Pacific leaders are once again preparing for the Pacific Island Forum, the biggest meeting of the year, where they will gather and discuss some of the most pressing and complex issues facing the region.
More than 1,000 delegates are expected to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum in Tonga.Hundreds of politicians, diplomats, officials and journalists from across the Pacific will gather in the island nation of Tonga for this year's Pacific Island Forum.
The government has also rounded up stray dogs, and beautified city streets and small villages alike to present the country at its very best.But nobody could reasonably question the huge effort put into making it a success.New Caledonia This is easier said than done. Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown were all meant to make a high-profile visit to New Caledonia last week ahead of the Tonga PIF meeting.
The fact the Pacific mission has been pushed back could also drain the debate of some of urgency: it will be difficult for the Pacific to arrive at any major decisions until the leaders report back on what they've heard and seen on the ground. Mr Guterres may not want to single out Australia by name but as the only PIF member which is both a major fossil fuel exporter and a G20 member, the Albanese's government climate commitments are going to come under the microscope once again – particularly given it wants to host a United Nations conference of the parties meeting with the Pacific in just two years.
The Pacific Islands Forum is even contemplating setting a new "two tiered" structure for Dialogue Partners to help the region manage the long and growing list of countries which want to join. Pacific police seem very receptive to the idea, and are eager for more resources to help them fight insidious threats like illegal fishing, arms trafficking, and international drug smuggling syndicates which wormed their tentacles deep into countries like Fiji and Tonga.
PIF foreign ministers essentially backed the initiative in Suva earlier this month, although a senior Solomon Islands official caused a brief kerfuffle when he complained it was being "steamrolled" through the Forum.
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