Summit to discuss Pacific security force

Summit to discuss Pacific security force :

"Creating a regional security force in the Pacific is on the agenda for discussion at a meeting of Melanesian leaders in Papua New Guinea this week.

The 16th Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit at Goroka in PNG's highlands will discuss the need for such a force and the possibility of it becoming a Pacific Forum entity, says PNG's Foreign Minister Rabbie Namaliu."

You see, it's on everyone's agenda. The situation in the Solomon Islands has brought about this item for discussion, but everyone has military strategies on their agenda because they want to be able to deal with violence and be prepared to deal with it. The conference of the Melanesian leaders will encompas much more than that because they will also be looking at migration, trade, diseases as well as their security issues. It's a pity, that as Australians, we are not more aware of the issues which are in the South Pacific. It is after all, our local neighbourhood and a lot of people don't even know that New Caledonia is French speaking and 2 and a half hours from Sydney. They sometimes think Noumea and New Caledonia are two separate places. As for Tuvalu? Great name! Where is it??! And they use Australian currency. We need to liven ourselves up a bit in that respect now we've woken up.