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The 6th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM6)

May 25-26, 2012

The 6th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM6) will be held in Nago, Okinawa, on 25 and 26 May in 2012.

Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting is a summit-level meeting which has been held every three years since 1997. Leaders openly discuss various issues that Pacific island countries are facing in order to build close cooperative relationships and forge a bond of friendship between Japan and Pacific island countries.

Note: The 6th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM6)

DATE:

25 and 26 May in 2012

PLACE:

Nago City in Okinawa
Miyakojima City in Okinawa (for Young PALM (Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting))

PARTICIPANTS:

Japan, Cook Islands(Co-chair with Japan), Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Australia and New Zealand

Topics

• Holding of a Joint Japan-IRENA Workshop "Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment in the Pacific Island Countries: Meeting the Challenges" (May 17, 2012)
• The slogan for the PALM6 has been finalized. (January 10, 2012)
• Report on Recommendations by the Eminent Persons' Committee for PALM6 and The Appointment of "Hula Girls" for PALM6 Goodwill Ambassador (November 24, 2011)
• The Official Logo for PALM6 (October 19, 2011)

Bilateral Meetings

• Bilateral Leaders' Meetings between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the Leaders of Micronesia, Palau and Samoa (May 22, 2012)

Links

• Okinawa Government
• Pacific Islands Centre (PIC)
• Embassy of Japan in the Republic of the Fiji Islands
• Embassy of Japan in the Federated States of Micronesia