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Final Resolutions from Pacific Conference of Churches

Friday, March 15th, 2013

The Pacific Conference of Churches, at the end of its tenth Assembly has passed resolutions about the following topics:

Tahiti independence
West Papua independence
Freedom Sunday
Nuclear testing
Seabed mining
Solidarity on mining
Tourism, fishing and forestry
Facilitating the concerns of members by engaging on the issue with agencies such as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the Melanesian spearhead Group.
Ending HIV-AIDS stigmatisation
Climate change and resettlement
Teachers for Chuuk
Arms trade and nuclear weapons

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Tags: Arms Trade, HIV, Mining, Nuclear Testing, Pacific Conference of Churches, seabed mining, Tahiti Nui, West Papua

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