Gizo / Port Vila / Kiriwina / Cairns / Honiara / New York / Goroka / Canberra / /
Company
MSG Leaders’ Summit / The Melanesian Spearhead Group / New Caledonia 5 The Melanesian Spearhead Group / Australian Strategic Policy Institute Limited / Melanesia / 6 The Melanesian Spearhead Group / /
Country
Tonga / Marshall Islands / Netherlands / Nauru / France / Vanuatu / Australia / Tuvalu / China / New Caledonia / Micronesia / Kiribati / Solomon Islands / New Zealand / Fiji / Indonesia / United States / Papua New Guinea / / /
Event
Voting Result / FDA Phase / Diplomatic Relations / /
Facility
International Court of Justice / Australian National University / / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
mining / /
NaturalFeature
New Guinea island / Papua New Guinea island / island Pacific / island New Zealand / Solomon island / Pacific island / New island / island Australia / Guinea island / Papua New island / Papua island / /
Organization
ANU’s Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies / People’s Movement for Torres Strait Autonomy / Australian Government / MSG Secretariat / Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat / Pacific Islands Forum / Vanuatu Parliament / Solomon Islands Government / Papua New Guinea Defence Force / FLNKS of New Caledonia / European Union / UN Committee on Decolonization / Australian National University / International Court of Justice / MSG / Ministerial Committee / Regional Assistance Mission / Participating Police Force / UN General Assembly / Arab League / Papua New Guinea Department of Foreign Affairs / Trade and Immigration / Solomon Islands Parliament / also provided funding for the MSG Secretariat / /
Person
Rabbie Namaliu / Torres Strait / John Otto Ondawame / Edward Natapei / Rima Ravusiro / Ronald May / Sir Michael Somare / Sato Kilman / Derek Sikua / Danny Phillips / Ratu Inoke Kubuabola / Michael Somare / Bainimarama / John Howard / / /
PoliticalEvent
parliamentary vote / /
Position
Solomon Islands prime minister / Prime Minister / spokesman / permanent observer / ambassador / director general / author / Commodore / Minister / head of government / speaker / acting high commissioner / foreign minister / observer status / chair the group / chairman / authorised representative / FLNKS president / chair / interim prime minister / incoming prime minister / adviser / member / /
POLICY ANALYSIS The Melanesian Spearhead Group: testing Pacific island solidarity