Biketawa Declaration

Biketawa Declaration

The Biketawa Declaration is a declaration agreed to by all the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum constituting a framework for coordinating response to regional crises. The declaration was agreed to at the 31st Summit of Pacific Islands Forum Leaders, held at Kiribati in October 2000 in the regional context of the 2000 Fijian coup d'état and ethnic tensions in the Solomon Islands. The Biketawa Declaration has led to New Zealand and Australian military and police forces participating in regional peacekeeping/stabilization operations in Papua New Guinea (in Bougainville), Solomon Islands (2003-), Nauru (2004-) and Tonga (2006).

The Biketawa Declaration takes its name from the Kiribati islet of Biketawa, where negotiators met behind closed doors in order to draft the agreement. cite news |first=Hamish |last=McDonald |title=Careful diplomat brokered regional co-operation |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/careful-diplomat-brokered-regional-cooperation/2008/08/14/1218307111958.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|work=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=|date=2008-08-15 |accessdate=2008-09-05]

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* [http://www.dfat.gov.au/qwon/1999_2001/001030_d.html Question to the Foreign Minister]
* [http://www.forumsec.org/_resources/article/files/Biketawa%20Declaration.pdf Biketawa Declaration]


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