extend a warm welcome to each and every one of you here today today we the people of port-a-john hands with our sister states and welcome all of you who have journeyed from near and far to celebrate and honor today his joy the inauguration ceremony as we formally welcome our nation's new political leadership port Bay as you know it is an island where traditional values are still held in much esteem and play a vital role in our lives we still hold the reference of islands traditions legends and customs that were passed down to us from past generations today we gather here to honor a tradition the tradition that marks the peaceful transition of power it is a tradition which renews our sense of hope and revives our will to succeed and reaffirms our mutual commitment and respect for human rights and freedom an inauguration ceremony provides a unique opportunity for us to look at our shared history and reflect on some of the unifying principles that brought us to this moment together as we gaze with optimism and indeed with hope into the future I thought I might just take us a few moments to invoke hope and the best thinking that our founding fathers has in establishing our constitutional government looking back at the outstanding universal values of one of our most significant bits of heritage the buckle ethics assault stone structure built between twelve hundred and fifty hundred man model there's exceptional testimony to the development of chiefly Society of Bombay it also bears testimony to the complex social and religious practices of the island societies man model is an expression of the original development of traditionally chiefly presentational TV institutions and system of governance in the Pacific Islands into the present in form of a memory system under which that were the whole traditionally is owned and managed man model is actively associated with both base continuing social and ceremonial traditions and the authority of the non-working system colonized such Sibley by the Spanish Germans and the Japanese and now affiliated with the United States FSM is a true melting pot of cultures all festivals lives on and remain strong each of the each of our state's exhibit unique distinction as well as similarities to each other camp and dances are the most powerful facet of our heritage our history is an amazing experience for our people because it reflects the social and additional life of the people living a long time ago a nation conscious of its history thanks to preserve the culture and religions our history is a necessary part of our lives as we traverse through time to find solutions for the betterment of our people let us never forget where we came from the federated states of micronesia first inauguration took place 40 some years ago in colonial town the temporary capital I met I believe much excitement for the mill government was to be formed and Ang's for the challenges that would individually inevitably lay ahead and hope for a future of self-government and self-reliance although we are for decades what seems to be worlds away from 1979 many of those sentiments remain some of the challenges that we faced four years ago still remained yet we are ever awful and ever committed to working with the new administration and leadership to strengthen and sustain the unique sense of micronesia unity for the future generations our nation's first president his Excellency the Zola ham stated in his speech during the 1975 my commission constitutional convention that and I quote we accept help when we feel we needed we can work with outsiders but we must remember that we do that what we do here we do as Micronesia Micronesians for Micronesia uncle in that spirit do that he let us man always celebrate our nation the Federated States of Micronesia and formally inaugurate a new administration but let us also renew our pledge to work together and strengthen the spirit of my creation unity for us today and our future generations ultimately and inauguration ceremony serves as a seamless transition which ushered in a new era while celebrating the history traditions and progress of the past era let us keep this tradition alive for it underpins our desire to live together in the country which is founded on democratic values and principles again welcome to both a thank you and God bless the Federated States of Micronesia governor Peterson for those welcoming remarks will all the way from the beautiful island of Walla [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 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of the federated states of micronesia his Excellency David W Manuela to share with us his inaugural address mr. president [Applause] young John Wooden while windows value voltage the Enron oneself for rape and battery on Anita Harada company Vancouver and sabotage court Maria voted for Tata Oh nan margin America a chance Agathon Wow okay with each or or gonna wreck so go and burn me you Capon Iran Iraq so Missy Bob now Marty and Weymouth enemy jeopardy owner XO Saburo Nam Markey anyway so no Tiffany gonna wreck so so Posada not Marty and windy G Capon e corner XO non puja Virginia now Mercurian wins okay hey buddy boner XO for the minutes not partying wait net Paperny no Nanette so da casa non mark en wid Billa Oh a penny donor at so they were not not money and Wayne Safavid wow thank you Brian so not involve the Gamco nominal ko-nach ad a coke possible ma la vella que diga covers non-italian Tia Perkovic the end result of a Navajo women Petrovic Paquita on Lebanon's open warrants of agita lack a sample of an ohm Kelton knit The Betrayal transgender Futaba the repressive not may and government cup then administration before I begin my