WTO Fisheries subsidies process changes to disadvantage developing countries
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is altering the process for negotiations to curb fisheries subsidies in a manner that will make it harder for...
Genetic study reveals how ancient seafarers settled vast Polynesia
Beginning more than a millennium ago, intrepid seafarers traversed vast Pacific Ocean expanses in double-hulled sailing canoes to reach the far-flung islands of Polynesia,...
Global climate finance allocation unfair and unsustainable: Fiji AG
Fiji is among the climate-vulnerable countries in the region that continues to receive less than one percent of global climate finance.
Minister Responsible for Climate...
‘We can end the pandemic’, UN chief says in new call for global vaccine plan
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday repeated his call for a global COVID-19 vaccination plan to boost production and reach millions over the coming...
PNG is qualified to talk about the impacts of climate change at UNGA and COP26: PM Marape
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, says PNG has experienced the impacts of climate change, therefore, he as the leader is qualified to...
Captain Humphrey Tawake appointed as Fiji’s Deputy Commander RFMF
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) has announced two new senior appointments within the Force.
Captain Humphrey Biu Tawake has been appointed as...
Fiji records 72 new cases of COVID-19
Fiji has recorded 72 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, increasing the total number of cases to 50,200 and 577 deaths since the outbreak in...
Samoa on two-day lockdown for Covid-19 mass vaccination
More than 30,000 people are targeted to get their COVID-19 vaccination by the time the nationwide lockdown for Thursday and Friday’s mass vaccination campaign...
Palau president Whipps calls on UN to include Taiwan
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr on Tuesday urged the United Nations to allow Taiwan to participate in its system on the first day of...
Bill for an Act to amend the Fiji Electoral Registration of Voters Act 2012 passed
A Bill for an Act to amend the Electoral (Registration of Voters) Act 2012 was passed by the Fijian Parliament today despite strong opposition.
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Record visitors shield Cook Islands from global fuel crisis
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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...