The final Pacific Island Forum communique was a disappointment for French Polynesia’s president, Oscar Temaru.
The president had come here, with a delegation of eight, seeking Forum support for French Polynesia to be inscribed on the UN Decolonisation list, as New Caledonia already is.
The
Forum communique
, however, only asks France to work out with French Polynesia “how to realize French Polynesia’s right to self-determination.” Without pressure from the United Nations any progress will be painfully slow.
Our government seems to have put good relations with France ahead of solidarity with our Polynesian brothers and sisters in their campaign for greater freedom.