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: : : (http://www.enenkio.org)SIR. Welcome to the EnenKio Online Network : These pages, this website, the former web host (NetNation), the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio and the people loyal to the king of Eneen-Kio Atoll have been subjected to a wide ortment of deliberate disruptive actions by persons and agencies of the federal government of the United States. : The reasons for these attacks are unknown, as EnenKio seeks only peace and the freedom to express the fundamental rights of the people of EnenKio, its monarch and the imperatives bestowed upon us by our loving Creator. : The following site has been restored to acquaint you with history, claims and challenges we face as a people striving for equality in a world of antagonist nations seeking egocentric goals to dominate lesser nations as "savior." : ENTER NOW : Send questions about this site to Administrator.  Copyright 2001 - All Rights Reserved. : Background Photo: Courtesy EnenKio Archives : "Pea Point, Wake Island" : : : : The following electronic message contains an urgent Diplomatic : : Communiqué and solicits your immediate attention. If it has reached you : : in error, please forward it to the proper state authority with sincere : : appreciation from H.M. King Hermios, residing in exile. : : * # * # * # * # * # * # BEGIN # * # * # * # * # * # * : : Your Excellency: : : Recent articles defaming the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio have : : been maliciously published under the guise of a Marshall Islands : : government warning against "fraudulent claims". We have once more : : admonished the writer of the articles in the Marshall Islands for : : disregarding indisputable facts which clearly discredit his biased report. : : We urge you to disregard all discourse in the media regarding the : : Kingdom of EnenKio which are not validated. To that end, you are : : cordially invited to contact this office with your specific questions or : : concerns. For your advice, the following statement was issued by the State : : Secretary of the Kingdom in reply: : : The Kingdom has never knowingly made any fraudulent claim whatsoever. : : No claim we have made has ever been shown to be fraudulent, nor has any : : claim ever come under or faltered from a challenge by anyone anywhere in the : : world. We are working vigorously to regain occupation of the ancestral : : property of H.M. King Hermios, to resolve the virtual "state of war" that : : exists with the United States government and to be accepted as an honorable : : state among nations. : : The Kingdom does not pretend to be "erting authority over land…within : : the geographical and political boundaries…" of the RMI. We are however : : striving to expel the armed imperialistic invasion forces of the United States : : from the shores of EnenKio Atoll so natural Marshallese supremacy can be : : reestablish there. As to allegations of fraud and constitutional violation, no : : one has dared to come forward with any such a charge. We say, let the issue : : be played out in the People's venue for the record, not in a libelous weekly : : publication. While we do not wear our brief history on our shirtsleeves, our : : raison d'être is clearly mandated in the Preamble to the Constitution of : : EnenKio, which can be seen at our web site: : : http://www.enenkio.wakeisland.org. : : Referencing the news article in the Marshall Islands Journal entitled : : "'Kingdom of EnenKio sets up in New Zealand," of May 1st, the editor was : : advised, contrary to his report, that neither pports nor driver licenses can : : be purchased from the Kingdom's web site. The Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll : : DOES NOT SELL PPORTS! If you have evidence to the contrary, our : : Foreign Ministry would appreciate your furnishing it to them so steps can be : : taken immediately to investigate the matter. You are advised if anyone sells : : or offers to sell an EnenKio pport, that such an act is patently . : : The published statement: "The group…claims to represent Iroijlaplap Murjel : : Hermios and the atolls of the Ratak chain…", is wholly false. I have : : explained this matter to the editor on several prior occasions and ample : : information is available at our internet site to refute the statement. The : : Kingdom does not represent any area outside of its territorial boundaries, as : : the Ratak atolls surely are. Contrary to their libelous statements, the : : Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll was not "created" by Robert Moore and he is not a : : "Honolulu-based attorney. H.M. King Murjel Hermios is the acknowledged : : hereditary Iroijlaplap of the northern Ratak atolls and is also First Monarch : : of the Kingdom, not of his own choice, but by a legal process and free choice : : of our citizens who participated in the founding of the nation in 1994. Such a : : noble and peaceful beginning is not too uncommon in world history. : : "Enenkio" (actually Enen-kio or Eneen-Kio, in reference to the atoll itself) is : : the first Marshallese name for a Marshallese atoll located roughly 300 miles : : north of Bok-ak (Taongi) Atoll. "Wake" is a fictitious moniker applied to the : : rediscovered Enen-kio atoll by unknown western society writers. : : The following is