Official name of the country: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Official language: Marshallese

Official name of Parliament: (Technically, a bicameral system exists, although only the elective Nitijela is the
supreme legislative authority, whereas the advisory Council of Iroij tenders advice
on matters affecting customary law and practice)
Official names of Chambers: Iroij (1)
(Council of Chiefs)
Nitijela (2)
(National Parliament)
Member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
There is no parliamentary library

2. Address
Nitijela of the Marshall Islands
Parliament Building
P.O. Box 24
Uliga
Majuro 96960
Tel.: *(692)6253793 ext 229
Fax: *(692)6253687

6. Parliamentary documents
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(updated in April 1995)