Pacific Leaders push fisheries growth, back Kava declaration
Forum Leaders have agreed to ramp up efforts to secure greater economic returns from the region’s fisheries while backing a new regional declaration on...
Forum Leaders push urgency on Maritime boundaries, Back BBNJ treaty ratification
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to finalising all outstanding maritime boundaries and continental shelf submissions, calling the move critical to protecting...
Forum Leaders push gender equality, endorse new standing agenda items
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have recommitted to gender equality, making it a permanent feature of their agenda and calling for stronger inclusion of women’s...
Forum Leaders sound alarm on drug crisis, Call for coordinated action
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have issued a blunt warning that illegal drugs are becoming a major threat to the region’s security, health, and social stability.
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Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt sworn in as new Samoa PM
Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt was sworn in on Tuesday as Samoa’s new prime minister, alongside 31 successful candidates of his Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa...
Forum Leaders back Indonesia’s sovereignty, Push for 2026 West Papua visit
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have reaffirmed their recognition of Indonesia’s sovereignty over West Papua while pushing for a long-delayed human rights mission to...
Forum Leaders back Fiji’s Green Climate Fund bid and launch PRF in Tonga
By Pita Ligaiula
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have taken major steps to strengthen climate finance, endorsing Fiji’s bid to host a Green Climate Fund (GCF)...
Forum Leaders tighten rules on regional partnerships
By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have endorsed a new policy to govern engagement with external partners, aiming to strengthen...
Pacific Leaders unite to declare region an Ocean of Peace
By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders have formally declared the region an “Ocean of Peace,” a move they say is essential to...
Pacific Leaders endorse key regional priorities at Honiara meeting
By Pita Ligaiula in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Forum Chair and Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele says Pacific leaders have agreed on a series of...
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UNODC-PINA launch regional initiative to strengthen anti-corruption journalism in the Pacific
The Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today signed an agreement to implement the Journalism for...
PNG Parliament must now deal with Bougainville referendum result with respect, responsibility and unity:...
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Hon. James Marape has called on the National Parliament to deal with the 2019 Bougainville Referendum result with maturity,...
Pacific leaders say decolonisation remains unfinished decades after nuclear testing
Decades after nuclear testing ended across the Pacific, regional leaders and advocates say many of the issues that fueled anti-nuclear and independence movements remain...