Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands

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The Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands is an international agreement that establishes the Marshall Islands as a sovereign nation in free association with the U.S., granting the U.S. strategic military access and certain defense responsibilities in exchange for economic assistance and other benefits.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf free association agreement ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs COFA between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
basedOn United Nations trusteeship termination arrangements for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
contains mutual consent provisions regarding changes to defense arrangements ⓘ
provisions on dispute resolution between the parties ⓘ
provisions on termination and amendment of the Compact ⓘ
country1 United States of America ⓘ
country2 Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Islands
definesStatusOf Republic of the Marshall Islands as a sovereign nation in free association with the United States ⓘ
establishesRelationship free association ⓘ
frameworkFor Marshallese access to certain U.S. domestic programs ⓘ
Marshallese citizens’ ability to live, work, and study in the United States without a visa ⓘ
U.S. financial assistance to the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
governs economic relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
political relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
security relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
grants United States defense responsibilities for the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
United States military access to the territory of the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
United States strategic denial rights over the territory of the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
includes provisions on defense and security ⓘ
provisions on economic assistance ⓘ
provisions on environmental and health matters related to U.S. activities ⓘ
provisions on immigration and labor ⓘ
legalBasisFor U.S. use of Kwajalein Atoll for military purposes ⓘ
obligates United States to defend the Republic of the Marshall Islands as if it were part of the United States ⓘ
provides certain migration privileges for Marshallese citizens to the United States ⓘ
economic assistance from the United States to the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
federal program assistance from the United States to the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
purpose to provide a framework for the post‑trusteeship relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
region Pacific Ocean ⓘ
relatedTo Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau ⓘ
shortName U.S.–Marshall Islands Compact of Free Association ⓘ
subjectArea Pacific Islands politics ⓘ
U.S. foreign relations ⓘ
international law ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
subjectOf strategic military arrangements in the North Pacific ⓘ

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Compact of Free Association with the United States → hasPart → Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia → relatedTo → Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands → shortName → U.S.–Marshall Islands Compact of Free Association ⓘ
linked to: Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands → alsoKnownAs → COFA between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
linked to: Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Bikini Atoll descendants → beneficiaryOf → Compact of Free Association trust funds ⓘ
linked to: Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands