Fiji puts $24.9m into fisheries overhaul, eyes bigger role in Tuna trade and Ocean protection
Fiji’s Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, Alitia Bainivalu, says the $24.9 million(US$12.45 million) budget allocated to her ministry is aimed at overhauling the country’s...
Pacific hope rests on ICJ Climate ruling: “A turning point for Justice”
On 23 July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will deliver a landmark opinion on states’ legal duties for climate change — a historic...
Fiji pushes for Pacific COP31
Securing the Pacific COP31 is one of the most important shared goals of the Pacific Island nations today.
While responding to a question at the...
Fiji PM Rabuka reaffirms commitment to an “Ocean of Peace” at Pacific Security Conference
“The Ocean of Peace is a signal that we seek a region in which strategic competition is managed; where stability is the touchstone of...
Pacific must lead its own security amid growing global instability: Fiji PM Rabuka
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has sounded a stark warning over the growing challenges facing the Pacific region, declaring that the “Blue Pacific” has...
Regional security must be Pacific-led and people-centred: Forum SG Waqa
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa has called for stronger, more inclusive regional security cooperation to tackle growing global and regional threats, as...
Forum DSG Nayasi backs Solomon Islands leadership ahead of Forum Leaders Meeting
The Pacific Islands Forum’s Deputy Secretary General Esala Nayasi has praised Solomon Islands for its leadership ahead of the 54th Forum Leaders Meeting, calling...
ICJ Climate Opinion a defining moment for global justice: Vanuatu PM Napat
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat says the upcoming climate opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be a “defining moment in the...
Devil in the detail of New Caledonia’s “historic” agreement
By Nic Maclellan
Meeting in France, New Caledonian political leaders have signed an agreement on the political and economic future of the French Pacific dependency.
The...
New Caledonia politicians agree on statehood while remaining French
France on Saturday announced a “historic” accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly separatist violence last year, would remain...
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UN Decolonisation Committee pressed to act on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau
The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation heard renewed calls for action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau as it opened the...
Bougainville President Toroama says PNG Parliament breached Melanesian Agreement, calls for international intervention
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has accused Papua New Guinea's National Parliament of breaching the Melanesian Agreement (MA) and undermining the Bougainville peace process after...
Polling cutback sparks anger as New Caledonia heads into tense vote
A major cut in the number of polling stations in New Caledonia’s capital has sparked a heated debate about access to the vote, less...