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	Pacific Islands forum - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		The Pacific Islands Forum (known until 27 October 2000 as the South Pacific Forum) is the key regional political organisation in the Pacific.
		The growing recognition of the Forum's role as an important channel by which the Pacific island countries express their collective views on international issues and maintain contact with countries and organisations outside the region is reflected in the development of an annual Post-Forum Dialogue with selected non-regional parties.
		Pacific Plan to create stronger and deeper links within the region and to identify the sectors where the region could gain most from sharing resources of governance and aligning policies.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/spacific/regional_orgs/spf.html (1040 words)

	Pacific Plan ::
		We seek a Pacific region that is respected for the quality of its governance, the sustainable management of its resources, the full observance of democratic values, and for its defence and promotion of human rights.
		Pacific Leaders have called for the serious challenges facing the countries of the Pacific to be met through sharing scarce resources and aligning policies to strengthen national capacities to support their people.
		The Pacific Plan Task Force, managed by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General and consulting with a Core Group of Leaders, has developed the Pacific Plan, through broad-based national and regional consultations and was endorsed by Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in October 2005.
	www.pacificplan.org (765 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The administrative arm of the Pacific Islands Forum, known as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, is based in Suva, Fiji.
		Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s current programmes are aimed at promoting regional cooperation among member states through trade, investment, economic development, and political and international affairs.
		The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat was established initially as a ‘Trade Bureau’ in 1972, and later became the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (SPEC).
	www.forumsec.org.fj /about/spfs.htm (250 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum leaders approve plan on greater cooperation
		WELLINGTON, April 7 - Pacific Islands Forum leaders agreed on a Pacific plan at a special mini-summit in Auckland on Tuesday to give their formal backing to a report on a new "vision for the region" to focus on economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security.
		The Pacific Islands Forum, which was established in 1971, had its 34th meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, in August 2003.
		It comprises Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands,Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
	www.news.vu /en/news/RegionalNews/pacific-islands-forum-lea.shtml (703 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Pacific Islands Forum, formerly known as South Pacific Forum, offshoot of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, created in 1971 by heads of...
		The Marshall Islands is a member of the United Nations (UN), the Asian Development Bank, the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum.
		- meeting of states of Pacific region: an annual meeting involving the heads of the 16 independent and self-governing states in the Pacific region, held for the purpose of promoting political and economic cooperation.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Pacific_Islands_Forum.html (153 words)

	Pacific Island Regional Organizations
		The Pacific Islands Forum (Previously the South Pacific Forum) is comprised of the heads of government of the 16 independent island nations of the Pacific.
		The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is the regional technical and coordinating body responsible for environmental matters in the Pacific, with membership comprising 26 Pacific Island States, territories and metropolitan countries.
		Based at the Forum Secretariat in Suva, SPOCC is a voluntary association comprised of the heads of the eight regional organizations, the committee meets to discuss and co-ordinate regional activities.
	www.unescap.org /mced2000/pacific/background/regorg.htm (4421 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum report hints at economic union
		A Pacific Plan unveiled for the region raises questions about the long-term sovereignty of smaller countries struggling for their economic survival.
		The 60-page report released by 15 Pacific Island states yesterday does not explicitly spell out plans for a European-Union style structure for the region, but it indicates that an Australian-led wish for greater integration - which could eventually lead to a Pacific Union - is a strong option.
		The report, by diplomats and former politicians from the region, was prepared after last year's Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Auckland, and has long been suspected by more vulnerable states of driving a New Zealand and Australia agenda for the region.
	www.news.vu /en/news/RegionalNews/pacific-islands-forum-rep.shtml (733 words)

	FORUM COMMUNIQUÉ 2001
		The Forum observed a moment of silence in remembrance of the former Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the late Hon.
		Anniversary meeting of the Forum, endorsed the outcomes of the Forum Trade Ministers Meeting held in Apia, Samoa, from 27-28 June 2001, in particular the recommended texts of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) and the Pacific Island Countries Trade Agreement (PICTA) which were opened for signature at Nauru on 18 August 2001.
		The "Sustainable Development of the Pacific Island Countries" is the first of the three pillars of "Pacific Common Frontiers Initiative." In order to support the further development of multilateral network in the Pacific Islands, Japan hosted a seminar on the Pacific IT Promotion in January this year co-sponsored by UNDP and JICA.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/forumsec/docs/fc2001.htm (9777 words)

