Pacific Island leaders re-affirm their commitment to ocean leadership, innovation and partnerships
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Monday renewed their commitment and reaffirmed the region's solidarity in advancing climate action and ocean conservation.
This was conveyed...
Historic signing of Fiji – Solomon Islands Maritime boundary agreement
Monday marked a momentous achievement for Fiji and the Solomon Islands as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare signed a Maritime...
Forum leaders meet to consolidate Blue Pacific agenda
By Nic Maclellan
For the first time since 2019, presidents and prime ministers from around the region will gather face-to-face in Suva this week, to...
Forum mission questions credibility of New Caledonia referendum
By Nic Maclellan
Last December, the Pacific Islands Forum sent a ministerial mission to New Caledonia, to monitor the conduct of the third referendum...
PACP leaders meet in Suva to finalise new partnership agreement with EU
By Pita Ligaiula
Members of the Pacific ACP subregion met in Fiji Monday on the fringes of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting to...
Kiribati exit from Pacific Forum ‘out of order’ – former president
Kiribati's sudden withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum without wider political discussion by the government is out of order, the country's opposition leader and...
Solomon Islands offers to host next Forum Leaders Meeting
By Pita Ligaiula
Solomon Islands has made its intention known to the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMMM) that it wants to host...
Tuvalu asks NZ for more support as sea levels rise
With climate change causing the sea to rise around them, the Pacific island of Tuvalu is calling on New Zealand to provide more support...
Climate stance ‘welcomed’ at Pacific Forum
Australia's increased target on climate change action is set to be welcomed when leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, according to...
Pacific Foreign Ministers declare a climate emergency, set priorities at FFMM 2022
Formal outcomes from the Forum Foreign Ministers, held in Suva on Friday have been released with key collective decisions including a declaration that the...
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AI must support journalists, not replace them: Pacific Media summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu
Pacific newsrooms must use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to strengthen journalism without sacrificing human judgement, editorial standards and cultural expertise,...
Pacific Leaders unite to advance Global Ocean action and protect the Blue Pacific
As the world prepares for the largest annual climate summit in the coming months, Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have reaffirmed their collective commitment to...
Fiji Govt rejects claims Constitution review was rushed
The Coalition Government has defended the pace of Fiji’s constitutional review process, rejecting criticism that it has been rushed.
The Constitutional Review Commission’s (CRC) report...