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| | Australian prime minister bullies the Pacific Islands Forum |
 | | 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. | | | Days before the Forum opened, a Senate inquiry in Canberra released a detailed 300-page report on Australian policy in the Pacific advocating the formation of “a Pacific economic and political community” that would include a common labour market, free trade and a common currency—not surprisingly, the Australian dollar. | | | At last week’s meeting, the prime minister dropped his previous deference to “the Pacific way” of consultation and consensus to bulldoze through a series of measures designed to bring the organisation firmly under Canberra’s sway. |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum |
| | From the start, Forum meetings have focused heavily on regional trade and economic development issues and, in recent years, have paid increasing attention to the environment. | | | Forum Heads of Government meet annually in formal session, including a Leaders' Retreat which provides an opportunity for private and frank discussions at the highest level. | | | The Heads of Government meeting is preceded by a meeting of the Forum Officials Committee (FOC), which reports to leaders on regional issues. |
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http://www.vic-info.org/InternationalOrganizations/IO-PIF.htm
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| | Pacific Island Regional Organizations |
| | The Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) assists its 16 National members with the sustainable development and management of their fisheries. | | | Established in 1983 and based at the University of the South Pacific, SPACHEE’s objectives are to improve cooperation and communication between people and agencies involved in environmental management and protection, environmental and human ecological research, and formal and non-formal environmental education. | | | The CST provides countries and territories in the Pacific with a wide range of high quality technical support services ranging from ad hoc advisory services to planned national and regional training programmes and close technical backstopping with the aim of developing national self reliance in the population field. |
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| | Canberra tightens its hold over the Pacific Islands Forum |
| | The Forum communiqué referred to the HIV/AIDS epidemic striking the region, declaring it an “urgent” issue that had to be “vigorously” addressed. | | | In the name of “good governance”, he pushed ahead with an agenda of “reforms” aimed at opening up these economies to foreign investment and placing key sectors, including finance and policing, under the supervision, if not direct control, of Australian officials. | | | Under the arrangement, an Australian official was to take over as Secretary of Finance and Australian Federal Police were to go to the island. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/spac-a19.shtml
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| | Pacific Islands Forum |
| | The government provided an extra $53.6 million in the Budget for agencies to continue their cooperative efforts with Pacific island countries to improve standards of governance. | | | They will also take forward development of the Pacific Plan, which will become the cornerstone document for the region with a strong focus on the key goals of good governance, economic prosperity, sustainable development and security. | | | Leaders will consider a range of Australian recommendations to improve transport services in the region based on this approach. |
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| | Pacific Islands: PINA and Pacific |
| | 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. | | | This would create stronger and deeper links between the sovereign countries of the region and identify the sectors where the region could gain the most from sharing resources of governance and aligning policies. | | | ii agreement that the key goals of the Forum are economic growth, sustainable development, good governance and security and that these goals should form the principal focus of the Forum and its Secretariat; |
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http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault.php?urlpinaid=11183
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| | PACIFIC: Australia blackmails Pacific Islands Forum |
| | Howard's goal was to pressure Somare to continue with the economic “reform” program of the previous PNG government, adopted under pressure from the International Monetary Fund and the Australian government. | | | Australia bullied, bribed and blackmailed the PIF to get its way on the major issues on the agenda, which included economic relations, environmental issues, treatment of refugees and national self-determination for non-self-governing territories in the Pacific. | | | What he fails to mention is that even if Australia were to sign the Kyoto Protocol, it would not have to reduce emissions but only limit their increase to 8% of 1990 levels by 2008-2012. |
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| | South Pacific Organisations - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| | The Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), aimed at enabling members to maximise benefits from the conservation and sustainable use of their fisheries resources. | | | Interview: Prime Minister of Australia, Mr John Howard, interviewed by Rowan Callick of Pacific Magazine on Australia’s regional engagement in the South Pacific, March 2004 | | | South Pacific Organisations - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | Provides a list of reports and publications, a meeting schedule, news, and information on funding assistance. | | | Includes news items and information on the purchase of broadcasting equipment. | | | "Overview of this government sector offering business support services in Australia and nations comprising the Forum Island Countries. |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum 2004 |
| | The fund will provide the Government of Niue with a reliable source of revenue to help support the long-term financial stability and viability of the country. | | | The Prime Minister also announced that Australia would provide $4 million towards the establishment of the Niue Trust Fund. | | | All these programs will be managed by the Australian Government's agency for international development, AusAID. |
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http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/topic.cfm?Id=63_1978_1491_3173_1954
