France urges big emitters to act as Pacific pushes climate agenda ahead of COP31
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Pacific bloc demands UN mission to New Caledonia as decolonisation debate intensifies
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French Polynesia urges UN-backed decolonisation dialogue with France
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COP31 must turn Pacific climate promises into action: Timor Leste President Ramos-Horta
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Pacific must take united climate message to COP31: Vanuatu PM Napat
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has called for a united and ambitious Pacific position on climate change ahead of COP31, saying the region’s declaration...
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‘Test of regionalism’: Pacific church group calls for review of Israel’s PIF role
The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed.
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For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its...
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