	Canberra presses its agenda at Pacific Islands Forum
		Much of the discussion at the Pacific Islands Forum is expected to centre on RAMSI’s future and the stand-off between the Australian and Solomon Islands governments.
		Urwin was first appointed at the 2003 Forum, after Canberra strong-armed the Pacific governments into voting for its man. This came just weeks after RAMSI forces were first deployed to the Solomons, and followed an intense discussion within Australian ruling circles over the future of its role in the Pacific.
		Pacific Island governments are also highly reluctant to agree to Canberra’s demand to attract more international investment by scrapping the traditional communal land holding arrangements which predominate in the region.
	wsws.org /articles/2006/oct2006/pac-o24.shtml (1811 words)

	Pacific Magazine: Pacific Notes
		A free trade agreement between Pacific ACP countries and the European Union (EU) will not be negotiated until the end of 2006, due to concerns that any negotiations on the issue will trigger off implementation of the Pacific Closer Economic Relations (PACER) agreement with Australia and New Zealand.
		Pacific members of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) grouping attended a meeting of the Joint Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiating teams in Nadi, Fiji on Sept. 10, the first of three years of intense negotiations.
		The plight of Pacific rugby has been a recurring issue since last year's World Cup and was again highlighted during the historic tour by the Pacific Islanders rugby team in July.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pm112004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0016 (2964 words)

	Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Pacific Ocean is a critical resource for the region, a fact well recognised by Pacific Island leaders, who in 2002 endorsed the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy.
		Pacific leaders directed the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific (CROP) to devise a plan for implementation of the policy.
		The policy reflects the Pacific region's collective awareness of the increasing number and severity of threats to the ocean environment, and the reality that sustainable economic and social development in the Pacific Islands depends on the wise use of the ocean and its shared resources.
	www.spc.org.nc /AC/artpirof.htm (1567 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organization which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests.
		It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum; the name was changed in 2000 to better reflect the correct geographic locations of its member states both in the north and south Pacific.
		The mission of Pacific Islands Forum is “to work in support of Forum member governments, to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the South Pacific by fostering cooperation between governments and between international agencies, and by representing the interests of Forum members in ways agreed by the Forum”.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum (839 words)

	ADB Calls for Pacific Plan to Focus on Governance and Creating Economic Opportunities
		He was announcing the publication of a joint ADB and Commonwealth Secretariat report to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Toward a New Pacific Regionalism, which was released on Friday.
		The report gives an overview of the issues and options for Pacific regionalism, and studies the potential costs and benefits of strengthening regional cooperation and integration under the Pacific Plan.
		Pacific leaders, in their 2004 Auckland Declaration, decided to create a Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration to assist the region to meet the Forum goals of economic growth, sustainable development, good governance, and security.
	www.adb.org /media/Articles/2005/8584_Pacific_governance (660 words)

	FORUM COMMUNIQUÉ 2000
		The Forum thanked Kiribati for hosting its first meeting in the new millennium and acknowledged with appreciation the warm welcome and generous hospitality provided to all delegations to the Forum and related meetings and for the arrangements made for its meetings.
		The Forum noted that the Economic Vulnerability Index adopted by ECOSOC has adequately catered for economic vulnerability, but it does not address environmental vulnerability, a consideration that is critically important for all Forum island member countries.
		Forum Leaders recognised the need in time of crisis or in response to members’ request for assistance, for action to be taken on the basis of all members of the Forum being part of the Pacific Islands extended family.
	www.sidsnet.org /pacific/forumsec/docs/fc2000.htm (5181 words)

	Australian prime minister bullies the Pacific Islands Forum
		There were plenty of ruffled feathers but none of the Pacific Island states—which are all heavily dependent on Australia and New Zealand for foreign aid, trade and investment—mounted any public challenge.
		While the Pacific Island leaders tried to thwart Howard’s attack on tradition and insist that the question be resolved by “consensus,” their pleas fell on deaf ears.
		Pacific Island leaders objected to the Australian dollar becoming the shared regional currency, recognising it would usher in a raft of budgetary, fiscal and financial obligations.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/aug2003/foru-a20.shtml (1599 words)

