Expanded, empowered PIF could lock in Pacific security
By Anna Powles, Massey University and Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide in Palmerston North
Amid global political turbulence, the Pacific is a region whose...
Former Pacific leaders group urges Australia to increase 43 percent emissions cut
Former Pacific leaders have called for “urgent actions” to reduce global carbon emissions, including a commitment to no new coal or gas projects as...
Thousands miss out in PNG polls as leaders demand explanation
Thousands of voters have missed out in the polls igniting angry leaders to call on Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and Electoral...
Forum Foreign Ministerial 2022 convenes in Suva
Forum Foreign Ministers are convening in Suva Friday 08 July to discuss key regional developments and priorities ahead of the July 11-14th 51st session...
Fiji prepares to welcome Forum Leaders to Suva for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum
Leaders from across the Pacific region will be gathering next month for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and related meetings from 11-14 July...
New clear ways for the Pacific- Address historic nuclear injustices in the Pacific
Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which came into force in January last year must prioritise and address the...
Commonwealth leaders line up to support action on ‘living lands’
Leaders and senior officials from across the Commonwealth have voiced their robust support for a non-binding charter on climate change, biodiversity and land degradation,...
Ministers call for greater international action to strengthen the resilience of Small States
Wednesday on the margins of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali, leaders and ministers met for high-level discussions on how to...
Fiji PM calls on World leaders to seriously consider nuclear disarmament
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama called upon nations around the world to seriously “speak the language of a nuclear-free world” and to join the...
Fiji supports prohibition of Nuclear Weapons treaty
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has stated that Fiji will work with all states, large and small, to ensure a nuclear-free world and to...
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Conflicts command headlines…protecting peace, less so: The UN Peacebuilding Fund explained
By Daniel Dickinson
Wars regularly make headlines. Preventing them rarely does.
Yet for the past 20 years, the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) has quietly been helping...
China’s policing plans should be sidelined, says top Solomons minister
One of Solomon Islands’ most senior ministers has called for security and policing co-operation with China to be sidelined in a boost for Australia’s...
Forum DSG Solofa calls for deeper regional integration as economic pressures mount
Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General, Desna Solofa has warned that the Pacific faces mounting economic pressures from global geopolitical instability and rising fuel...