Mālama ʻo Pacific Islands Forum i ka hui pū ʻana o nā moku mokupuni ʻo Pacific

"ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi i hoʻokō ʻia e nā mokuʻāina o ka Pākīpika i ka makahiki i hala, ʻo ia ka lokahi o ka ʻaha kūkā," wahi a Toke Talagi, Kuhina Nui o Niue a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Pacific Islands Forum (PIF).

ʻOiai ka pilikia o Fiji, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Toke Talagi, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana i ka lanakila ʻana o nā mokuʻāina o ka Pākīpika i ka lokahi i kona noho ʻana ma ke ʻano he luna o ka ʻaha kūkā.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Talagi, "Manaʻo wau e hoʻoholo koʻikoʻi ka ʻaha kūkā o kēia makahiki e pili ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai ma waena o nā lāhui mokupuni."

Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo kēlā mau hoʻoholo e "hōʻoia i ka hiki ke hoʻomohala maikaʻi i nā kumuwaiwai e hauʻoli ai nā lāhui mokupuni liʻiliʻi, e like me ka lawaiʻa [a me] mākaʻikaʻi i mea e loaʻa ai ka hana a me ka waiwai o ka poʻe mokupuni."

Manaʻolana ʻo Talagi i ka hana a ka ʻaha kūkā me ke komo piha ʻana o nā lāhui mokupuni e hoʻomau i ka wā lōʻihi.

Ma ka haʻi'ōlelo hoʻomaka o ka 40th PIF, ua'ōleloʻo Talagi i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka pilikia kālā o ka honua, ua hoʻokauʻia ma ka'āina i mea hou i ko lākou mau aupuni a me nā kānaka.

"He pilikia kēia me nā hopena pōʻino i ko mākou ʻāina a me ka pōmaikaʻi kūloko," wahi a Talagi. "Ua hoʻopilikia ʻia nā kumu kumu o kā mākou ʻoihana, me nā mana aupuni no ka loaʻa kālā. ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o nā remittances a me ka nāwaliwali o ka noi hoʻokuʻu aku ua hoʻopilikia i ka hana o kā mākou mau ʻāpana o waho, ʻoiai i loko o nā ʻoihana kūloko, ʻo ka hana haʻahaʻa i ka ʻoihana maoli i koi ai i nā hana he nui.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kā mākou wahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā palena hoʻokele waiwai i kaupalena ʻia ke kahua kulekele kālā, e hōʻole ana i nā manawa he nui o mākou no ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā pūʻulu hoʻoikaika, wahi āna.

Ua hāʻawi ʻo Talagi i ka noho poʻokela o PIF i ke Kuhina Nui o Australia ʻo Kevin Rudd ma hope o ka wehe ʻana o ka hui 40th ma ka Pōʻakolu.

Ua wehe ʻia ka 40th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) i ka Pōʻakolu me 15 mau poʻo aupuni a ʻoi aku ma mua o 450 mau ʻelele i hele i ka ʻaha kūkā kūloko.

ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā he hui ma waena o ke aupuni, kahi e hoʻoikaika ai i ka launa pū ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāina kūʻokoʻa o ka Moana Pākīpika a hōʻike i ko lākou mau pono. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1971 ma ke ʻano he South Pacific Forum a ua hoʻololi ʻia i Pacific Islands Forum ma 2000.

ʻO nā mokuʻāina lālā o ka Forum ʻo Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, a me Vanuatu. Mai ka makahiki 2006, ʻo New Caledonia a me French Polynesia nā teritore o nā lālā hui.