inaugural address I wish to recognize and pay my respects to all of our distinguished officials and guests who creates us with your presence today this is indeed a beautiful day we welcome you all to convey the seed of the Federated States of Micronesia traditional leaders of the FSM the Honorable vice president George and mrs. George the honorable speaker Ximena and mrs. Savannah the other board members of the 21st FSM Congress and your spouse's Chief Justice Thomas ed and justices of the FSM soup report and your spouse's your excellency president 90 of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and our first man welcome vice president - ah - of the Republic of Kiribati secretary Wilkie US Department of Veterans Affairs special envoy Korea member of Japan's also professional image chairman of the Japan official parliamentary friendship Lee specially for young - anthem vice chairman of the Chinese People's Conservative Political Consultative Conference Minister of Australian Ministry of International Development and Pacific special envoy the Honorable mnemonic in Libya Minister of Home Affairs of the fatherland spouse special envoy the Honorable ghupat shell sat on the sofa of the Republic of Palau former president Chun hallo domme former president man amore first speaker of the FSM Congress mr. Fethullah legree the applicable governors and lieutenant governor's over for FSM states donbas choo choo shy and he off respectively the Honorable Leon chiro governor of Guam the Honorable speakers and members of the state legislatures and municipal chiefs and councils members of the diplomatic corps and foreign dignitaries members of the clergy distinguished guests ladies and gentleman before I go further I want to first thank my family members who are here with me today please Kyle it there with me first lady Patricia Edwin I thank her for being my partner over the years in the hard work of working with our citizens my children who are here with us they sang the national anthem we have Joshua China TJ Alex Pagano and our grandchildren my brothers sisters nieces and nephews I have Frank van window here Coubertin Waldo Lucy mm oh and my sister-in-law's and brother-in-law's were here last but not the least I'd like to also recognize my mother my mother her name is sample Tina pan she said sitting here this morning with us she's going to be 85 soon our Father might that passed last year each one of those those days where I wish he could be here to be part of that celebration today but just a little bit about my mother when I was eighth grade and left for a retreat as an eighth grader my mother cried long time ago today even as a president when I need to go on trips she still cries because he's emotional but I want to recognize my mother today for the woman that she is in raising a big family and you know the family that I brought with you this morning is just the tip of the iceberg if we bring the entire family they will occupy the sheets that you are sitting in this morning every second couple that I want to recognize that today and they are my special kissed and they traveled from I believe P per than Oregon and I like us to recognize that David and Daisy both carry who are here can we give him a round of applause Dave Eiland takes a rock carry are two human beings who are so humble but we hold them a lot a lot of us who are here who are leaders and citizens David helped us out while we were sued our education at Eastern Oregon University and we thank you David and a support a being a parent like to most of us students were going to school at Eastern Oregon University thank you so much on behalf of vice president George first lady and when second lady George our families and the citizens of this great nation it is our greatest honor and pleasure to welcome you all throughout all the Federated States of Micronesia for those of you who are fishing for the first time we extend to you our warmest toilet reading you will be our guests for the next few days and we hope that you will take time to read your short stay to enjoy the paradise in our backyard I appoint this word paradise and pakiya in our backyard because it is literally literally true every time I go overseas and I come back I realize again how beautiful these islands are so welcome to our paradise our nation prides itself on its values of respect and hospitality and it is my wish that your time here will reflect those values thank you all for joining us on this momentous occasion to celebrate the newly elected leadership of our young nation and do the citizens from across our islands and overseas who are joining us on the radio on livestream kastlevania Len walk run on him mocha thin and welcome to your capital standing up here today this morning as your new president he said my success alone my family played a big role my constituents played a big role our Congress played a big role and you visitors play a big role today by joining us here on this historic and celebratory occasion may I ask that you please turn to your neighbor and take each other for being friends to the FSM and for making the FSM a nation with many friends around the world may I please ask that we turn to each other and shake hands and take each other I am beyond honored to have the opportunity to serve you my fellow citizens as your night president of our great nation the Federated States of Micronesia I was a student when the vision of an independent Micronesia came to be and when our constitutional government began 40 years ago our forefathers dreamed of a nation that exercised its sovereignty on a global level on international issues yet retained the deep respect and appreciation of its cultural and environmental