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 PUBLIC LAW 99-239—JAN. 14, 1986

99 STAT. 1827

United States and to the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia in accordance with its constitutional processes. TITLE FOUR GENERAL PROVISIONS Article I Approval and Effective Date Section 411 This Compact shall come into effect upon mutual agreement between the Government of the United States, acting in fulfillment of its responsibilities as Administering Authority of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Government of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia and subsequent to completion of the following: (a) Approval by the Government of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia in accordance with its constitutional processes. (b) Conduct of the plebiscite referred to in Section 412. (c) Approval by the Government of the United States in accordance with its constitutional processes. Section 412 A plebiscite shall be conducted in each of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia for the free and voluntary choice by the peoples of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands of their future political status through informed and democratic processes. The Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia shall each be considered a voting jurisdiction, and the plebiscite shall be conducted under fair and equitable standards in each voting jurisdiction. The Administering Authority of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, after consultation with the Governments of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, shall fix the date on which the plebiscite shall be called in each voting jurisdiction. The plebiscite shall be called jointly by the Administering Authority of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the other Signatory Government concerned. The results of the plebiscite in each voting jurisdiction shall be determined by a majority of the valid ballots cast in that voting jurisdiction. Article II Conference and Dispute Resolution Section 421 The Government of the United States shall confer promptly at the request of the Government of the Marshall Islands or the Federated States of Micronesia and any of those Governments shall confer promptly at the request of the Government of the United States on matters relating to the provisions of this Compact or of its related agreements.

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