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SOLOMON ISLANDS:

The representative said that fourteen Pacific Island delegations participated in the Cairo Conference, compared to three at the Mexico City Conference. The adoption of the Port Vila Declaration on Population and Sustainable Development in 1993 was a firm commitment of the collective efforts of the Pacific Island States. He stressed the important role that the UNFPA regional office in Fiji plays in backstopping the population programmes in the South Pacific.