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| | Pacific Islands Forum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | As well as its role in harmonising regional positions on various political and policy issues, the Forum Secretariat has technical programmes in economic development, transport and trade, and chairs the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP). | | | The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organ which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. | | | New Zealand and Australia are much larger in population (with the exception of Papua New Guinea) and wealthier than the other small, poor, and in some cases outright impoverished island nations that make up the rest of the forum. |
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| | The Pacific Islands Forum Communique |
| | In addition, Principles 4 and 6 of the Regional Leadership Code directly relate to concerns raised by the Party (in its paper) about corruption, abuse of public funds, and unethical conduct associated with the SDL government, including the recent formation of the Duavata Initiative by senior Ministers. | | | 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. | | | 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. |
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| | Lincoln University Library : Subjects : Pacific Islands |
| | It includes progress reports on research projects of members and affiliated members of the CPAS as well as short articles on topical issues concerning the Pacific. | | | For government information on the web see Oceanian Governments on the WWW. | | | The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat represents Heads of Government of all the independent and self-governing Pacific Island countries, Australia and New Zealand. |
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| | Port Vila Presse Online Vanuatu News :: New Zealand will host 34th Pacific Islands Forum |
| | MP Clark pointed out that in recent years, the Pacific has been drawn into global issues which were largely unforeseen in 1971 and regional issues have become more complex. | | | She indicated that today economic sustainability remains a problem, while ethnic tensions and the breakdown of law and order have become serious concerns in some countries, and no one thinks the answer can be found simply by providing more trade, shipping, tourism or education. | | | After the proceedings, a post-Forum dialogue will bring delegates together with representatives of interested countries and groupings from outside the region. |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum Statement on Theys Eluay |
| | "The Forum welcomed the recent presentation of special autonomy proposals to Indonesia's Parliament, which have recently been passed by the legislature. | | | "Forum Leaders encouraged the Indonesian Government, the sovereign authority, to ensure that the voices of all parties in the province are heard in order to achieve a peaceful resolution of their differences. | | | They called on the Indonesian Government, the sovereign authority, and secessionist groups to resolve their differences peacefully through dialogue and consultation. |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum discusses Nauru, radioactive materials, and airline service - 2004-08-09 |
| | A vaguer resolution passed to work together on "possible review" of regional fisheries arrangements. | | | The Forum said Sunday that it has been discussing the general concept of better regional political, economic and air transportation integration and, more specifically, what can be done to help the bankrupt atoll nation of Nauru. | | | For generations its people worked only if they felt like it because of payments for exploitation of its phosphate deposits, shipped to Australia and other countries for use as farm fertilizer. |
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| | Port Vila Presse Online Vanuatu News :: Pacific Islands Forum leaders approve plan on greater cooperation |
| | Fifteen leaders of 16 member states attended the meeting, whichwas called by New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark in her capacity as the current chairwoman of the forum. | | | Australia's Prime Minister John Howard said talk of a Pacific Union was premature and counter-productive. | | | The leaders approved an expanded role for new secretary-generalGreg Urwin, giving the Australian the power to call -- in consultation with the forum chair -- early meetings of leaders, foreign ministers or their representatives to respond to crises. |
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| | Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) |
| | The FFA is an organisation set up to provide expert fisheries management and development advice and services to member countries. | | | FFA Representatives from Member Countries' Fishery Departments to attend the 'sharing the fish conference' in Australia | | | News from other Agencies and organisations in the Pacific, announcements about new and outgoing FFA staff, as well as important updates to this website are all available in the News and Announcements section. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Pacific Rim (Pacific Islands Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Twenty-one Pacific Rim nations, including the United States and Canada, are members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which was established in 1989 to provide a forum for discussion on a broad range of economic issues, to encourage economic cooperation, and to promote trade among the market-oriented economies of the region. | | | The economic growth of the west coast of the United States has coincided with Japan's emergence as an economic superpower and with the rise of highly developed industrial economies in Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea. | | | Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders' Retreat |
| | The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Helen Clark, has called the retreat in her capacity as Forum Chairman to discuss a report on Forum reform commissioned by leaders in August last year. | | | The report is based on the work of an Eminent Persons Group which consulted extensively throughout the region. | | | The dramatic improvements to the situation in the Solomon Islands show that we are able to effect real and positive change in even the most difficult situations through political will and the pooling of our collective resources. |
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| | NEW ZEALAND: Pacific News Bulletin banned from 34th Pacific Islands Forum |
