Crime & Border Security Seminar

Statement by Mr Greg Urwin, Secretary General,

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

at the Pacific Regional Terrorism, Transnational

Crime & Border Security Seminar

Forum Secretariat Fale, 31 January 2005, 8:30am

High Commissioner, Excellencies, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to the to the first of two seminars on Pacific Regional Terrorism, Transnational Crime & Border Security. The Forum Secretariat is pleased to co-host these seminars with the British High Commission in Suva.

2. I would like to warmly welcome our four UK experts:

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Andy Gray, Airline Liaison Officer based in Hong Kong. Nick O'Brien, the Counter Terrorism and Extremism Liaison Officer based in Canberra, and Denis Pygall, the UK Law Enforcement Liaison Officer based in Beijing, Stuart Crookshank, the UK Customs and Excise Senior Manager for London Airports,