48th PIF Leaders Summit

A traditional Ava ceremony was accorded the heads of the Forum-member delegations as well as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor at the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.

Samoa Prime Minister and Chair of the meeting, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi called on the leaders and member countries to stand together and implement the decisions that the leaders endorse at this year's meeting.

He also encouraged the Pacific to support Fiji's co-presidency of the COP 23, the annual round of the ongoing UN climate negotiations in Germany later this year.

President Fernandez will also speak at an ICC workshop organised in the margins.

The purpose of the mission is to urge more member states of the Forum to join the ICC’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, as well as raise awareness and strengthen collaboration between the ICC and the Pacific region.

“In order to ensure sustainable peace and development for all, we must rally support for international cooperation to address global challenges through the rule of law”, President Fernández stated ahead of her travel to the Pacific Islands Forum.