On this day, 39 years ago, October 21, 1986 (September 18, 1986 in the lunar calendar), the Marshall Islands became independent. Marshall Islands Residential Marshall Islands is an island country located in the central Pacific Ocean, part of the Micronesia Islands. About 3200 kilometers southwest of Hawaii and about 2100 kilometers southeast of Guam. The sea adjacent areas are Wake Island in the north, Nauru in the south, Federated States of Micronesia in the west and Kiribati in the southeast. The capital, Majuro Marshall Islands was once occupied by Spain, Germany, Japan, and the United States. Its predecessor was one of the four political entities in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands entrusted by the United States. During the U.S. trusteeship period, the Marshall Islands were an important nuclear and missile testing base for the United States. The United States conducted 67 nuclear tests here, 23 of which were carried out on the country's Bikini Atoll, which made Bikini famous around the world. The Marshallese are a species of Micronesia, and their ancestors can be traced back to South Asians who moved to the island long ago. In 1529, Spanish navigator Alvaro Desavedra came to the Marshall Islands before other Europeans, and in 1592 Spain claimed the Marshall Islands. In 1788, John Marshall, captain of the British "Scamal", landed ashore to seek supplies while passing through the archipelago on his way from Sydney's Botanical Bay to China. So a Russian hydrologist later named the entire archipelago the Marshall Islands. After that, it was not until the 1820s that the Marshall Islands began to have more contact with the outside world, when whalers from the United States often went there in search of food and water. In the 1860s, American missionaries arrived in batches from Hawaii to the Marshall Islands. Then came some businessmen from the United States and Germany, who set up companies here, mainly dealing in copra and fishing. The Marshall Islands became a German protectorate in 1886(1885) and are protected by German New Guinea. In 1899, Germany purchased the Marshall Islands and its adjacent Caroline Islands and Northern Mariana Islands from Spain. The Marshall Islands were occupied by Japan in the early days of the First World War. After the war, Japan entrusted the Islands under the authorization of the League of Nations; During World War II, the Marshall Islands became Japan's base for operations in the Pacific. Japan used it as a base to fight against the U.S. military and occupied neighboring Nauru and Kiribati. In 1944, the US military expelled the Japanese army, occupied the Marshall Islands, and imposed military control on them. In July 1947, the United Nations handed over the Marshall Islands to the United States as part of the United Nations Pacific Islands Strategic Trust Territory. Later, together with the Republic of Palau, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, it formed the four political entities in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. In 1951, the Marshall Islands was changed from U.S. Navy jurisdiction to civil administration. After 1965, calls for self-government in the Marshall Islands grew louder. In 1969, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau together began negotiations with the United States on future political status. In 1979, the Marshall Islands vetoed the referendum on the Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia, established a self-governing government and prepared to establish a country. In March, the Constitution was adopted. On May 1, the Constitution of the Marshall Islands officially came into effect and a constitutional government was established. In 1980, the Marshall Islands signed an agreement with the United States to implement internal self-government. On June 25, 1983 (May 30, 1982), the 15-year Treaty of Free Association was finally signed with the United States. In September, the treaty was adopted by referendum. On January 14, 1986, the Treaty of Free Association was ratified by the United States Congress. In May, the United Nations Trusteeship Council formally agreed to suspend the trusteeship. On October 21, the Treaty of Free Association officially entered into force. According to this treaty, the Republic of the Marshall Islands is independent, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands has its domestic and foreign autonomy and autonomous status recognized by the United States. However, its foreign policy must be consistent with the guiding principles stipulated in the treaty. The United States will retain overall authority over the security and defense of the islands, that is, defense will be the sole responsibility of the United States. At the same time, new immigration and nationality laws are implemented. Citizens hold passports of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, but there are no restrictions on immigration to the United States. In addition to political relations, the Treaty of Free Association also stipulates the conditions for U.S. financial assistance and other forms of assistance (totaling US$700 million for 15 years) over the next 15 years, as well as environmental protection, trade, taxation and other issues. After 15 years, the Treaty can be extended with the consent of both parties. The Marshall Islands can also unilaterally request suspension of the treaty and choose full independence or other forms of political status. However, the defense powers and economic obligations of the United States must be extended until the expiration of 15 years. The treaty also stipulates that the United States will retain military bases on the island for at least 15 years, and the United States provides annual economic assistance to the Marshall Islands for this purpose. The treaty is reviewed and revised every 15 years, but the status of the Free United Nations never changes. You can join regional organizations, but not the United Nations. On December 22, 1990, the United Nations Security Council held a formal meeting and passed a resolution to terminate the Trusteeship Agreement for some of the Pacific Trust Territory, formally ending the trusteeship status of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. On September 17, 1991, the Republic of the Marshall Islands became a full member of the United Nations. On November 16, 1990, the Marshall Islands formally established diplomatic relations with China, and diplomatic relations were cut off in 1998. Blue sea, blue sky, beach, sunset scenery, fish school shuttling among corals, beautiful scenery of Marshall Islands Cemetery, Laura Beach, Marshall Islands