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Australia will provide financial support for Pacific Leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to begin later this month in Dubai. Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister, Mark Brown made the revelation after the PACP Leaders Meeting Tuesday. "I would like to acknowledge the support from Australia in supporting the Pacific Climate Champions for their attendance at COP28...

The Pacific ACP (PACP) Leaders meeting in Rarotonga this week has endorsed the signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week. This was confirmed by Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown after the PACP Leaders meeting in Rarotonga, Tuesday. "The key outcome was the acknowledgement of the Samoa Agreement signing which will take place in Apia next week. And the...

Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has told Pacific PACP leaders to maximise every opportunity in the international fora to discuss the impacts of climate change facing the region. He said climate change remains a great security threat to many Pacific Islands. Brown said the region is the focus of heightened geostrategic interest – and never...

Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark has bluntly told heads of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific(CROP) the Leaders will rely on their leadership for the implementation of the 2050 strategy. While addressing the CROP Heads Meeting in Rarotonga, PM Brown said while Leaders carry the aspirations of collective action in the Pacific, the...

The European Union Ambassador (EU) to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert has described the upcoming signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week as a milestone. Addressing the Pacific ACP Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga Tuesday, Plinket said the agreement will include a specific Pacific-EU Protocol. "We are just a few days away from a historic moment in Pacific-EU relations: the signing...

The Secretary General of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS) Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti has emphasised the importance of strategic partnerships and strengthened collaboration in addressing the challenges faced by the region. Addressing the Pacific ACP Leaders meeting Tuesday in Rarotonga, Chikoti highlighted the new OACPS-EU Partnership Agreement, to be known as the Samoa Agreement, is a strengthened...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Cook Islands in time for the Forum Leaders retreat to be held in Aitutaki on Wednesday. This will be his first visit to Cook Islands as Prime Minister and his second time attending a PIF Leaders'Meeting. Albanese said Australia is a proud founding member of the PIF, which has brought the Pacific's leaders...

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President has commended member states of the Pacific Island Forum in elevating sea-level rise for the attention of the international community, whose support and intervention is absolutely necessary to address these dire issues of climate change impacts. Francis Denis told journalists in Rarotonga, the UNGA and the United Nations as a whole must act...

With the region increasingly the focus of an intensifying contest for influence between super powers, China and the U.S, Cook Islands Prime Minister and Forum Chair Mark Brown urged all dialogue partners to respect “Our Voices, Our Choice, Our Pacific Way”. “The Pacific Way is to respect each other’s sovereignty knowing it was hard fought by our forefathers. “May this Forum...

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has appointed Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister as special envoys to address the West Papua issue. Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said the decision was made during the MSG sub regional meeting on Monday on the fringes of the Forum Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. “The Melanesian Spearhead Group...