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Pacific Islands Forum Communiqué Released

Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 5:12 pm
Press Release: Pacific Islands Forum

Thirty-Seventh Pacific Islands Forum Nadi, Fiji
24 – 25 OCTOBER 2006

Forum Communiqué

The Thirty-Seventh Pacific Islands Forum was held in Fiji, from 24-25 October 2006 and was attended by Heads of State and Government 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. New Caledonia and French Polynesia also attended the formal session as Associate members and Timor-Leste and Tokelau as observers. The Forum Retreat was held at Denarau, Nadi, Fiji

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