The 2009 Conference of the Pacific Legislatures for Population and Governance adopted the following Pacific Islands Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures. These Benchmarks are directly built on: the CPA Recommended Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures; the Brisbane benchmarking discussions held on 26 June, 2009 organized by the CPA, WBI and the Centre for Democratic Institutions, and the Benchmarks self-assessments of the Kiribati Parliament, the Nauru Parliament, the Tuvalu Parliament and the Niue Parliament.