ADDRESS BY THE HON. PRIME MINISTER OF SAMOA AND CHAIR OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM,
TUILAEPA SAILELE MALIELEGAOI
ON THE FUTURE OF REGIONALISM IN THE PACIFIC
AT THE PACIFIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION ANNUAL PACIFIC LECTURE
WELLINGTON (22nd March), AUCKLAND (23rd March), NEW ZEALAND
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Pacific Cooperation Foundation for the opportunity to speak with you today on regionalism in the Pacific. This is very much the same issue that prompted seven Pacific Leaders to gather here in Wellington over 30 years ago, in August 1971, for the first meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum. The Forum has since grown to include 16 member countries, which are continuing to search for better ways of working together as one region in an increasingly complex and challenging world.
