Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (fr

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd (front L) welcomes delegates (front row L to R) Cook Islands Prime Minister Jim Marurai, Federated States of Micronesia President Emanuel Mori, Kiribati Secretary of Foreign Affairs Tessie Lambourne, PIF Secretary General Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Niue Premier and PIF Chairman Toke Tufukia Talagi, Nauru President Marcus Stephen, New Zealnd Prime Minister John Key, (back row L to R) Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare, Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister John Silk, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Solomon Islands Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade David Derek Sikua, Tongan Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, Tuvalu Prime Minister Apisai Ielemia and Vanuatu Prime Minister Edward Nipake Natapei to the 40th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit in Cairns on August 5, 2009. Pacific island leaders urged Fijians to rise up against their military regime and restore democratic rule as leaders from around the Pacific began two days of talks aimed at tackling the impact of the global economic crisis and climate change on some of the smallest and poorest nations in the world. AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD (Photo credit should read TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)