heritage that's why the team for this administration is our actions today is our nation's prosperity tomorrow our founding fathers actions have secured our freedom and self-governance we owe them a debt of gratitude and we hope the democratic to all our founding fathers may I ask that we give all the citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia and those who are here visiting our country to give our founding fathers around the Falacci as a new generation of other day leaders in the modern day Micronesia we must now focus on our nation building process by building on those foundation and accomplishments of our forefathers who truly benefit our people to whom we are duty-bound to serve as your no president I believe that delivery is more important than any promise and so action speaks louder than today and I think the full up thing were singing a little while ago for reciting that action speaks louder than words I have been a public servant for most of my life in the department of foreign affairs as a foreign service officer as the deputy ambassador to our embassy in Fiji and later the very permanent ambassador to the mission to the United Nations in New York I served also as director of a department of resource management and development and most recently as a senator in the episode Congress I look forward to working closely with my esteemed colleagues and friends in the abyss of compressible to serve you each and every one of you my fellow citizens shortly after I became president I quickly learned at the walkway between the president's office and this compressed chamber he is called The Longest Yard even though the distance is short I suppose I suppose it has this name because of the difference in approach and political views that existed the to practice on policy matters my very first letter I signed as president was to speaker Ximena inviting him and members of Congress to join our recent and very successful trip to Washington DC I am confident that Congress's participation in the meetings played the final role in the overall success this initial step is a clear demonstration of my intent to change the perception of the distance between the two branches of government mr. speaker under my administration I intend to build the closeness work and relationship with you and the members of our compressor let me clarify myself my dear citizens I am your president which means I am your public servant I will serve to protect you and your interests I will work with everyone the Congress the state leaders traditional leaders religious leaders non-governmental organizations the private sector and all of you my fellow citizens let me repeat myself our actions today is our nation's prosperity tomorrow so when I call on each and every one of you to take action today to make our nation prosperous tomorrow I will work with you you the hard-working farmer and fishermen you the hard-working teacher and mother you the student struggling and studying to become a lawyer a doctor an engineer for each and every one of you my fellow citizens my vision what I dream there is have to become he said that is fully United not just in words but in IDs Tamar demonstrated through actions I am a Micronesian before I am a Colbert vice-president charge he said my condition before he is a person Speaker Ximena is a Micronesian before he is a chookies and Senator figure is a my condition before he is a yuppies it's not that I want us to lose our individual island identities it's that only by recognizing that we are bound together can our canoe our nation arrive at its destination we are proud citizens of one nation which leads to a fundamental fundamental question that we must ask ourselves not this chapter of our nation building process where do we go from here and what is that destination on May 4th just a few days after I took my oath of office I received my dear friend this of julianka and he gave me three kids each symbolic individually the first gift which was in battle represent that a Micronesia can do a Micronesia canoes capacity to propel and guide its movement like how collaboration between the executive the legislative and the judicial judicial branches must prepare the nation forward the second gift which was a rope represented time the parts of a canoe together like how our leadership must unite the nation and create ties and pods with the product world unity and the third gift which wasn't bad represented in Micronesian Navigators star campus we're in the navigator late stones representing the various stars that will hide the canoe like our sense of unity and commitment must fight the nation to success it's in that spirit of working together that I would like to thank speaker seminar who has agreed to invite me to address the nation in our State of the Union message next May compress and our people deserve to know what the executive branch is doing why and how this administration will be transparent open and accountable I have begun to strengthen our citizens trust and confidence in our national leadership I will discipline astray ssin be transparent I will continue to expand the intensity of information releases from the national government thanks to you speaker seminar members of Congress my administration is pretty more staff on port to liaise with the state government and the world in our public information division to ensure that you know what we are doing why we are doing it and how we are doing it as your public servant I will ensure that there is no there is so much information about what's going on in our national government that we will find it as normal for too long it has been traditionally my tradition falsehood that nudity treated as a commodity