Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership
*First, we resolve to strengthening our partnership.
*Second, we commit to bolstering Pacific regionalism.
*Third, we are committed to tackling the climate crisis together as a priority.
*Fourth, we are committed to enhancing our cooperation to advance economic growth and sustainable development in the Pacific.
*Fifth, we are committed to supporting each other to better prepare and respond to natural disasters.
*Sixth, we resolve to protect the Blue Pacific and enhance the laws that govern it.
*Seventh, we resolve to maintain peace and security across the Blue Pacific Continent.
*Eighth, we commit to continuing our cooperation in addressing COVID-19 concerns and other health-related issues.
*Ninth, we commit to expanding opportunities for all our peoples.
*Tenth, we reaffirm our commitment to comprehensively address the legacies of conflict and the promotion of nuclear nonproliferation.
*Eleventh, way forward and future implementation of the Partnership.
September 29, 2022: Signatories to the Declaration
Prime Minister Mark Brown of Cook Islands
Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama of the Republic of Fiji
President David W. Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia
President Edouard Fritch of the Government of French Polynesia
Charge d’Affaires Josie-Ann Dongobir of the Republic of Nauru
President Louis Mapou of the Government of New Caledonia
President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. of the Republic of Palau
Prime Minister James Marape of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea
President David Kabua of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa of the Independent State of Samoa
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of Solomon Islands
Prime Minister Siaosi ‘Ofakivahafolau Sovaleni of the Kingdom of Tonga
Prime Minister Kausea Natano of Tuvalu
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of the United States of America
Ambassador Odo Tevi of the Republic of Vanuatu
WAKEY, WAKEY! Was he asleep or was he on his I-Phone?
