ire another outside the e citizens is tizen while after if he TItOry resi- granted to age. To be have been > of whom tained his Territory. come citi‘ligible for r naturali- sidents of luously in st 5 years OTTa immediately prior to application for citizenship. Naturalized citizens enjo y the same status as natural born citizens. To date some 165 individual s have been granted Territory citizenship through naturalization. PART Il The High Commissioner may grant non-Micronesian immigrants permanent residencestatus. Citizens and resident noncitizens of the Territory can acquire U.S. citi zenship in the same manner as do other immigrants to the United States. INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL RELATIONS The same laws govern all resi dents in the Territory whether they are munzens, resident noncitiz ens, or visi- ors. e Third Regular Session of the Congress of Microsia in Joint Session listens to the High Commisners State of the Territory Mes sage. International Relations The Trust Territory cooperates with the United Nations and its specialized agencies as well as with other international organizations. Official relations with international organizations are conducted through the U.S. Department of State. A list of international agreements applying to the Territory in 1968 appears in Appendix A. During the year under review, the director of Land Management attended a 2-week International Seminar on Land Taxation, Land Tenure, and Land Reform in Developing Countries, held in Taiwan and sponsored by the Republic of China in conjunction with the United Nations. Recipients of U.N. fellowships during the year were the mayor of Koror, who studied public administra- tion in the Philippines, New Zealand, and Western Samoa; and a Mariana Islands District administrative assistant, who studied public administration in the Philippines. To date, 43 MicroFiscal Year 1968 nesians have received U.N. fellowships for observation and training outside the Territory. The Territory is part of the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). The Department of Public Health uses standards of the WHO in such areas as communicable disease reporting and quarantine regulations. The WHO provides to the Territory fellowship assistance, services of technical experts, and invitations to attend specialized training courses and conferences. Micronesians who traveled abroad this year to study under WHO auspices were: two sanitarians on 1-year fellowships for sanitation at the Fiji Medical School; two dental officers, for dental health, in Australia; the Yap district director of public health, for public health administration, in the Philippines; the Ponape district director of: public health, for public health admin- istration, in Hawaii; the Marianas health educator, for health education, in New Guinea; and the head nurse in the Marshalls, for post-graduate 11 cote wm RNRn me ON ee a it SOR oe Se not ogre rere