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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 subse-

quent to completion of the following:
(a)

Approval by the Government of the Marshall Islands or the

(b)

Conduct of the plebiscite referred to in Section 412; and

Federated States of Micronesia in accordance with its constitutional processes;

(c)
Approval by the Government of the United States in accordance with its constitutional processes.
Section 412

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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.

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