Bainimarama and the UN's Figuring on Fiji

When Ban Ki Moon addressed the Pacific Islands Forum this week in New Zealand,  he became the first Secretary General of the UN to do so. Highlights include a spirited discussion of Fiji's place in the family of Pacific nations. (Hint: Fiji's getting a time-out.)

Also discussed -- The use of Fiji's troops in UN peacekeeping actions such as in Iraq. They were banned in 2009 due to "military strongman Frank Bainimarama" and his glacial movements toward democratic elections in that country. Since then, however...hmmm. Something's changed. Ban Ki Moon says Fiji's time-out may be close to an end.

Why was Fiji blackballed in the first place, when it's the government the UN has argument with?  Here's another hint, this time from The Age:

"When Britain granted Fiji independence in 1970, the Fiji army had only about 200 active troops.

Since then, more than 20,000 Fijians have been deployed in UN peacekeeping operations, building a robust military culture in the nation of fewer than 950,000 people.

Fiji has been under military rule since Bainimarama, the country's armed forces chief, seized power in a 2006 coup, its fourth since 1987.

His government had promised elections earlier this year, but Bainimarama said in Saturday's speech that they will not be held until 2014."

So the equation has been (up to now) figured this way: >troops used by UN = >troops in Fiji = >Bainimarama.

Apparently the equation is faulty.