UNICEF is concerned for thousands of children in outer islands following Vanuatu twin cyclones
Days after twin cyclones tore through the country, the situation for an estimated 58,000 children in Vanuatu remains extremely precarious.
Children in the worst affected...
Fix ‘obsolete’ climate funding or risk disaster, warns UN fund chief
The systems the rich world uses to deliver climate finance to low-income countries are "obsolete," grinding down progress on averting a devastating climate crisis,...
Vanuatu declares six months state of emergency, takes stock of damage after double blow...
Vanuatu’s government has declared a six-month national emergency after back-to-back tropical cyclones battered homes, overturned light planes and uprooted trees, triggering an influx of...
Forum family stands in solidarity with Vanuatu: Chair Cook Islands PM
The latest cyclones which have ravaged Vanuatu, as well as an earthquake, in the four days from 01 – 04 March, should drive home...
Pacific Islands Forum to observe Federated States of Micronesia General Election
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) will observe the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) General Election Tuesday, 07 March 2023.
The Forum Team is lead by...
Appointment of Baron Waqa to PIF leadership subject to ‘more review and considerations’, says...
The president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has defended Micronesian leaders' controversial choice for head of the Pacific Islands Forum, but said...
Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – Stories of survival emerge
People in Vanuatu remain optimistic about their future after two destructive cyclones in two days left parts of the Pacific nation in ruins.
Authorities are...
High seas treaty: historic deal to protect international waters finally reached at UN
It has been almost two decades in the making but on Saturday night in New York, after days of gruelling round-the-clock talks, UN member...
PNG Fisheries Minister Wong opposes discharge of nukewater into the Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Jelta Wong, has called on Japan to cancel plans to dump more than one million...
Fiji on high alert over Japan’s plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated wastewater
Fiji's Acting Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica said on Friday that Fiji has been on very high alert after Japan planned to discharge the Fukushima...
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Children in Pacific Island countries face increasing levels of violence
Children in five Pacific Island countries are facing increasing levels of physical, sexual, emotional, and online violence at home, school and their communities, according...
Proposed law on tainted cryptocurrency ‘terrible’ for human rights, says Cook Islands expert
A Cook Islands cryptocurrency expert is critical of a proposed law targeting tainted cryptocurrency, arguing it undermines human rights and doesn’t address the real...
UN boss to attend Forum Leaders meeting in Tonga, No rush for regional architecture...
United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres will attend this year’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga in August.
This was announced by Secretary General...