Opening

The session will be opened with the commissioning of three Nobles comprising of HSH Prince Tu’ipelehake, Lord Fakatulolo and Lord Luani.

The new Members of Parliament will take their oath of office on the first sitting of Parliament on a date yet to be announced.

One of the commission will speak on behalf of King Tupou VI and then the Speaker will nominate two MPs to submit the House's reply.

Parliament's first sitting day will be confirmed once the King can attend.

A traditional Ava ceremony was accorded the heads of the Forum-member delegations as well as the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor at the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.

Samoa Prime Minister and Chair of the meeting, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi called on the leaders and member countries to stand together and implement the decisions that the leaders endorse at this year's meeting.

He also encouraged the Pacific to support Fiji's co-presidency of the COP 23, the annual round of the ongoing UN climate negotiations in Germany later this year.