something to be closely held guarded and used for advantage sometimes and for too long the National Pio or Public Information Office has been underutilized my administration has changed this tradition I will my administration be Hogan as you are aware we have made great strides and progress in laying the foundation for telecommunications productivity throughout the nation predominantly through the deployment of fiber optics cable which has reached our states of Yap Chu konpai and soon to reach beside we are presently beginning the expansion of connectivity to our hospitals to our schools to the businesses and homes and we will continue to exploit this capability by improving the ways in which we deliver government services in all sectors including health education infrastructure and finance to name a few additionally the national government will establish a standalone office of information technology all of this equates to over 100 million dollars of investment in this sector by the FSM government and the world time how will my administration be accountable I will seek to strengthen our national public affairs office by providing more staff and financial resources we will more frequently generate find us a lot of the reports on the use of public money your budget and also on the quality of the work being done in general through increasing number of performance audits to do all of this I need cooperation not only from the public servants within the national government but cooperation from each other every one of you the citizens of this nation working together with a unified vision and purpose will make our Islands another promised land my vision is for the FSM to become an even more eco friendly nation with our pristine environment and embodiment of our common heritage you arrived into our state of Donbas and I believe you've experienced our cream or Island charm through cooperation with our development partners and powerhouse philanthropic organizations we can protect and promote more than 1 million or our more than 1 million square miles of ocean and stunning terrestrial forests into a global sanctuary for preserved we are fortunate that we live in Paradise we are blessed with clean water and air fertile soil and healthy reefs majestic mountains and captivating sunrises and sunsets we can't take these for granted because they are a gift from above that's why I invited mr. Ted Wade and blue prosperity coalition to visit the FSM with myself and ever self-leadership and the state leadership we met a few days ago and discussed the partnership on ocean conservation between the nation and the blue prosperity coalition which includes the National Geographic Society the Wade foundation ocean 5 and dynamic planet among other outcomes the National Geographic Society will be conducting a research expedition across all forever sub States next year including using a film on their percent to be shown to a global audience it's exciting my fellow citizens and we'll be announcing the details of our work plan at the United Nations General Assembly in September this year the United States of America invented and created the first national part which was for us been called America's best idea the federated states of micronesia can invent the idea and be the first global heritage sanctuary among other things the creation of a Micronesian global sanctuary would demonstrate our unique commitment to compact climate change deforestation and ocean acidification environmental protection cannot be something we take lightly because as human beings we are merely transient occupants of this planet bestowed with the awesome responsibility to be it's guardians and protect and cart we must when we consider the 60% of the world's wildlife as perished in my lifetime and nearly 500 species apart extinct in the last century we must recognize that prosperity he said only synonymous with profit method and power science prosperity is also the health and vitality of our forests our oceans and our rich biodiversity our nation can be and must be and will be part of the global solution in the quest for environmental sustainability as specific Islanders we have depended on our subsistence as our livelihood for centuries and conservation has been commonplace since our ancestors unless action is taken today there will come a day where we will realize that we cannot eat money our position on climate change has been strong in the past it is strong today and will be stronger tomorrow in everyday life and this may sound naive there is nothing more powerful than kindness nothing more necessary than cooperation and nothing more important than love that's why with kindness cooperation and love in our common humanity we can protect our environment and make the world a better place for everyone our teachers our stalkers our builders our mothers our fathers our brothers our sisters our daughters and our sons carry on their shoulders a burden of wondering what will happen in 2023 and that's why my administration will emphasize that we begin and conclude negotiations for the compact of free association as amended with the United States our partners with whom we share an impurity partnership it is important to accomplish this sooner rather than later for the benefit of all we will remove the heavy burden of uncertainty and concern for the future and replace it with optimism confidence that we're moving in the right direction you may recall that 10 days after I was sworn into office I met with his Excellency Donald J Trump President of the United States of America from the meeting with President Trump and his senior officials our joint statement with the White House demonstrated our pledge that in