Tuvalu calls for joint action against transnational crime
Tuvalu Prime Feleti Penitala Teo has urged stronger regional cooperation to confront transnational crime across the Pacific, telling leaders in Fiji that no single...
Auckland seizes IOC summit to call for a higher profile
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) conference, taking place this week in New Zealand, is shining a spotlight on the future of global sports...
Niue names Cabinet after tight election, maintains gender balanced government
Niue has confirmed a new four-member Cabinet following its recent general election as the country’s post-election political landscape begins to take shape.
Tuesday's announcement follows...
WHO Pacific chief pushes global action on oral health crisis
World Health Organisation (WHO) Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala has called for stronger global investment and political commitment to tackle oral...
UN General Assembly to consider landmark resolution following the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
The Republic of Vanuatu, together with the Core Group of States leading the UN General Assembly resolution responding to the International Court of Justice...
WHO regional director Dr Piukala launches Climate and Health push ahead of COP31
World Health Organisation Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala says the health impacts of the climate crisis are now a central issue...
Pacific Police Ministers unite against rising transnational crime threat
Pacific police ministers have agreed to strengthen regional cooperation against transnational organised crime, warning that drug trafficking and criminal networks are threatening the security...
Pacific leaders push stronger rules on deep Seabed mining
Pacific leaders and regional partners have called for stronger Pacific-led governance of deep seabed minerals, stressing sustainability, environmental protection and respect for international law...
Pacific NGOs say deep-sea mining benefits corporations more than Pacific nations
Pacific civil society groups have warned that proposed deep-sea mining under the International Seabed Authority (ISA) framework would shift environmental and social risks onto...
Pacific civil society cautions ISA of ‘bluewashing’ deep- sea mining
Pacific civil society groups are calling for transparency and inclusion in regional deep-sea mining talks, as environmental stewardship concerns and poor economic prospects accompany...
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El Niño forms in Pacific as experts say it will likely turbocharge extreme weather
El Niño, the climate phenomenon that supercharges weather around the world, has officially arrived and could intensify to historic levels in the fall, U.S...
Trump reopens Pacific marine monument waters to commercial fishing
U.S President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation reopening nearly half a million square miles of protected waters in the Pacific to commercial fishing,...
UNFPA reports major health and Population gains despite funding cuts
By Pita Ligaiula
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it delivered major gains in maternal health, reproductive health services and population data collection during...