US State Department Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

US $ for Nitijela

By Journal on September 25, 2025 Chewy Lin, Christopher Landau, Giff Johnson, Hilda Heine, Leilani Macquinn, Nitijela, Samuel Paparo, US Congress, US State Department News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON There were three major outcomes of the high-level United States government visit to Majuro last week. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo led a delegation for an overnight visit to Majuro that included talks with President Hilda Heine and her Cabinet, tours of fisheries operations, and an […]

US quits fish treaty

By Journal on January 22, 2016 FFA, fish treaty, James Movick, Transform Aquorau, US State Department, Wez Norris, William Gibbons-Fly News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON The US government officially announced it is pulling out of the US Pacific islands fisheries treaty, a move that will take effect in 12 months, according to the terms of the nearly 30-year old deal. The US State Department advised the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) this past weekend that it had officially communicated […]