The 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting (PIFLM) is jointly hosted by the Government of Solomon Islands and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS). The Meeting will be held in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara from 8 to 12 September, 2025.
Venue and Access
The Honiara Summit will take place at the Friendship Hall and the Aquatic Centre Conference facilities, located in the Eastern side of Honiara.
All Delegates and Participants will travel to the Venue and from their hotels by designated transportation as arranged by the Host.
The Plenary for the Meeting will be held at the Friendship Hall while Side Events will be hosted at the Aquatic Centre Facility. Bilateral meeting rooms will also be located within the Aquatic Centre.
Designated enclosures for VVIPs and VIPs at the Meeting venues and their arrangements will be made known to visiting Delegations upon arrival in Solomon Islands.
Delegation points of contacts and Participants can find out more information on arrangements from the Meeting’s Official Hosts or the Forum Secretariat.
Screening
There will be screening for all Delegates and Participants to the Meeting. This designated screening location can be made known to Delegates and Participants upon arrival in Solomon Islands. This will start from the dates for registration and continue all throughout the Meeting days.
Holders of VVIPs will be the Heads of State and Governments and they are exempted from screening.
In the event, there are delegated Ministerial Heads of Delegations representing their Heads of States and Governments, they will be holders of VVIP and will be equally exempt from screening.
Restricted Areas
Access to certain meetings apart from the Plenary Hall for the opening on 8th September 2025 and the Meeting days may be restricted where meetings are ‘closed’ for Heads of States and Governments only.
Closed meetings will be announced by the Host.
Seating
Each Government Delegation will be assigned with one (1) seat at the main table in the Plenary Hall with two (2) seats for accompanying officials immediately behind.
Designated seating will also be provided for other Delegations and Participants.
Seating is limited and additional seating may be provided depending on availability of space.
Additional Information
The Venues are non-smoking zones. Smoking will only be allowed at the designated smoking areas marked for smoking and not in the Plenary or other meeting rooms.
To minimise any forms of negative impacts on the environment, the Meeting will be held paperless and plastic free. All meeting documents will be distributed to member delegations by the Forum Secretariat and on issued USBs in the Solomon Islands for Delegates.
Delegates and Participants are encouraged to bring their own drinking bottles for use as a way of lessening the impact of single use plastic in Honiara, a campaign that the Solomon Islands Government launched in the previous year and is continuing to progressively implement across its communities. Water dispensers will be provided throughout the Venues.
Solomon Islands phased out plastic water bottles less than 1 litre from all its shops and outlets and only has 1 Litre water bottles sold in shops.