Pacific Foreign Ministers back regional security plan as threats grow more complex
Pacific foreign ministers have endorsed a new regional peace and security action plan as the region faces an increasingly complex security environment, including illicit...
Forum Foreign Ministers support stronger Climate push ahead of COP31
Forum Foreign ministers have endorsed a stronger regional push for climate action ahead of COP31, calling for greater climate finance, investment in renewable energy...
Pacific urged to put peace, culture at centre of climate security
The Pacific Islands region should move beyond the traditional focus on climate change as a driver of conflict and instead build a climate–peace approach...
Vanuatu PM Napat, MSG DG back Kanak self-determination and regional solidarity
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat and newly appointed Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Director General Dr Anna Naupa have reaffirmed support for Kanak self-determination in...
Samoa calls for strong science to protect Pacific Tuna stocks
Samoa has called for stronger, credible science to guide the management of Pacific tuna fisheries as the 22nd Regular Session of the Western and...
Pacific faces “fight for our lives” from triple planetary crisis: SPREP DG
Pacific communities face a growing threat from climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution despite contributing only 0.01 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, SPREP...
Cost of living, water tariffs, mining on Cook Islanders’ minds ahead of election
The Cook Islands goes to the polls this week for its four-yearly general election.
Like all countries in the region, the Cooks has had its...
Tonga needs faster end-of-year reporting, Tighter budget control: U.S State Department
The Tongan government has made significant fiscal information available to the public but needs to improve the timeliness of its financial reporting and ensure...
Australian Foreign Minister Wong tables Ocean of Peace Alliance, Fiji Vuvale Union in Parliament
Australia says its new security and economic treaties with Fiji will reshape the bilateral relationship for generations and help advance Fiji’s vision of a...
China warns Pacific Islands diplomat not to sour ties over Taiwan
China warned a top Pacific Islands diplomat to “avoid affecting the healthy and stable development of ties”, after he said Taiwan would attend an...
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