No Fukushima Nuclear discharge: Pacific Elders Voice statement
We note, with deep concern, Japan’s decision to release treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. According to...
Acting Forum SG Dr Manoni statement at the RMI Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day
Bula Vinaka and a special Iakwe and greetings to you all. I thank you for the invitation to join you today to mark this...
Opinion: Pacific leaders’ choice for top Forum job an insult
By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific Correspondent
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next year was...
One of the most important talks no one has heard of’: why the high...
By Karen McVeigh
Almost two-thirds of the world’s ocean lies outside national boundaries. These are the “high seas”, where fragmented and loosely enforced rules have...
The Pacific: An ocean of opportunity
By Sarah Stubbings, ANZ Regional Executive, Pacific
ANZ has been in the Pacific for more than 142 years. The region is an important part of...
Pacific Islands Forum special leaders retreat – Forum Communiqué
The Pacific Islands Forum Special Leaders Retreat was held in Nadi, Fiji, on 24 February 2023, and was attended by Heads of State, Government,...
Macron puts EU deal with Africa, Caribbean, Pacific on death watch
By Vince Chadwick
It took one sentence in the wee hours of Friday morning for Emmanuel Macron to put more than seven years of...
Small is (sometimes) beautiful: perceptions of corruption in seven small Pacific Island countries
By Grant Walton
Over the past few years the Pacific has been a hive of anti-corruption activity. Pacific Island nations have introduced new anti-corruption...
One year of war against Ukraine: acting together to ensure international law will prevail
By Josep Borrell
24 February 2022 will forever be recalled as the day when Russia started its brutal, unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine. This...
Pacific migrant workers share their stories of human rights and climate mobility
The UN Human Rights Office has launched Pacific Climate Tales – an animated video series where migrant workers from the Pacific region share their...
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Iran crisis shows fossil fuels-based energy system ‘is inherently volatile and unstable’
Senior UN climate leaders are getting behind countries mobilising this week for a transition away from fossil fuels at a groundbreaking event in Colombia.
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Fiji Parliament ratified PRF in uninanimous vote, pushes debt free-climate funding
Fiji’s Parliament has unanimously approved the ratification of the agreement to establish the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) Wednesday, marking a significant step toward strengthening...
Fiji Government split on Emergency Powers; Polls won’t be automatically delayed
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says a State of Emergency is “very seriously” being considered to tackle Fiji’s growing drug crisis, even as his own...