| | It raises serious questions about good governance and transparency when the Pacific Islands Forum is only accrediting government-owned media and national papers that are mainly owned by foreign media corporations who have their own particular line of reporting. | | | The PNB, a monthly publication owned by 120-member organisations, from 33 countries within the Pacific region, of the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement, was established in 1986 and is read worldwide by paid subscribers because it gives alternative views and information on Pacific issues not covered by mainstream media. | | | Pacific News Bulletin director, Motarilavoa Hilda Lini said, “New Zealand is playing double standards by talking about the importance of media freedom and civil society participation and at the same time closing the door to the Pacific News Bulletin, that reports the voice of Pacific civil society on human security issues in the region.” |
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| | Assurance on Mir Sought by Pacific Islands Forum SpaceRef - Your Space Reference |
| | The Forum Secretariat is liaising with regional agencies and foreign missions as part of efforts to keep member states informed of developments. | | | As the 'Launching State,' Russia is responsible for any impact or results of the MIR re-entry in accordance with, for example, Article VII and VIII of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. | | | "We want to be fully informed about the timetable and pathway of descent, and we're seeking an assurance that this activity is consistent with international safety standards and poses minimal threats to Pacific Island countries," Mr. |
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| | Pacific Islands :: The Solomon Islands (1 of 4): BootsnAll Travel Network |
| | Among the smallest countries in the world, the Solomons are made up of hundreds of tiny islands which combined have a mass of just 27,557 sq km. | | | The country's main islands were formed by volcanoes. | | | The people speak Pidgin English but also have their own local languages, called wantak (from "one-talk"). |
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| | SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS GROWING COOPERATION BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM |
| | The involvement of the United Nations in the electoral processes in Fiji and the Solomon Islands, and in the facilitation of the peace process in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, are other manifestations of the United Nations commitment to assisting the Pacific countries in maintaining peace and promoting democratic governance in the region. | | | In just two weeks’ time, the world will gather to discuss issues of the utmost importance to the Pacific countries when we meet in Johannesburg for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. I know you have been and continue to be fully engaged in the crucial work to seek a successful outcome there. | | | It gives me great pleasure to send warm greetings to Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and to all the participants gathered in Fiji for the Pacific Islands Forum. |
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| | Pacific Islands Report |
| | Singh has been given the new role of Country Manager for Mobil’s North Pacific business, the company said. | | | Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education | | | The Region in Review: International Issues and Events: 2004 |
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| | Pacific Islands Forum |
| | Association of states in the region to discuss common interests and develop common policies, created in 1971 as an offshoot of the South Pacific Commission, now the Pacific Community. | | | Its 26 member countries include Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu, with New Caledonia an observer since 1999. | | | In 1995 France was temporarily suspended as a dialogue partner because of its resumption of nuclear tests. |
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| | Xinhua News Agency: Pacific Islands Forum announces Thailand to be 13th dialogue partner.@ HighBeam Research |
| | Xinhua News Agency: Pacific Islands Forum announces Thailand to be 13th dialogue partner.@ HighBeam Research | | | Pacific Islands Forum announces Thailand to be 13th dialogue partner. | | | The 35th Pacific Islands Forum summit announced Saturday to accept Thailand to be its 13th Post- Forum dialogue partner to take effect at the 36th Forum next year. |
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| | West Papua firmly on Pacific Islands Forum agenda |
| | West Papuan leaders will continue to press their Pacific neighbours to support widespread demands for the United Nations to review its conduct at the time of the fraudulent Act of Free Choice in West Papua in 1969 and for West Papua to be re-inscribed on the UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. | | | "We urge the Forum leaders to take the next step and call on Indonesia to enter into a process of peaceful dialogue to consider all options for the future of the territory," added Dr Ondawame. | | | This Forum formally endorsed the West Papuan call for Forum observer status, for the UN Review and re-inscription on the UN list of non-self-governing countries. |
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| | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Islands Forum 2003 and 2004 |
| | Group named to Review Pacific Forum Issues [external link to Beehive website] | | | Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Islands Forum 2003 and 2004 | | | Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders' Retreat - Leaders’ Decisions |
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| | SECRETARY-GENERAL SALUTES THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM |
| | The United Nations will continue to be your partner in your efforts to achieve your goals and our common vision of a peaceful and prosperous twenty-first century. In that spirit, please accept my congratulations on the occasion of the Forum's thirtieth anniversary, as well as my best wishes for a successful and productive session. | | | 32nd Pacific Islands Forum, meeting in Nauru from 14 to 21 August, delivered on his behalf by Beng Yong Chew, Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, Department of Political Affairs: | | | It gives me great pleasure to send my greetings to President Rene Harris and to all the participants gathered in Nauru for the Pacific Islands Forum. |
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| | Question.com: Pacific Islands Political Geography |
| | Question.com > Encyclopedia > Places > Australia and Oceania > Pacific Islands Political Geography | | | Browse: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Help |
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| | PIFS Home Frame |
| | Member States of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat | | | Click here to watch the Pacific Island Forum video | | | © 1997, 1998, 1999 Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |
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