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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



economic zone adjacent to the Northern Marianas for the benefit 

 of the people of the Commonwealth. The President's Special Rep- 

 resentative also agreed to support the Commonwealth's participa- 

 tion, subject to the approval of and in cooperation with the 

 United States, in regional and international agreements for the 



conservation and management of fisheries and other marine re- 



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 sources. At the same time, the President's Special Representa- 

 tive joined the Commonwealth's representatives in a letter to 

 President Bush, recommending that the Commonwealth participate in 

 all negotiations related to conservation and management of tuna 

 in the Pacific region and that the United States assist the Com- 

 monwealth in conserving and managing its tuna resources for the 



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Special Representative of the President of the United States 



& Special Representatives of the Governor of the Commonwealth of 

 the Northern Mariana Islands, Memorandum of Agreement on Ocean 

 Rights and Resources (April 12, 1990), reprinted in Compilation 

 of Documents from the Eighth Round of the Covenant Section 902 

 Consultations 287 (1990). A copy of this agreement is attached 

 as Exhibit 1 to this statement. The Special Representatives also 

 agreed to "send to the President a joint recommendation that the 

 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has authority to 

 conserve, manage, and control the marine resources in the waters 

 and seabed of the territorial sea and exclusive economic zone of 

 the Commonwealth." Agreements After the Eighth Round of Consul- 

 tations (April 12, 1990), reprinted in Compilation of Documents 

 from the Eighth Round of the Covenant Section 902 Consultations 

 293, 295 (1990). 



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