U.S Deputy Secretary Campbell’s meeting with Forum Secretary General Puna
U. S deputy secretary of State Kurt Campbell last week met with a high-level delegation from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) including Secretary General...
Small Islands: COP29 Presidency must commit to urgent delivery of Climate commitments
The most significant political global gathering on climate change since COP28 is just a day away, with countries coming together at the Copenhagen Climate...
Japan vows to build peaceful future for Pacific islands
Defence Minister Minoru Kihara pledged Wednesday that Japan will work with Pacific island nations to build a future of peace, stability, and prosperity for...
Former Kiribati leader rejects Chinese police on island
Pacific nations can't afford to snub Chinese money as they struggle with the impacts of climate change but foreign police being shipped in should...
Micronesian official sees benefits from economic partnership with China
An official from the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) says his nation values its relationship with China in terms of its economic partnership, which...
Members of European Parliament endorse the conclusion of the Samoa Agreement
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) has approved the conclusion of the Samoa Agreement, on the partnership between the EU and members of the...
Peacekeepers in Lebanon: ‘Deep concern’ over continued hostilities: UN
The UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Tuesday voiced deep concern over the escalation in the exchanges of fire across, and increasingly beyond, the Blue...
Records smashed – new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far
Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a...
Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’ – research
Sexual harassment of women journalists continues to be a major problem in Fijian journalism and “the issues of power lie at the heart of...
New Caledonia elections to be delayed, ahead of crucial constitutional reforms
France's national assembly has voted on postponing provincial elections in New Caledonia that are a prerequisite for constitutional reforms that are supposed to review...
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Tuvalu appoints first woman Governor-General on eve of Independence
Tuvalu has inaugurated its first woman Governor-General, Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, in a historic change of leadership on the eve of the country’s 48th...
Pacific civil society demands fossil fuel phase-out ahead of COP31
Pacific civil society groups are calling for an immediate end to new coal, oil and gas expansion and demanding climate reparations, stronger action on...
Keep 1.5 Alive, Pacific SIDS strategise ahead of COP31
Pacific solidarity remains our greatest strength and most effective tool for influencing outcomes at the upcoming 31st Conference of the Parties to the UN...