Action by Pacific Islanders against racism, imperialism, foreign military bases and the mounting danger of nuclear war was urged in a Fiji Declaration issued at the end of the Conference for a Nuclear Free Pacific.

The Conference was held in Suva, Fiji, from April 1 - 6. There were 88 delegates from 22 countries attending the conference

The Declaration stated that "the conference was held in a crucial time in Pacific and international developments." The Declaration condemned the present series of French underground nuclear bomb tests on Mururoa and supported the rising awareness of the people of the Pacific and the emerging independence movements in the French Territories.