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Pacific Islands Forum - Definition and Overview |
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The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative process which aims to enhance cooperation between the countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. It was formerly known as the South Pacific Forum.
Member states are: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
The decisions of the Forum are implemented by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), which grew out of the South Pacific Economic Cooperation bureau (SPEC). As we 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).
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Example Usage of Pacific |
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JG_Borelli: The Pacific: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noUJHcdX6KU&NR=1 espero que seja tão bom quanto parece, afinal, as aparências enganam. |
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AliyaIdaman: At Pacific place ini sm keluarga gede buset deh.gamau urban pleasseee |
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DantoNews: #loonlake The Near Georgia Report*: Pacific Loon and Red-necked Grebe ... http://bit.ly/6WnfoO |
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