Pacific Islands Forum leaders agree on Waqa for secretary general role – Cook Islands News
Friday 10 November 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in 52nd Pacific Islands Forum 2023, National
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna will vacate the Pacific Islands Forum secretary general role at the end of his first term next year, after regional leaders agreed to hand over the role to controversial ex-Nauru president Baron Waqa.
The decision was reached during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Retreat on Aitutaki yesterday, attended by all regional leaders except the newly elected Nauru President David Adeang.
Adeang and his delegation walked out of a plenary meeting at the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga on Wednesday after questions were raised about the process to nominate the next secretary-general of the Forum. Waqa was confirmed as Micronesia’s nominee to lead the regional organisation at a Special Forum Leaders meeting in Fiji in February.
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