Reclaiming a lost decade
By Sanaka Samarasinha, UN Resident Coordinator to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
As we surface from an unexpected global pandemic which left...
Overcoming suspicion: reconciliation for Australia and Bougainville
The angry reaction to Richard Marles’ comments should be a warning to Canberra about the need to settle past grievances.
By Anthony Regan
During a visit...
Experts debate a watershed moment that could see the world’s highest court adjudicate a...
The Commonwealth Foundation convened leading experts on climate law and finance to discuss how small island nations are using legal action to achieve compensation...
Re-sourcing, Infrastructure, Rivalries: Who Benefits?
An infrastructure map ‘All that Blue, That is my Dream” released by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) Thursday has provided a visual representation...
Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar
By David Robie
A Fiji-based academic challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers Wednesday over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of...
Joint Statement: 5th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
The 5th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers' Meeting, chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, was held in Busan on...
Why Tuvalu still chooses Taiwan
By Joel Atkinson, HUFS
In his recent visit to Taipei, Tuvalu’s new Prime Minister Kausea Natano declared that Tuvalu would ‘continue to stand firm...
The UN in FSM milestones and the way forward
A year ago, on 1st October 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed the first Resident Coordinator Micronesia, Jaap van Hierden, to head the UN’s...
The UN in RMI, the nuclear legacy, climate justice and the way forward
A year ago, on 1st October 2021, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed the first Resident Coordinator Micronesia, Jaap van Hierden, to head the UN’s...
INTERVIEW: Connection between human rights and climate change ‘must not be denied’
Ian Fry, Australian National University Professor and Tuvalu’s former ambassador for Climate Change for over 21 years, was appointed in May by the UN...
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Cook Islands declared ‘world leader’ in seabed sector
Seabed mining is no longer a distant ambition for the Cook Islands as at last week’s Pacific Agenda: Investment, Security and Shared Prosperity summit...
‘We’re not interested in being guinea pigs out here;” Guam bucks U.S plans to...
Guam Lieutenant Governor Josh Tenorio did not mince words in his meeting this week with visiting Department of the Interior officials, telling them that...
Fiji Embassy confirms Fijians in Israel safe amid regional tensions
The Embassy of the Republic of Fiji in Jerusalem has issued a security advisory to all Fijian nationals in Israel following significant military developments...