excerpted from a letter to the Secretary-General of the : : United Nations and is hereby offered for your highest consideration and : : eminent acceptance: : : Re: Notice of Accession to Hague Convention I for Pacific Settlement of : : International : : Disputes (1898) [UKTS 9 (1901) Cd. 798]; and Hague Convention for : : Pacific Settlement of International Disputes (1907) [UKTS 6 (1971 Cmnd. : : 4575]. : : Now Be It Hereby known, that the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls : : of the Marshall Islands who holds native and aboriginal title over the atoll : : of EnenKio (incorrectly referred to as Wake, Wilkes and Peale Islands) as : : noted in the United Nations Constitution on Indigenous Peoples Rights, as : : Monarch of the Kingdom of EnenKio, hereby accedes as a "State" to the: : : Hague Convention I for Pacific Settlement of International : : Disputes (1898) [UKTS 9 (1901) Cd. 798]; and : : : : Hague Convention for Pacific Settlement of International : : Disputes (1907). [UKTS 6 (1971 Cmnd. 4575] : : [hereinafter collectively the "Conventions"]; said Conventions to apply to, : : inter alia, the Atoll of EnenKio (The Kingdom of EnenKio) and the Atolls of : : the Northern Ratak Atolls of the Marshall Islands; being Taongi, Aowan, : : Bikar, Utirik, Takar, Aur, Maloelap, Wotje, Erikub and Ailuk. : : It is intended by this Notice that the Kingdom of EnenKio be and hereby is : : an acceding "party" to the Convention, as the term "party" is signified in : : the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties UN DOC. A/CONF. 39/27, : : (1969), 63 A.J.I.L. 875 (1969), 8 I.L.M. 679 (1969) at Article 2, Paragraphs : : 1(a), (b) and (g), and Article 11. : : Furthermore, it is intended for purposes of this Notice that the Kingdom of : : EnenKio be treated as a Sovereign State with full "political existence of the : : state independent of recognition by other states" as expressly stated in the : : Convention on Rights and Duties of States, 49 Stat. 3097, T.S. 881, 165 : : L.N.T.S. 19, 3 Bevans 145, done at Montevideo, Uruguay on December 26, : : 1934 which states at Articles 2 and 3: : : "The federal state shall constitute a sole person in the eyes of international : : law." : : "The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by other : : states. Even before recognition the state has the right to defend its integrity : : and independence, to provide for its conservation and prosperity, and : : consequently to organize itself as it sees fit, to legislate upon its own : : interests, administer its services, and define the jurisdiction and : : competence of its courts." : : : : This Notice of Accession is respectfully given in accordance with the : : expressed statements made at the First Conference of Members of the : : Court, Permanent Court of Arbitration, Peace Palace, The Hague, 10 and : : 11 September 1993 "Summary of Views" at Page 4, Paragraph 14, to wit: : : ManyStates are not parties to either Convention. The PCA, and : : Government of the Netherlands as the depository of the Conventions, : : should continue their efforts to encourage States to become Parties to : : the Conventions. The Secretary-General was invited to develop a : : doentation package to facilitate the procedure for accession. In : : the course of discussion, one Member indicated his Government's : : intention to shortly accede to the Convention. : : Furthermore these rights are respectfully requested under Resolution 1514, : : on the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Territories : : and Peoples, adopted in 1960, which states: : : The subjugation of peoples to alien subjugation, domination and : : exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is : : contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to : : the promotion of world peace and cooperation. : : All peoples have the right to self-determination; by virtue of that right : : they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their : : economic, social and cultural development. . . . : : Immediatesteps shall be taken, in Trust and Non-Self-Governing : : Territories or all other territories which have not yet attained : : independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of those territories, : : without any conditions or reservations, in accordance with their freely : : expressed will and desire, without any distinction as to race, creed or : : color, in order to enable them to enjoy complete independence and : : freedom. : : Notice is hereby further given that the Kingdom of EnenKio requests : : immediate access to the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to : : settle matters of the occupation by the United States Government of : : EnenKio Atoll (Wake, Wilkes and Peale Islands) in order to peacefully : : adjudicate the disputes by arbitration. : : It is further hereby proclaimed that the Government of the Kingdom of : : EnenKio shares the opinion of the Members of the Permanent Court of : : Arbitration, Peace Palace, The Hague, who participated in the First : : Conference of Members of the Court on 10 and 11 September 1993 : : expressed in the "Summary of Views" that "Peaceful settlement of : : international disputes is the cornerstone of international law," and further : : the Members' comments found at Page 4, Paragraph 15, to wit: : : Lackof financial