Ministerial Conference on
Environment and Development
in Asia and the Pacific 2000
Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000
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Pacific Islands Forum Vision Statement The leaders who have participated in the Twenty-Sixth meeting of the South Pacific Forum, the paramount regional inter-governmental organisation in the South Pacific, have a vision for enhancing regional cooperation for the next twenty-five years in which - Forum members co-operate on the basis of equality, friendship and mutual respect - with due regard for what each can afford - in efforts to maintain security, improve living standards and ensure sustainable development throughout the region; Opportunities for co-operation with other governments, non-governmental organisations and international organisations, including other bodies in the Asia-Pacific, are actively pursued and developed; Resources, including fisheries, forestry, minerals, water and land, are developed with proper regard for conservation, the legacy of past generations and the future; Unity in securing shared interests contributes to the national, regional and global good; Material progress is matched by improvement in the quality of people’s lives, including human development, equality between women and men, and protection of children; Vulnerability to the effects of natural disasters, environmental damage and other threats will be overcome; Indigenous and other values, traditions and customs of the region are respected and promoted through cultural, sporting and other exchanges; Self-determination will be exercised in the remaining independent territories, and unwelcome activities by external powers, including nuclear testing, will cease; International economic co-operational through trade, investment and other exchanges, strengthens subsistence and agriculture, industrial development and competition, leading to growth - with equity, broadly-based participation and capacity-building for self-reliance; Openess, accountability and other principles of good government are embodied in the practices, policies and plans of regional institutions; and National, sub-regional efforts to achieve the Forum’s vision receive the support they require from the Forum Secretariat and other regional organisations. Source http://www.forumsec.org.fj) |
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