Speaking at the launch ceremony held at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva, Fiji, the Forum Chair, Hon.

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In addition to the 123 heads of state who will meet for the Sept. 25-Oct. 1 annual gathering of U.N.

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When he was still a senator and a member of the then opposition, President Benigno Aquino III recalled, he took part