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...
Opinion: Riding the wave of digital innovation – how the Pacific’s digital services sector...
By Caleb Jarvis, Trade and Investment Commissioner, PTI Australia
From media to development strategies, industry transformations to education, we are seeing unequivocally that the future...
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...
How Australia can counter China’s Pacific ambitions
By Rory Medcalf
Like empires past, Xi Jinping’s China seeks three grand prizes in the Pacific: wealth, control and presence. Australia and other Pacific nations...
PIF SG statement on the resumed fifth session Intergovernmental Conference on the BBNJ process
By Henry Puna, Forum Secretary General & Pacific Ocean Commissioner
As our Pacific Forum Leaders gather this week for their Special Retreat in Nadi,...
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Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans
By Jack Graham
Delegates from up to 193 UN member states resume talks in New York on Monday in an effort to wrap up...
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Deep-Sea Mining could begin in Pacific without agreed global rules
Commercial deep-sea mining for critical minerals could begin in the Pacific as early as 2027, despite the absence of an internationally agreed regulatory framework,...
Naoero toughens laws on domestic violence and attacks on police
Naoero has strengthened its laws on domestic violence and offences against police officers, with new measures aimed at protecting victims, preventing intimidation and giving...
Trump administration moves to increase H-1B visa fee to more than $100,000
U.S President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than US$100,000 on new H-1B visas...