Forum-a wasted opportunity

Dear Sir I wish to comment on the recent forum meeting in Rarotonga, on which all our leaders attended.

I think that it was a great opportunity wasted. There were a lot of issues that could have been sorted out, such as the

Bougainville tragedy (I grew up in Bougainville). What to do with the island of Nauru now that it is almost uninhabit able by the phosphate mining and the wreck that several Pacific Island nations find themselves in economically.

Instead, the forum was wasted by dis cussing the impact of a theory that it not really provable (note the record low tem peratures in North America and Russia as well as Europe). A theory of which the ear liest mention of I can recall was in a movie called Soylent Green, alias the Greenhouse effect, or more appropriately, green hoax.

Yes, I think that our leaders have squan dered a very good chance to help each other sort out pressing problems together.

Our prime minister (John Howard) has already got into trouble over the summit.

As for the rest of you leaders, I hope you had a good holiday at tax payers expense and I hope you get the good dressing down you so rightfully deserve.

Kisi Kilekili

Casuarina Northern Territory Australia.