Country Profile of the Cook Islands
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A View from the Cook Islands
Our vision is one of achieving genuine sustainable development that will improve the quality of life not only for the people of the Cook Islands but also for all the people of our planet.
…We have a responsibility for the good stewardship of the ocean in which we live. That ocean is a focal point in the lives of all Pacific Island peoples.
Address to World Summit on Sustainable Development by Dr. Robert Woonton, the Honourable Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (2002).
| Capital: | Rarotonga
| | Population: | 18, 027 (2001)
| | Land Area: | 240 sq. kilometres
| | Max Height above Sea-level: | 652 metres (Te Manga)
| | EEZ: | 1.8 million sq. kilometres
| | Rainfall: | Average of 2, 040 mm per annum
| | Mean Temperature: | 24° C
| | GDP per Capita: | $12, 963 (2003)
| | Currency: | New Zealand dollar (NZ$)
| | Languages: | English, Maori
| | Government | Semi-independent country in Free Association with New Zealand
| | SOPAC Membership: | Full member since 1973 (then CCOP/SOPAC) |
^Country Representative to SOPAC
Mike Mitchell
| Secretary
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration
| PO Box 105
| Rarotonga
| Cook Islands
| Tel: (682) 29347
| Fax: (682) 21247
| | E-Mail: secfa@foraffairs.gov.ck |
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