EU backs UN Climate ruling, Calls for faster action on fossil fuels
The European Union (EU) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a landmark resolution supporting the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion...
Benny Wenda calls for Indonesia’s expulsion from MSG and Pacific Islands Forum
Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has called for Indonesia to be stripped of its Associate Membership...
Pacific States back landmark UN Climate vote as Fiji defends statehood rights
Pacific Island countries have welcomed the United Nations General Assembly’s adoption of a landmark resolution backing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion...
Australia backs historic United Nations climate vote
Australia voted in favour of a landmark United Nations resolution spearheaded by its Pacific island neighbours to strengthen state responsibility to act on climate...
Niue PM Tagelagi unveils new Cabinet portfolios
Niue Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi has announced his new Cabinet ministerial portfolios a week after being elected and sworn in as Prime Minister.
The new...
WHO Pacific chief strengthens ties with Australia’s new CDC
WHO Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala has welcomed closer cooperation with Australia’s newly established Centre for Disease Control following talks with...
France expands New Caledonia voting rolls for June elections
By Nic Maclellan
In a 386 – 127 vote, the French National Assembly has voted to expand New Caledonia’s electoral rolls for next month’s elections...
Oceania opens its 46th Annual General Assembly as IOC President Coventry joins the regional family in Auckland
The Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) opened the 46th ONOC Annual General Assembly (AGA) at the Hilton Auckland Thursday, welcoming International Olympic Committee (IOC)...
Vanuatu PM welcomes historic UN vote backing ICJ climate ruling as “victory for climate justice”
Vanuatu has welcomed the adoption of a landmark United Nations General Assembly resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion on climate...
WHO Pacific Chief pushes digital health revolution for Island nations
World Health Organisation (WHO) Western Pacific regional director Dr Saia Ma'u Piukala has called for urgent investment in digital health and artificial intelligence to...
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Solomon Islands prime minister raises Pacific security pact proposal during Australia visit
The new prime minister of Solomon Islands has floated the idea of a Pacific-wide security pact during a visit to Canberra, in a move...
The unexploded bombs still threatening a Pacific nation 80 years on
More than 80 years after World War II, unexploded bombs are still being found near homes, schools and gardens in Solomon Islands.
Cleo Fraser, producer...
Samoa PM dismisses ADB airline warning: ‘They don’t know what we are facing’
Samoa Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt has defiantly brushed aside warnings from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that a government-backed airline could prove financially...