The 6th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM6)
May 25-26, 2012
(Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
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
At the end of the Summit, Okinawa "Kizuna" Declaration was adopted.
Overview
Official Documents
Topics
- Fact Sheet by Japan on Assistance Measures to the Pacific Island Countries[PDF](May 26, 2012)
- 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 Meetings between Prime Minister Noda, and the Leaders of the Kingdom of Tonga and the Solomon Islands (May 26, 2012)
- Bilateral Leaders' Meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and Hon. Willy Telavi, Prime Minister of Tuvalu (May 25, 2012)
- Summit Meetings between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the Leaders of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Nauru and the Republic of Vanuatu (May 24, 2012)
- Sixth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM 6; Summit Meetings between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the Leaders of Niue, the Cook Islands and the Republic of Kiribati) (May 23, 2012)
- Courtesy Calls on H.E. Mr. Christopher J. Loeak, President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Hon. Meltek Sato Kilman Livtuvanu, Prime Minister of Vanuatu by Minister for Foreign Affairs Koichiro Gemba (May 23, 2012)
- Bilateral Leaders' Meetings between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and the Leaders of Micronesia, Palau and Samoa (May 22, 2012)
The Joint Japan-IRENA Workshop
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
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