no uncertain terms the United States position is to renew the expiring provisions of the compact during the visit I also met with members of the US Congress who expressed their support to extend the compact that they will be ready to take action both the executive and legislative branches of the US government demonstrated that our persistent and perpetual relationship remain actually the official national government has been preparing for negotiations through its own compact with few planning committee which is about to a point our chief negotiator and it stands ready to work with the US government on renewal of the expiring provisions of the compact I am very encouraged from the recent developments of positive statements presented during the oversight hearings by the US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources by representatives from the United States Department of State the US Department of Interior and the US Department of Defense and the UN DIC Government Accounting Accountability Office regarding the continuing interest into the United States in supporting the touring partnership with the freely associate States while I was in DC I had the honor to meet with secretary Pompeo of the US Department of State the first thing that secretary Pompeo said to me was how can we help you and we must have spoken for well over an hour with candid discussions and my fellow citizens the week from now from today secretary Pompeo will be visiting our nation at which time we will continue our discussions and pursuing the renewal of the expiring provisions of the compact which should be more favorable and accountable based on increasing needs and challenges facing our nation in health education and infrastructure while in DC I also had the pleasure of meeting with the Honorable Robert will give who's here with us today Thank You Secretary Mook raises today with his presence yesterday I have the honor to join secretary welcome in the wreath laying ceremony to pay respect to our veterans the US Armed Forces who are they of the men sacrifice it must be repeated that our citizens in the US Armed Forces are a key component of the relations with the u.s. they optimize our our enduring partnership and our shared values and we thank each and every one of our citizens who serve I am very grateful to know that the recent developments in the US Congress to Ana enacted Cova veterans we do Act which is legislation to enable our FSF veterans living within our country to access health care benefits in my meeting with Senator Lisa Murkowski chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources she clearly stated everyone onesearch the call to duty he's willing to serve and he's willing to serve with the Armed Forces should be afforded the opportunity to take advantage of the it's available to all feather ins regardless of where they live the FSM thanks all sponsors and co-sponsors of this act as we are aware there is a compact trust fund with approximately six hundred eighty million dollars invested it is predicted that this trust fund will not meet our nation's needs by 2023 a report issued last week but the u.s. GAO we reaffirmed this by noting that the trust fund is unlikely to replace expiring us prior resistance in this world while to know that we have a second and separate sovereign FSM trust fund my administration will give I priority to this trust fund it is of crucial importance that we strengthen our investment strategy in this part and we have in fact seen success in this area in the last four to five years we increased our sovereign trust fund from seven million to about two hundred sixty million dollars today the FSM has taken initiatives in partnership with the Micronesian which stores registration advisors hamare that is bringing non-traditional sources of income or funds into our country through registration of major corporations from Japan fifty percent of this corporate revenue and 20 percent of our fishing fees are earmarked for deposit into our sovereign FSM trust fund I congratulate Congress for their accomplishments to act and pass legislation that helps to accelerate our investments in to our episode trust fund with the priority that this administration is putting on the FSM trust fund I am inviting our development partners who join us in these efforts to build this platform for self-sufficiency in our future generations we are always humbled and grateful for the generosity of development of our development partners especially those who we have established a presence in our nation namely Australia People's Republic of China Japan and the United States of America we deeply appreciate each of them and this administration will continue to build stronger partnership with mutual benefits for all as a member of the global community we now we know that our world has many legitimate challenges facing it having known war we see these Pacific peoples have always had a unique way of working together with our land and sea where human life is deeply valued and where respect dignity and civility are adorned the MSF's location in the pacific lends itself to being vulnerable to policies and actions pursued by our large developed neighboring nations as a new president of our young and sovereign nation i am appealing to our larger develop partners for a sense of respect and recognition of the consequences that the Pacific island nations may face as you continue to pursue your national and international interests in our region and beyond to develop our economy we must acknowledge that we can sustain ourselves it won't be enough to ask others for help if an economy is a pot of gold then we by boots from each other we are generating internal world