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The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental consultative organization which aims to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean and represent their interests. It was founded in 1971 as the South Pacific Forum; the name was changed in 2000 to better reflect the correct geographic locations of its member states both in the north and south Pacific. Image File history File links PIF_Logo. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
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Member states are: Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. Since 2006, associate members territories are New Caledonia and French Polynesia.
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 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 Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific (CROP) [1] is an inter-organisational consultative process which aims to prevent either overlaps, or gaps, appearing between the work-programmes of its various members. ...
New Zealand and Australia are much larger in population, and (with the exception of Papua New Guinea) wealthier than the other small, poor, and in some cases outright impoverished island nations that make up the rest of the forum. They are significant aid donors and big markets for exports (for instance, through a concessional tariff deal on textiles exports from Fiji to Australia). Australia's population is around twice that of the other 15 members combined and its economy more than five times larger. In Papua New Guinea (in Bougainville), Solomon Islands (2003-), Nauru (2004-) and Tonga (2006), New Zealand and Australian military and defence forces have recently conducted peacekeeping/stablization operations. These assistance/intervention are legitimized by the Biketawa Declaration, which was adopted at the 31st Summit of Pacific Islands Forum, held at Kiribati in October 2000. Location of North Solomons (Bougainville) Province in Papua New Guinea The island and province Bougainville is part of Papua New Guinea and is the largest of the Solomon Islands group. ...
October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ...
History From 5 to 7 August 1971, the first meeting of South Pacific Forum was initiated by New Zealand and held in Wellington, with attendants of seven countries including the President of Nauru, the Prime Ministers of Western Samoa, Tonga and Fiji, the Premier of the Cook Islands, the Australian Minister for External Territories, and the Prime Minister of New Zealand. It was a private and informal discussion of a wide range of issues of common concern, concentrating on matters directly affecting the daily lives of the people of the islands of the South Pacific, devoting particular attention to trade, shipping, tourism, and education. Afterwards this meeting was held annually in member countries and areas in turn. In 1999, the 30th South Pacific Forum decided to transform into Pacific Islands Forum, with relatively more extensive and formal way of discussion and organization. Immediately after the forum’s annual meeting at head of government level, the post-forum dialogue is conducted at ministerial level with forum dialogue partners around the world. August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...
August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...
Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke in MÄori) is the capital of New Zealand, the countrys second largest urban area and the most populous national capital in Oceania. ...
Nauru is a democratic republic. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...
Main policies The mission of Pacific Islands Forum is “to work in support of Forum member governments, to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the South Pacific by fostering cooperation between governments and between international agencies, and by representing the interests of Forum members in ways agreed by the Forum”.
Membership 12 Forum dialogue partners include (in alphabetical order) Canada, China, European Union, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ...
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Motto: Honra, Pátria e Povo (Portuguese: Honour, Homeland and People) Anthem: Pátria Capital (largest city) Dili Tetum and Portuguese1 Government Republic - President Xanana Gusmão - Prime Minister José Ramos Horta Independence from Portugal2 - Declared November 28, 1975 - Recognized May 20, 2002 Area - Total 14,609 km² (158th) 5...
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ISO 3166-1, as part of the ISO 3166 standard, provides codes for the names of countries and dependent areas. ...
Korea (Korean: í•œêµ or ì¡°ì„ , see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ...
Institutions and legal framework The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat was established initially as a ‘Trade Bureau’ in 1972 and later became the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (SPEC). The name South Pacific Forum Secretariat was approved by member governments in 1988 and changed to Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in 2000. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
There are four divisions in the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, and each of these divisions has direct responsibility for a range of programs designed to improve the capacity of the Forum member countries and to co-ordinate action on matters of common interest: 1. Development and Economic Policy 2. Trade and Investment 3. Political, International and Legal Affairs 4. Corporate Services
Pacific Regional Trade Agreement The aim of Pacific Regional Trade Agreement (PARTA) is to boost trade between the island nations of the Pacific. Australia and New Zealand are associate members of PARTA. 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. ...
The Melanesian Spearhead Group Preferential Trade Agreement is a similar cooperation attempt by a subset of the PARTA members. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Preferential Trade Agreement is a trade treaty governing the four melanesian states of Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and recently, Fiji. ...
