Monday, July 13, 2009

(o+) Biketawa Says Address "Underlying Causes": Somare

UPDATE 22 July 2009. The blog Stuckinfijimud has an interesting article by Jenny Hayward-Jones entitled "Is the MSG a Threat to Pacific Unity?" in which she points to contradictory comments coming from MSG members.


The Biketawa Declaration should be the compass for the Melanesian Spearhead Group as leaders examine ways and means of assisting Fiji return to democracy, says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare. “As we try to examine ways and means of assisting Fiji and bringing it back to democracy our compass must be the Biketawa Declaration which we all committed ourselves to,” he said while addressing the MSG in Vanuatu.

“The Biketawa Declaration calls us to "take action on the basis of all members being part of the Pacific Islands extended family’.”He said Fiji was a member of the family.“Biketawa also instructs us to address 'underlying causes of tensions and conflict'. Not simply addressing the symptoms of conflict,” he said -- Fiji Sun
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