Melanesian Spearhead Group

Melanesian Spearhead Group
Groupe Fer de lance mélanésien
Emblem of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
Emblem
Map indicating the membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Map indicating the membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
SeatVanuatu Port Vila, Vanuatu
Membership
1 party
1 associate
2 observer
Leaders
• Director General
Fiji 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
Time zone
Website
http://www.msgsec.info
  1. 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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  2. ^ a b "About Melanesian Spearhead Group". Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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  5. ^ MSG Secretariat building handed over to govt[permanent dead link‍], Vanuatu DailyPost, 6 November 2007.
  6. ^ "Rima Ravusiro heads the MSG". Radio Australia. 6 June 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  7. ^ "New Director General of MSG Secretariat". Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2017.