Melanesian Spearhead Group
Melanesian Spearhead Group Groupe Fer de lance mélanésien | |
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Map indicating the membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. | |
| Seat | Port Vila, Vanuatu |
| Membership | 1 associate: 2 observers: |
| Leaders | |
• Director General | Amena Yauvoli |
| Establishment | |
• as Melanesian Spearhead Group | 1986 |
| 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 |
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Website http://www.msgsec.info | |
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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. In June 2015, Indonesia was recognized as an associate member.
It was founded as a political gathering in 1986. 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. A secretariat building was constructed by the People's Republic of China and handed over to the MSG in November 2007. The first Director General of the MSG Secretariat was Rima Ravusiro of Papua New Guinea. Amena Yauvoli of Fiji was the head of the MSG Secretariat from 2016.