The leaders of the Melanesian Spearhead Group are concerned at the state of the MSG secretariat and are planning a special summit to try and remedy it.
The Melanesian Spearhead Group headquarters in Port Vila, Vanuatu. Photo: RNZI / Jamie Tahana
The chair of the MSG, Solomon Islands prime minister, Manasseh Sogavare, has been touring the member countries in the past two and the leaders of Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and New Caledonia's FLNKS back the summit plan.
Mr Sogavare's planned visit to Fiji was called off following Cyclone Winston.
The leaders are worred at the poor financial state of the secretariat, which has delayed the appointment of a new director general and hampered the organisation's work programme.
