Talk:Pacific Islands Forum

message: Yes? -Itai 21:05, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: The Bougainville and Tonga operations mentioned in the article are not conducted under the Biketawa Declaration. That should be corrected. Henning Blatt 17:00, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please see Wikipedia:Five pillars and go for it! Newportm (talk) 04:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biketawa 

message: Australias population alone is triple this, and when combined with the populations of other members, surely it would be much higher? I'm going to correct the population figures.211.28.54.73 (talk) 11:57, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 7,810,905???? 

message: Nice table, but it is hard to figure out which row of data pertains to the countries mentioned in this article, if any.  An annotation would help, or distinguishing formatting if that is not too challenging. Newportm (talk) 23:03, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I added an annotation about PARTA preceeding the table. Newportm (talk) 07:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regional trade blocks table 

message: Is the Pacific Islands Forum equivalent to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat?  Should the text and red wikilink in this article be changed? Newportm (talk) 18:58, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is the secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum.  The Forum is established under Article I of the Agreement Establishing the Pacific Islands Forum; the Secretariat under Article IV -- they're quite separate things (although obviously closely linked). Dan (talk) 08:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) 

message: Some updating needed here.  The "new millenium" has been here for nine years now. Caeruleancentaur (talk) 11:05, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: True, but also it doesn't make a lot of sense to have information on the MSG here when the MSG is quite separate from the PIF.  The fact that "Melanesian Spearhead Group" redirects here when this entry doesn't mention the MSG, just its trade agreement, is also a concern.  There is also a revised version of the MSGTA in force based on the negative list approach. Dan (talk) 08:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Melanesian Spearhead Group 

message: The comment that Tonga is the only "smaller island nation" with its own currency is confusing if not misleading.  Tonga is not defined as a Small Island State under the PACER, and is certainly not the only FIC with its own currency (PNG Kina, Solomon Dollar, Fiji Dollar, Vanuatu Vatu, Samoan Lata...).  This statement ought to be removed. Dan (talk) 08:43, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common Currency 

message: In the navbox template at page bottom, should the Pacific Islands Forum be listed as one of the customs unions?  Here is a link to the template: :Template:Trade.  Newportm (talk) 14:24, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: (Responding to own post) After reviewing a few resources, it seems to me that PIF is not a customs union yet, but forming such a group is part of what PARTA is working toward. Newportm (talk) 14:31, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is PIF a Customs Union? 

message: The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) web site states that the role of meeting chair is generally assumed by the head of government of the country hosting the Forum's annual meeting.  From September 7, 2011, here is reference to Mr. Slade, Secretary-General of PIF Secretariat, welcoming and thanking Mr. Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, for hosting the meeting.  I provide this talk page entry because the IP editor gave no edit summary and provided no citation when he provided Key's name in the article infobox. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 04:36, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forum Leaders Meeting Chair 

message: Updated the dialogue partners per PIF Secretariat page. –Newportm (talk • contribs) 04:28, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dialogue Partners 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Palau withdrew from the Pacific Islands Forum on February 4th and is no longer a member. Could somebody update the maps on the article to reflect this? Thanks. Bibliopole5795 (talk) 04:51, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, back to being the South Pacific Forum I suppose. CMD (talk) 01:56, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

text: I changed "Former" to "Departing" in the table. The text already notes the lengthy time needed to leave. Noting as well that you have restored the previous map version. What else needs to be updated? CMD (talk) 14:05, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. In the infobox, the "Membership" tab doesn't list the Micronesian countries, and data concerning those countries seems to have been removed from every aspect of that inbox (such as the list of currencies). Aridd (talk) 09:33, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I've put back the members and entirely removed the list of currencies and time zones, as trivia unrelated to the PIF itself. CMD (talk) 10:25, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Note that Kiribati's withdrawal has confirmed, at least as per RNZ, so why don't we partly re-edit that map file to indicate this as a "former member"? --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 06:41, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: This also suggests Kiribati is out, despite others remaining in. They're still on the PIF website though? Perhaps there are some formalities we are unaware of, much like the previous announcements of withdrawal. Or perhaps it's a diplomatic tussle. CMD (talk) 07:30, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: PIF website... Let's say it outdated, too many decade-old materials that are even lack of useful informations on their opinion of Russo-invasion. NB: A likely case can be found just via CIS website, they still show Ukraine as a member despite UKRexit already happened per Kyivpost. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 08:03, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

text: Palau, the FSM, the Marshall Islands and Nauru are definitely remaining members. Kiribati confirmed its withdrawal "with immediate effect", so I think we can consider that Kiribati is now out. I'm not sure what the formal conditions for withdrawal might be, but as Kiribati considers itself out and is no longer participating, we can realistically consider it as a former member. Aridd (talk) 22:55, 20 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Palau's Withdrawal - Map 

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