	Pacific Islands Forum - 27 October 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is important that this Forum has maintained the momentum established at the 2003 Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland towards economic reform and good governance.
		Pacific leaders responded positively to this proposal, and we are commencing a study to take this initiative forward.
		A package of measures to improve security in the Pacific including $3 million to help Pacific Island maritime institutions cope with the international regulatory environment and a further $431,000 to enhance regional aviation and maritime security standards.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/media_Release1657.html (443 words)

	FSM Attends 31st Pacific Islands Forum
		Pacific Islands Forum which was held in Tarawa, Republic of Kiribati, from October 27-30, 2000.
		Prior to the forum, was the meeting of the Forum Officials Committee in which the Committee tabled issues relating to the development of the forum region and identified key issues for priority consideration by the Leaders.
		The Leaders adopted a new Agreement renaming the South Pacific Forum to Pacific Islands Forum whereby recognizing the establishment of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.
	www.fsmgov.org /press/pr110500.htm (655 words)

	Pacific Islands Radio Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		The local missionaries from Tarawa Island, being trained by the white missionaries from the London Mission Society were used to convert the people through out the Gilbert Island chain of Islands.
		They were taken by force to an island 650 miles to the west and dumped off on the King of that island, Kosrae-Kusie.
		The Gilbert and Ellis Islands were under the British traders rule but Puakonakai was still considered a useless, remote of no value to the traders.
	pub47.bravenet.com /forum/4004922603/fetch/613423 (747 words)

	Beehive.govt.nz - Opening Address to Pacific Islands Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Forum began as a new body in the post-colonial era, for independent and self governing states.
		The entry into force of the Pacific Agreement on closer Economic Relations and the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement since the last Forum is a sound foundation for regional economic development, for expansion of intra-regional trade, and for trading in the global market place.
		The Auckland Forum will also be the occasion for the signing of the Pacific Islands’ Air Services Agreement to establish progressively a regional single aviation market.
	www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=18039 (1422 words)

	The Pacific Islands Forum Communique (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Fiji Labour Party welcomes the communiqué issued by the 34th meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland, and its re-enforcement of the principles contained in the Biketawa and the Nasanoni Declarations.
		It is clear from the Forum Principles of Good Leadership that Forum leaders did take the time to read and consider the Fiji Labour Party's briefing paper which highlighted the constitutional crisis in Fiji and issues relating to good governance.
		The FLP paper urged the Forum leaders to uphold the democratic principles and guidelines for good governance contained in the Biketawa Declaration pointing out that it was their responsibility as Pacific leaders to uphold and implement its provisions.
	www.flp.org.fj /n030819b.htm (460 words)

	Scoop: New Secretary General for Pacific Islands Forum
		It is the pre-eminent political organization in the region and, for Pacific island countries, the Forum is also synonymous with their political empowerment as sovereign states.
		It was Pacific island leaders who established the Forum in 1971 and who subsequently decided to invite Australia and New Zealand to join them as full members.
		The evident desire of Pacific island leaders to have ‘one of their own’ at the helm of the Forum Secretariat indicates, perhaps, a deepening sense of unease that they may be losing control of the organization they founded.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0308/S00192.htm (1915 words)

	Green Left - PACIFIC: Australia blackmails Pacific Islands Forum
		The annual PIF (formerly the South Pacific Forum) maintains a facade of being an open, democratic dialogue between equal partners.
		In the Solomon Islands, airline workers were striking in protest at not being paid by their employer, the Solomon Island's government, for the last six weeks.
		The low-lying islands of the Pacific are most at risk from rising sea levels caused by global warming.
	www.greenleft.org.au /2002/507/27553 (1001 words)

	AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SECRETARIAT (Tarawa, 30 October 2000) [2000] ATNIF 14
		It is duly noted that the name of the Forum is hereby changed from that at its inception as the South Pacific Forum and is henceforth called the Pacific Islands Forum.
		The Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu shall be entitled to membership of the Secretariat and shall become members pursuant to Article XII.
		This Agreement shall be open for signature by the Governments of Australia, the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/notinforce/2000/14.html (2002 words)

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