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COMMONWEALTH OF 



THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 



Statement of Jesus C. Borja 



June 1, 1995 



THE SPECIAL REPCESamTNE OF 



TKE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITS STATES 



and 



THE SPECIAL tEPtESENTATNES OF 



THE OMEttat OF 



THE OMOM ALTH OF THE HOtTHEKH HAKIAHA ISLANDS 



April 12, 1990 



The Honorable George Bush 



The President of the United States 



The White House 



1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 



Washington, D.C. 



Dear Mr. President: 



The Special Representative of the President of the United 

 States and the Special Representatives of the Governor of the 

 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, appointed pursuant 

 to Section 902 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 

 Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States 

 of America, met and conferred at the Eighth Round of Consultations 

 pursuant to Section 902 in Saipan, on April 9 through 12, 1990. 

 The Special Representatives considered the issues raised by the 

 Commonwealth in its position paper regarding the Tuna Fishery 

 submitted in these consultations on November 23, 1986. 



The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands tuna fishery 

 has been exclude from the South Pacific Tuna Treaty, signed on 

 April 2, 1987 and from the Convention for the Prohibition of 

 fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific, signed on 

 November 23, 1989. As a result, the Commonwealth's tuna stocks are 

 isolated among the only unregulated tuna resources in the Pacific 

 Region. We are pleased to jointly recommend that, pursuant to 

 Section 904 of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 

 Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States 

 of America, approved by U.S. Public Law 94-241, the Commonwealth 

 of the Northern Mariana Islands be included and participate in all 

 future negotiations related to the conservation and management of 

 tuna in the Pacific Region. We further recommend that the United 

 States undertake to assist the Commonwealth to conserve and manage 

 its tuna resources for the benefit of the people of the Northern 

 Mariana Islands. 



The Commonwealth's other proposals to resolve the tuna issue 

 are still the subject of consultation, and we intend to make 

 further recommendations on this subject in the near future. 



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