when we are importing goods from abroad we are taking wealth away from the body when we develop goods for export we are increasing the total amount of coke in the body I have recently visited the coconut processing facility in tena was indistinguishable this promising project for the FSM as the potential of exporting 1 million cabins of coconut oil annually do we recognize that opportunity to generate wealth in our nation is very challenging as a small island developing nation that's why in the coming months I'll be submitting to Congress a proposal to help develop an entity that would be available to businessmen and businesswomen with the tools they need to develop and implement their ideas with an emphasis on export oriented production and services such as the green banana paper in push ID fisheries remain their bishops most valuable natural resource as government revenue source of income as a source of city food security and as a source of income for our local fishermen maximizing our benefit from our tuna fisheries which is currently valued between 65 to 70 million dollars annually while ensuring its long-term sustainability management and development will be one of my administration's top priorities I will be working with our development partners and domestic fishing companies to invest in more on short development programs to create employment opportunities for you our citizens I will be directing our fisheries agency to develop and adopt the fisheries fisheries investment policy within the first year of my administration to ensure that we are making progress on generating revenue and incentivizing onshore development the most recent initiative is the ongoing construction of a fish processing plant in the state of Kasai which will continue or contribute greatly to precise economy you've likely heard me discuss national developments in terms of infrastructure a lot more recently and I visited the stellar chicken leadership recently to meet on this issue I during the Micronesian Islands Forum and during that meeting we discussed the backlog of our infrastructure funds under the compact of free association there are about 197 million dollars of funds source from the compact that have not been spent hi it will be a priority to work with our state leadership and the United States government in addressing how we can remedy the bottleneck under the Chipko process so the implementation of infrastructure projects can continue without delay under the state and national leadership conference which I plan to call later this year we will also address systemic constraints that causes these delays on the FSM side particularly with lag issues and technical capacities within our nation I'm going to ask that the majority of our incoming 60 million dollars from World Bank Frank funding for two road projects throughout our nation we are grateful for our development partners for developing our secondary roads in some of our states but we must develop a climate resilient road system throughout our entire nation it's a crucial part of our development us and as noted by the international development community it's it is transport infrastructure that accounts for the largest portion of economic losses following disasters in small island states our nation's development is a serious concern so so serious that we can't waste any time but development isn't merely about physical infrastructure and it isn't merely about money it's about people it's about the development of our human resources I am standing here in front of you today in part because I was privileged enough to have the opportunity to receive an education but education is not a privilege it's a human right which requires public servants teachers and administrators who are passionate and empathetic and leaders like like your president like your compressed who forgo any semblance of politics and focus strictly on what's best for children not just mine not just yours all children of today and future generations so that no one are left behind if the education system and our support for it means the complete and total support of what's in the best interest of children what can you and I do about this today and over the next four years it means increasing the amount of local funding to support the public education system so that our schools reach and exceed the requirements under the FSM accreditation process it means putting in more money for scholarships so that our students don't find themselves in a lifetime of debt for merely trying to improve themselves and contribute to society these are burdens that must be shared by the national and state governments and so I call on Congress to consider appropriating sufficient funding so that the national government meets its share of the burden if we want our children to become capable oh those who contribute to society then it leaves us all to take healthcare seriously ModNation presently has numerous health crisis from non communicable diseases like heart disease and diabetes to change due to challenges with antibiotic resistant bacteria and issues like sufficient parental care which is why Vice President George and I are putting our full support towards improving the health sector to campus I will receive new hospitals under the compact of free association infrastructure funds 60 million for truth and 19 million for kushai but that's not enough we must and we will endorse legislation that regulates who sells which medicines and how and when and why we will address the NCD crisis by producing legislation that increases import taxes and foods high in sugar and salt content as well as increasing taxes on tobacco and alcoholic products any legislation intended to