resources should not prevent a party from having : : recourse to the PCA. It would therefore be useful to create a fund out : : of which parties with limited resources could be compensated in some : : measure for the costs they incur in connection with proceedings before : : the PCA. Consideration should also be given to providing the services of : : the PCA in arbitration taking place at locations other than The Hague, : : e.g., at regional arbitration centers like Cairo or Kuala Lumpur, or : : even in the territory of a developing country party to a dispute, if the : : parties to the dispute so agree. [Emphasis added] : : Please take further notice that authorized representatives of the : : Government of the Kingdom of EnenKio have previously attempted to : : access courts in the Hague without success to put forward, and have : : adjudicated, the case over the settlement and seizure of EnenKio : : Atoll. : : EnenKio Atoll has a historic place in Marshallese tradition and has been, : : until the more recent occupation by the United States Government, : : controlled by the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls whose ancestor : : by hereditary right is the Honorable Murjel Hermios. : : To this effect be it known that 1960 Declaration formed the basis of the UN : : decolonization practice, and, in 1963, the General embly established : : what became known as the Decolonization Committee, to ist in the : : implementation of the Declaration. : : In 1975, the ICJ considered the status of the right to self-determination in : : its advisory opinion in the Western Sahara Case.(10) Since the 1880s, : : Western Sahara had been a Spanish colony. In 1966 the General embly : : decided that Spain should hold a referendum to enable the population of : : the territory to exercise freely its right of self-determination. Before the : : referendum was held, however, both Morocco and Mauritania erted : : claims to Western Sahara on the basis of "historic title" predating Spain's : : colonization in the 19th century. The General embly requested an : : advisory opinion from the ICJ on the question of the legal ties between : : Western Sahara and Morocco and Mauritania. In the course of its opinion, : : the Court considered the basic principles governing the de-colonization : : policy of the General embly. : : . . . . As the Court stated in its Advisory Opinion of 21 June 1971 [in : : the Namibia case], : : . . . the subsequent development of international law in regard to non- : : self-governing territories, as enshrined in the Charter of the United : : nations, made the principle of self-determination applicable to them : : all. (1971 ICJ 31) : : The principle of self-determination as a right of peoples, and its : : application for the purpose of bringing all colonial situations to a : : speedy end, were enunciated in the Declaration on the Granting of : : Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. . . . The : : [Declaration] thus confirms and emphasizes that the application of : : the right of self-determination requires a free and genuine expression : : of the will of the peoples concerned. . . . : : Generalembly resolution 1514 provided the basis for the process of : : decolonization which has resulted since 1960 in the creation of many : : States which are today Members of the United Nations. It is : : complemented by General embly resolution 1541. . . . The latter : : resolution contemplates for non-self-governing territories more than : : one possibility, namely: : : (a) emerge as a sovereign independent State; : : (b) free ociation with an independent State; of : : (c) integration with an independent State. : : The validity of the principle of self-determination, defined as the need : : to pay regard to the freely expressed will of peoples, is not affected by : : the fact that in certain cases the General embly has dispensed with : : the requirement of consulting the inhabitants of a given territory. : : Those instances were based either on the consideration that a certain : : population did not constitute a "people" entitled to self-determination : : or on the conviction that a consultation was totally unnecessary, in : : view of special cirstances. . . . : : The pronouncements of the Court thus indicate that a norm of : : international law has emerged applicable to the de-colonization of those : : non-self-governing territories which are under the aegis of the United : : Nations. In this case we call for the immediate evacuation of the island of : : EnenKio by the United States Government and the return of the island to : : the Iroijlaplap of the Northern Ratak Atolls and the Monarch of the : : Kingdom of EnenKio, H.M. King Murjel Hermios. : : * # * # * # * # * # * # END OF DOENT # * # * # * # * # * # * : : Correspondence concerning this Notice of Accession or any other matter : : may be directed to the State Secretary, at the following address : : : Government of the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll : : Post Office Box 8441 : : Honolulu, Hawaii, USA : : 96830-0441 : : In closing, the government of the Kingdom of EnenKio Atoll wishes to avail : : itself of this opportunity to renew to your Excellency the urances of its : : highest consideration. : : Cordially yours, : : Cap'n Kermit Rydell

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