In October 2003, the Tripartite Leaders' Meeting held in the Bali Island, Indonesia issued the historic Joint Declaration, according to which the China-Japan-ROK Tripartite Committee was established.

2003年10月，在印度尼西亚巴厘岛举行的三国领导人会议发表了历史性的联合宣言，中日韩三方委员会是根据该联合宣言建立的。

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This declaration was made by Native American activists, whose request to turn the closed prison island into a Native American study centre was repeatedly turned down in the 1960s.

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As with the Marshall Islands' declaration, the Cook Islands' effort was with the help of the Pew Environment Group, which advocates island nations' involvement because of the vast scope of their territorial waters.

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