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Melanesian Spearhead Group
Groupe mélanésien Fer de lance
Emblem
Map indicating the membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Seat
Port Vila, Vanuatu
Membership
4 sovereign states
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
1 party
Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front
1 associate
Indonesia
2 observer
East Timor
United Liberation Movement for West Papua
Leaders
• Director General
Amena Yauvoli
Establishment
• as Melanesian Spearhead Group
1986[1]
Area
• Total
585,560 km2 (226,090 sq mi)
Population
• 2010 estimate
8,348,000
• Density
35/km2 (90.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
2010 estimate
• Total
US$ 20.512 billiona
• Per capita
US$ 2,457
Currency
5 currencies
Rupiah
Fijian dollar
Kina
Solomon Islands dollar
Vatu
Time zone
5 time zones
UTC+8
UTC+9
UTC+10
UTC+11
UTC+12
Website http://www.msgsec.info
If considered a single entity.
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is an intergovernmental organization, composed of the four Melanesian states of Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front of New Caledonia.[2] In June 2015, Indonesia was recognized as an associate member.[3][4]
It was founded as a political gathering in 1986.[1] On 23 March 2007, members signed the Agreement Establishing the Melanesian Spearhead Group, formalizing the group under international law. It is headquartered in Port Vila, Vanuatu.[2] A secretariat building was constructed by the People's Republic of China and handed over to the MSG in November 2007.[5] The first Director General of the MSG Secretariat was Rima Ravusiro of Papua New Guinea.[6] Since April 2016, Amena Yauvoli of Fiji heads the MSG Secretariat.[7]
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^"New Director General of MSG Secretariat". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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