tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592326009528370628.post4212467239713937564..comments2024-03-06T08:13:40.937+11:00Comments on Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua: Pacific NGO's Shut out of Forum meetingAnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01304303649328535925noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592326009528370628.post-26232695247026651842008-07-24T08:54:00.000+10:002008-07-24T08:54:00.000+10:00Kia OranaYou are correct the Forum is completely o...Kia Orana<BR/><BR/>You are correct the Forum is completely out of touch with the lives and concerns of grassroots Pacific Islanders. They are neo-liberal neo colonists and are being steamrolled by an agenda which just see us in the Pacific as a source of cheap labour and resources. Rassmussen has been the only Pacific leader that has outspoken about the EU and what the implications will be for us in the Pacific,he would an ideal person for the Sec Gen role at the Forum Secretariat, but again you are right this will be blocked by the lap dogs of nz, oz & the us, eu & wto.<BR/>Looks like there is an urgent need for us in the grassroots to oppose these agendas in our region.<BR/><BR/>naku noa<BR/>na<BR/>AnaAnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304303649328535925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592326009528370628.post-22329579493933768242008-07-24T06:15:00.000+10:002008-07-24T06:15:00.000+10:00This is more of the same stuff rendering the Forum...This is more of the same stuff rendering the Forum increasingly irrelevant to what is really going on the Pacific Islands today.<BR/><BR/>Our Pacific leaders are a gutless bunch of lickspittles that stomp about, protesting at interference in internal affairs, but fend off input from their own peoples as vigorously as any neocolonialist.<BR/><BR/>The only bright spark is that the only person to speak out - Foreign Affairs minister Wilkie Rassmussen from the Cook Islands, is considering leaving politics to apply for the Sec Gen job at the Forum Secretariat in Fiji.<BR/><BR/>You can bet your bottom dollar that the powers that be will be lobbying behind the scenes to ensure he doesn't get it.<BR/><BR/>Big thumbs up to your blog for getting this news out quickly - before the rest of the region apparently!Avaiki Niushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01914794693184508245noreply@blogger.com