Protocol to the Guam International Agreement

Protocol to the Guam International Agreement in 2013

United States views on international law [1] in relation to Protocol to the Guam International Agreement: On October 3, 2013, Secretaries Kerry and Hagel and their Japanese counterparts signed a Protocol to amend the Guam International Agreement (“GIA”) between the United States and Japan, which originally entered into force in 2009. In the original GIA, Japan agreed to contribute up to $2.8 billion (in U.S. fiscal year 2008 dollars) in cash for facilities and in this world legal Encyclopediastructure on Guam to support the move of 8,000 Marines and their dependents from Okinawa to Guam. The GIA also linked the construction of facilities on Guam to Japanese actions to complete the Futenma Replacement Facility (“FRF”) on Okinawa. Following changes to plans for the realignment of U.S. troops announced in 2012, the United States and Japan agreed to amend the GIA to delink Guam relocation from progress on the FRF, to update the financial figures and certain logistical details, and to address Japan's funding for the construction of training ranges in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Protocol is available at (Secretary of State website) state.gov/s/l/c8183.htm.

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1. Protocol to the Guam International Agreement in the Digest of United States Practice in International Law