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Tuvalu has made a bold proposition, asserting that it will continue to exist as a country, even if the island disappears due to rising sea levels. This month, it enshrined a new definition of statehood in its constitution. The definition states the State of Tuvalu shall remain in perpetuity, notwithstanding the impacts of climate change or anything else that results in...

Inclusive talks in Paris between France and New Caledonia's politicians have yielded outcomes, including a French-submitted document on its future. The talks, held last week, aimed at resuming all-round dialogue over a possible future status for New Caledonia. Since the end of 2021 and a series of three referendums on New Caledonia's independence, talks had stalled. Paris has tried but failed to...

Australians are being kept in the dark by the federal government about the dire national security consequences of climate change, including the possibility of climate-induced political upheavals in the Asia-Pacific, a group of leading defence figures has warned. Former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie and other former senior personnel will urge the government to release a declassified version of a...

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be established by the Fiji Government to facilitate open and free engagement in truth telling and confront fears in view of conflicting statements and utterances regarding motives behind the political upheavals so that closure and healing for Fiji is achieved and permanently put to rest this unfortunate and turbulent chapter of our independent...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in Fiji to attend the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers' Meeting Friday. “This is my fourth visit to Fiji as Foreign Minister, which demonstrates the importance the Australian Government places on our deep and enduring relationship with Fiji, underpinned by our Vuvale Partnership. “In Suva, I will meet Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign...

New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan has released his message to Papua New Guinea stating that the country is living on borrowed money. “But as we look back and see where we are today, I let you be the judge. “My short message on this occasion comes to provoke your intelligence about the state of our beloved country as we approach...

On 18 - 19 September, former Fijian Ambassador to the UN and Carnegie nonresident senior fellow Satyendra Prasad will joining the Indo-Pacific Islands Dialogue in New York. Dr Satyendra Prasad is a nonresident senior fellow in the South Asia and Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Programmes at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. What is the most pressing issue for small island...

By Kite Pareti, Islands Business Very little attention has been given to addressing human rights violations within the fishing industry in the Pacific, according to new research unveiled at a first-of-its-kind ocean science meeting underway in Nadi, Fiji this week. A study titled, ‘Fishing Practices in Pacific Island Countries: A human rights perspective’ is currently in review stage but academics from...

Papua New Guinea Authorities have denied that there is a warrant of arrest for Prime Minister James Marape. Minister for Internal Security Peter Tsiamalili Jr and Police Commissioner David Manning have brushed aside any queries raised on the alleged warrant. On Monday, the Post Courier was made aware of several attempts by alleged police officers to execute a warrant on PM...

The UN Secretary-General had a clear message on Wednesday to world leaders arriving in New York next week: “This is not a time for posturing or positioning.” “Action is what the world needs” he said defining the gathering of 193 Member States for the UN General Assembly High Level Week as a “one of a kind moment” to both assess...