The  53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting will be held in Tonga Island whereby the Pacific leaders will discuss as their agenda a multitude of issues affecting their region. 

About the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

• Location: The Pacific Islands Forum Meeting will be held in the Tonga capital city of Nuku’alofa.
• Theme: A Transformative and Resilient Pasifiki: Build Better Now
• Agenda of Discussion: A Polycrisis is in the making for the collective Economic, social, security, environmental and political aspects for the pacific island countries. Some crisis being in the agenda for discussion are, 
  • Climate change: The South Pacific is considered one of the most climate-threatened pockets of the planet with low-lying nations such as Tuvalu predicted to be almost entirely swallowed by rising oceans within the next 30 years.
  • Great Power Rivalries: China and The USA have taken their rivalry to a new playground courting the island countries with infrastructure aid (government offices,hospitals, highways etc), financial aid, bilateral agreements etc.
    • The chinese military presence is a concern with the USA group.
  • Unrest in New Caledonia:  New Caledonia (French Territory) a full forum member’s unresolved crisis and violent unrest against France  also is a topic of discussion 
    • The Pacific Islands Forum has been trying to send a team of observers to take the pulse in New Caledonia’s riot-crippled capital Noumea.

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About The Pacific Islands Forum

• Establishment: The Pacific Island Forum is the region’s premier political and economic policy organisation founded in 1971
• Membership: The Forum is composed of 18 member countries,
  • Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
• Secretariat: Suva, Fiji Island
• Vision: To build a resilient Pacific region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion and prosperity, that ensures all Pacific peoples can lead free, healthy and productive lives.

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