新西兰英语 99 Pacific Islands Forum 2009

　　The leaders of the Pacific Islands, including the New Zealand Prime Minister, John Key, are meeting in Papua New Guinea. Once again, the military leader of Fiji, Commodore Bainimarama, has not attended. At the last Pacific Islands Forum¹, (see August 21st 2008) the leaders warned Bainimarama to hold elections by March 2009. Today, the leaders have given him until May this year to announce a date for elections and the elections must be held before the end of the year. They said that two years of rule by a military government was not acceptable. If Bainimarama does not hold elections, the leaders plan to suspend him from the Pacific Islands Forum. Fiji will possibly be out of the Commonwealth² also.

1 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

2 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。