benefit the citizens of this nation will only matter if we also enforce the laws we already have in place that's why my administration through its commitment to transparency and accountability he is going to ensure that the law reigns supreme we will build the transnational crime unit or rebuild the transnational crime unit we will join the International Criminal Police organization also known as in turbo we will strengthen our national state police force capacity and their morale the next step is a thorough review to determine what additional resources departments need to not only accomplish their mandates to protect and serve our nation but to also do so in a way that ensures customs immigration quarantine and police officers can be productive in their world my fellow citizens I have been I have seen the looks on your faces when you talk about 2023 so I tell you today that by May twenty twenty three at the end of my current term our nation will be brighter I believe than the stars that navigate us from island to island we will make it happen you and I together because we are responsible for who we are and who we are is Micronesian singing the same song as we panel together this is a new day and a new era a sense tribe in our constitution which turned 40 just a couple of months ago our nation seeks peace cooperation friendship and love in our common humanity as a con man woman once said the world is round so that it may be encircled with friendship and bounce back from any challenge our unites our nation is united and it will never know separation or division as your president I will serve you as I will ask that you serve each other I am your public servant and the personification of our nation and home and abroad and I am honored and proud to be your guardian I am resolved to work closely with our Congress we serve you and world to meet your needs the task of nation-building it's the fundamental one and so I will ask for cooperation from the political leadership the traditional leadership and from you my fellow citizens thank you all for being here today for being a part of this historic occasion for for being part of this historic occasion for our new leadership your presence enhances these inaugural events and for those who are joining us from afar we extend to you our thanks and sincere appreciation for being part of this celebratory occasion my fellow citizens I encourage you to continue remaining engaged and interact in interacting with your government as we take action today for our nation's prosperity tomorrow and I repeat again before I conclude my remarks our team is to take action today for our nation's prosperity tomorrow I thank you all for coming to this inaugural celebration on behalf of the vice president speaker and that our leadership of this nation we thank you all for joining this celebration and I can't welcome you to the Highland and look forward to seeing you in this evening's social event Salameh come on our chorizo chopper whoo low morale up and thank you all for giving me the opportunity to deliver my inaugural address thank you so much [Applause] Thank You mr. president for reminding us of the value of family unity and what servant leadership actually looks like if you thought you missed your chance to dance up to the stage earlier don't worry because now I invite our brothers and sisters all the way from the beautiful island of the Gooch to uplift our celebration and song [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you very much to our brothers and sisters from the islands of the Kuniyoshi we please give them another round of applause we are now nearing the end of our ceremony today I now invite Reverend million nett to lead us in benediction voiceover focus up so now can go without continuous I mighty chorus Preston McCulloch Tyler said get down may we all rise for the benediction let us pray for a nation in need of church and compassionate leaders leadership we pray for justice and compassion in leadership for people in need of direction and assurance we pray for wisdom and prudence in leadership for people in need of unity we pray for the value of humility and servanthood in leadership for a world in war and conflict we pray for peace and forgiveness among people a nation for a world full of greed and corruption we pray for the gift of honesty for a world in poverty and under we pray for sharing and compassion for a world of sorrow and sadness we pray for joy and laughter now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy to God our Savior who alone is wife the glory and Majesty the median and power both now and forever amen ladies and gentlemen friends and family this brings us to the end of our joint national and moderation ceremony I'd like to take this time to thank you all again for sharing in this occasion with us and I would also like to thank all of our donors who have helped make this day possible without it they wouldn't have been able to bring me over from Juke and they would not be right if I do not thank you your excellency mr. president and your administration for your show of faith and valued place and our nation's youth by trusting this moment to me I've taken stages around the world and back and I have known no greater honor than this moment right here Madonna love everybody this is the end of our ceremony god bless the Federated States of Micronesia [Applause] please note that lunch is being served for the general public out here on the premises and for our newly inaugurated leaders and invited guests please make your way for some refreshments and essential facilities [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music]

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