1.   A pacific nation that has managed to remain neutral even during times of world conflict.

2.   He said that the USA was a Pacific nation and we intend to remain in the Pacific for the long haul.

3.   But because Australians now think of themselves as a Pacific nation, they are protesting the French testing as though it were being conducted under the Sydney Opera House.

4.   But, understandably, opposition from Pacific nations has been fiercest.

5.   In June, New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff promised that New Zealand, Australia and other Pacific nations will welcome anyone from Tuvalu displaced by rising water.

6.   So his government sent Kachar and a colleague to Victoria to study what other Pacific nations are doing.

7.   The nuclear detonations provoked strong comments from the leaders of Japan and New Zealand, among others, reflecting the outrage of Pacific nations.

8.   Tuvalu, which occupies nine coral atolls halfway between Hawaii and Australia, is the fourth small Pacific nation to apply to join the organization recently.

9.   Pacific nations want an independent scientific team to inspect the atolls.

10.   Also, Clinton has set as a goal establishing free trade with Pacific nations in the next century.