PRESS STATEMENT
5th July 2007

Pacific Islands Forum-Fiji Joint Working Group on the Situation in Fiji Forum Secretariat, Suva
AGREED OUTCOMES

• The Working Group held its tenth meeting at the Forum Secretariat Headquarters in Suva on 5 July 2007, attended by senior officials from Australia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Tuvalu. 
• The Working Group finalised its three-monthly progress report to the Eminent Persons’ Group for the Forum Foreign Affairs Ministers.
• The Working Group approved the terms of reference for the Fiji Elections Scoping Mission to determine the resources required to meet the election timetable set by the independent technical assessment of the election timetable for Fiji commissioned by the Working Group.
• The Working Group further discussed the standing issues (the restoration of civilian rule, upholding the 1997 Constitution, the cessation of human rights abuses and addressing allegations of abuse, and support for a credible and independent anti-corruption commission).

The Working Group will hold its next meeting on 19 July 2007.
(Ends)