Comparison with other Regional blocs Most active regional blocs Regional
bloc 1 | Area (km²) | Population | GDP (PPP) ($US) | Member
states 1 | | in millions | per capita | | EU* | 3,977,487 | 460,124,266 | 11,723,816 | 25,480 | 25 | | CARICOM | 462,344 | 14,565,083 | 64,219 | 4,409 | 14+1 3 | | ECOWAS | 5,112,903 | 251,646,263 | 342,519 | 1,361 | 15 | | CEMAC | 3,020,142 | 34,970,529 | 85,136 | 2,435 | 6 | | EAC | 1,763,777 | 97,865,428 | 104,239 | 1,065 | 3 | | CSN | 17,339,153 | 370,158,470 | 2,868,430 | 7,749 | 10 | | GCC | 2,285,844 | 35,869,438 | 536,223 | 14,949 | 6 | | SACU | 2,693,418 | 51,055,878 | 541,433 | 10,605 | 5 | | COMESA | 3,779,427 | 118,950,321 | 141,962 | 1,193 | 5 | | NAFTA | 21,588,638 | 430,495,039 | 12,889,900 | 29,942 | 3 | | ASEAN | 4,400,000 | 553,900,000 | 2,172,000 | 4,044 | 10 | | SAARC | 5,136,740 | 1,467,255,669 | 4,074,031 | 2,777 | 8 | | Agadir | 1,703,910 | 126,066,286 | 513,674 | 4,075 | 4 | | EurAsEC | 20,789,100 | 208,067,618 | 1,689,137 | 8,118 | 6 | | CACM | 422,614 | 37,816,598 | 159,536 | 4,219 | 5 | | PARTA | 528,151 | 7,810,905 | 23,074 | 2,954 | 12+2 3 | Reference
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countries 2 | Area (km²) | Population | GDP (PPP) ($US) | Political
divisions | | in millions | per capita | | UN | 133,178,011 | 6,411,682,270 | 55,167,630 | 8,604 | 192 | | Canada | 9,984,670 | 32,507,874 | 1,077,000 | 34,273 | 13 | | China (PRC) 4 | 9,596,960 | 1,306,847,624 | 8,182,000 | 6,300 | 33 | | India | 3,287,590 | 1,102,600,000 | 3,433,000 | 3,100 | 35 | | Japan | 377,835 | 127,333,002 | 3,910,728 | 30,615 | 47 | | Russia | 17,075,200 | 143,782,338 | 1,589,000 | 8,900 | 89 | | USA | 9,631,418 | 296,900,571 | 11,190,000 | 39,100 | 50 | 1 Including data only for full and most active members
2 The first two states in the World by area, population and GDP (PPP)
3 Including non-sovereign autonomous entities of other states
A trade bloc is a large free trade area or free trade area formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements. ...
The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas[1] which came into effect on August 1, 1973. ...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded on May 28, 1975 when fifteen West African countries signed the Treaty of Lagos. ...
States of CEMAC The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (or CEMAC from its name in French, Communauté Économique et Monétaire de lAfrique Centrale) is an organization of states of Central Africa established to promote economic integration among countries that share a common currency, the CFA franc. ...
EAC The three states that make up the East African Community The East African Community (EAC) is a customs union in East Africa, consisting of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. ...
The South American Community of Nations (CSN) (Spanish: Comunidad Sudamericana de Naciones, Portuguese: Comunidade Sul-Americana de Nações, Dutch: Zuid-Amerikaanse Statengemeenschap) will be a continent-wide free trade zone that will unite two existing free-trade organizations—Mercosur and the Andean Community—eliminating tariffs for non-sensitive products...
The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج), formerly named and still commonly called Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (مجلس التعاون الخليجي) is a regional organization involving the six Persian Gulf Arab States with many economic and social objectives in mind. ...
States of SACU // Origins The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) came into existence on December 11, 1969 with the signature of the Customs Union Agreement between South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland. ...
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, is a free trade area with twenty one member states stretching from Egypt to Namibia. ...
Map of NAFTA President Clinton signs the agreement. ...
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is a political and economic organization of countries located in Southeast Asia. ...
Membership 8 member states 4 observers Secretariat Headquarters Kathmandu Established December 8, 1985 Secretary General Chenkyab Dorji Official website http://www. ...
Map of the Agadir Agreement Members The Agadir Agreement for the Establishment of a Free Trade Zone between the Arabic Mediterranean Nations was signed in Rabat, Morocco on 25 February 2004. ...
Flag of EurAsEC The Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC or EAEC) was put into motion on 10 October 2000 when Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan signed the treaty. ...
The Central American Common Market (abbreviated CACM - in Spanish: Mercado Común Centroamericano, abbreviated MCCA) is an economic trade organization between five nations of Central America. ...
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. ...
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ...
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A trade bloc is a large free trade area or free trade area formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements. ...
This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by area. ...
Sovereignty is the exclusive right to exercise supreme political (e. ...
4 Data for the People's Republic of China does not include Hong Kong, Macau and
regions administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan).
* Although the European Union is not a federation in the strict sense, it is far more
than a free-trade association or an ordinary regional bloc, and it has many of the
attributes associated with independent nations: its own flag, anthem, central bank,
currency, elected parliament, supreme court and common foreign and security policy.
██ smallest value among the blocs compared ██ largest value among the blocs compared During 2004. Source: CIA World Factbook 2005, IMF WEO Database | This is a list of islands under the Republic of China administration (all claimed by the Peoples Republic of China). ...
Motto: None Anthem(s): National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (Guóyǔ) Government Semi-presidential system - President Chen Shui-bian - Vice President Annette Lu - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution - Declared...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The World Factbook 2006 (government edtion) cover. ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by observing exchange rates and balance of payments, as well as offering financial and technical assistance when requested. ...
See also Flag of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community The Secretariat of the Pacific Community or SPC is a regional intergovernmental organisation whose membership includes both nations and territories. ...
A trade bloc is a large free trade area or free trade area formed by one or more tax, tariff and trade agreements. ...
In 2004, a committee of the Australian Senate called for the formation of a Pacific Union to comprise the member-states of the Pacific Islands Forum, but with a common charter, institutions and currency. ...
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