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schema:articleBody	The Pacific Islands Forum on Thursday elected former Cook Islands prime minister Henry Puna as its secretary-general, risking a split with Micronesian member nations who had backed a rival candidate. Puna's appointment was confirmed after a marathon virtual meeting of leaders from the 18-member body which continued into the early hours of Thursday morning amid heated debate over the leadership. "Puna assumes the position of secretary-general at a critical time in the region's history and will need to guide the region through the Covid-19 recovery," PIF chairman Kausea Natano said in a brief statement after the meeting ended. Micronesian nations -- Palau, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) -- argued it was their turn to select the secretary-general under an informal arrangement that has stood for decades In a joint statement late last year, leaders of the five nations said they "see no benefit to remaining in the PIF" if the protocol was broken. Their departure would be a major blow for the 18-member PIF, which is mostly made up of small island states, along with Australia and New Zealand. It could also provide an opening for China to boost its influence with the sparsely populated but strategically important Pacific island nations. Puna argued ahead of the meeting that the coronavirus crisis meant convention should be ignored in favour of good leadership. There was no immediate response from the Micronesian nations, who had indicated there was no room for compromise over the appointment of their preferred candidate Gerald Zackios, the Marshall Islands ambassador to the United States. str-ns/st
schema:headline	Pacific forum risks split after leadership vote
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