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Referendum amendments unlikely to end Vanuatu Government instability, advises State Counsel

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The amendments to be made to the Constitution on 29 May 2024, particularly Articles 17A and 17B, in the national referendum will not stop political instability. As a matter of public interest, this was conveyed by Junior Joe Natuman, the Principal State Counsel in the State Law Office (SLO), on Friday during the National Referendum Communication team training programme held...

Expectations mount as Loss and Damage fund staggers to its feet

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The newly appointed board of the climate finance world’s latest entry – the hard-won UN “loss and damage” fund – will likely hold its first meeting in late April after delays in agreeing members. But despite soaring needs for help, the fund itself isn’t expected to hand out any money until 2025 at the earliest, officials say. The World Bank –...

Vanuatu submits written statement to world’s highest court

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Vanuatu's Ambassador to Europe, George Maniuri, has submitted the national written statement regarding the obligations of states to climate change to the world's highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Submitted almost a year after the United Nations General Assembly's agreed for ICJ to give an Advisory Opinion (AO), the submission marks a significant moment for Vanuatu's international leadership...

World Bank event puts focus on Corresponding Banking Relationships (CBR) in Pacific

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The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat with the support of the World Bank, will be hosting a high-level event on Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBR) from the 27th to the 28th March 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The event will bring together ministers of finance, central bank governors and other senior finance and banking officials from Forum member countries as well as the...

Indonesian military apologises after West Papuan man filmed being tortured in water-filled barrel

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Graphic footage of a West Papuan man bound in a water-filled barrel and being beaten and cut with knives by Indonesian soldiers has drawn a rare apology from the commander of Indonesia’s military in the province. Major General Izak Pangemanan confirmed 13 military personnel had been detained and more than 40 questioned as part of an investigation into the torture...

New U.S military command soon to form on Guam to centralise tasks in island region

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The U.S Indo-Pacific Command will soon establish a new military command on Guam that will form the nucleus of defence operations in the surrounding islands in the region. The Department of Defence’s budget request for fiscal 2025 includes US$40 million to fund the creation of Joint Task Force Micronesia, which will integrate “posture plans, military construction projects, land use negotiations...

NZ to provide support for Solomon Islands election

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Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Defence Minister Judith Collins Monday announced New Zealand will provide logistics support for the upcoming Solomon Islands election. “We’re sending a team of New Zealand Defence Force personnel and two NH90 helicopters to provide logistics support for the election on 17 April, at the request of Solomon Islands’ Electoral Commission,” Collins says. “They will help transport...

Chinese, Nauruan presidents hold talks for first time since resuming ties

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Nauruan President David Adeang held talks in Beijing on Monday. Xi noted that Nauru's political decision to adhere to the one-China principle and restore diplomatic ties with China in January is a move that conforms to the trend of history and the times. Friendship, no matter its beginning, will have a bright future, and cooperation, regardless...

Marshall Islands launches public engagement on new Compact deal

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While both Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) have endorsed their new Compacts of Free Association with Washington, the Marshall Islands just launched its review process Thursday with the first of a series of public hearings to engage islanders living in Majuro and Ebeye, the two main urban centers. The Palau and Micronesia congresses passed legislation earlier adopting...

State of Emergency declared in East Sepik Province

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Papua New Guinea’s East Sepik Provincial Administration has declared a state of emergency, effective Monday, until further notice. Mother nature in the last few days had caused flooding and destruction in Middle-Sepik and on Sunday an earthquake with a magnitude 6.9 hit the province according to the United States Geological Survey. Samson Torovi, Chairman of the Provincial Disaster Committee and Provincial...

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