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Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set to affect virtually every child on earth by 2050, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Today, at least half a billion youngsters are already exposed to a high number of heatwaves, placing them on the front lines of climate change,...

The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), in collaboration with the Government of Angola will host the 10th Summit of OACPS Heads of State and Government in Luanda, from 6-10 December 2022. Themed, “3 Continents, 3 Oceans, 1 Common Destiny: Building a resilient and sustainable OACPS”, the 10th Summit marks the first live meeting of OACPS Heads of...

Op-ed by Jeremy Grennell, PTI Australia's General Manager of Exports Having recently returned from exhibiting a number of premium Pacific products at Fine Food Australia, the Southern Hemisphere's largest, and arguably most impressive, food industry event, as well as the Melbourne International Coffee Expo - I found myself reflecting on the long history that Australia has as a major...

South Korean Foreign Minister Jin Park will hold the 5th Korea-Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Busan on 26 October. The meting to be attended by the foreign ministers of the fourteen Pacific Island Countries will be held under the “Vision for the Resilient Blue Pacific.” In the Meeting, the participants will discuss ways to strengthen substantive cooperation in development...

The Pacific islands are increasingly being used as a transit point for transnational crime, including drug trafficking and money laundering, experts say. Criminal organisations from Asia and the Americas are exploiting limited law enforcement resources on these islands, and drug problems are rising on these tourist paradise locations, according to experts and local reports, mainly from Fiji and Palau. The region...

Vanuatu Clerk of Parliament, Raymond Manuake, has summoned Parliament to convene on Friday, 04 November 2022. The summons instrument was signed by Manuake Tuesday and distributed to the 52 newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs). Manuake said the elections of the new Speaker of Parliament; First, Second and Third Deputy Speakers as well as the Chairman of parliamentary committees are on...

Forging a stronger presence in Papua New Guinea and other Pacific island nations has become part of the West’s strategy to counter China's security push in the region. The superpower rivalry between China and the United States, in particular, has been felt in the region in recent times. Both sides have dangled security assistance and development aid to grow their influence...

Australia on Tuesday pledged increased defence spending and efforts to firm up diplomatic ties with neighbouring Southeast Asian and Pacific nations as it seeks to counter China's growing economic and strategic influence in the region. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's first budget since his centre-left Labor government was elected in May lifts funding for defence by eight percent in the fiscal...

-As is customary in the run up to any gathering of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) predicable fault lines are emerging. Oil producing nations tend to err on the side of caution when it comes to laying down green goals for shipping, while states where climate change is having the most visible effect...

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) and Tokelau welcome the decision of the MSC Independent Adjudicator, in respect of the objection raised against the application, by PNA, to extend the scope of the MSC certification of the PNA tuna fishery to include bigeye tuna and fishing on FADs. The proposed extension of the MSC certification is a hugely important initiative...