Delegates (front row L to R) Palau Vice

Delegates (front row L to R) Palau Vice President Kerai Mariur, French Polynesia (Tahiti Nui) President OscarTemaru, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Niue Premier and outgoing PIF Chairman Toke Tufukia Talagi, Australian Prime Minister and incoming PIF Chairman Kevin Rudd, PIF Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Nauru President Marcus Stephen, Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister John Silk, (back row L to R) Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Nipake Natapei, Kiribati Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tessie Lambourne, Tongan Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, Solomon Islands Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade David Derek Sikua, New Caledonia (Kanaky) President Harold Martin, Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori and Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai pose for the official photograph of the 40th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Cairns on August 5, 2009. Pacific island leaders urged Fijians to rise up against their military regime and restore democratic rule as leaders from around the Pacific began two days of talks aimed at tackling the impact of the global economic crisis and climate change on some of the smallest and poorest nations in the world. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)