PACP Leaders endorse signing of Samoa Agreement
The Pacific ACP (PACP) Leaders meeting in Rarotonga this week has endorsed the signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week.
This was confirmed...
PACP leaders urged to maximise international opportunities to push for climate change, Forum Leaders to discuss 2050 strategy
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has told Pacific PACP leaders to maximise every opportunity in the international fora...
CROP agencies are vital to the implementation of 2050 strategy: Forum Chair Brown
Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark has bluntly told heads of the Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific(CROP) the...
Signing of Samoa Agreement, a major milestone: EU Ambassador to the Pacific
The European Union Ambassador (EU) to the Pacific, Barbara Plinkert has described the upcoming signing of the Samoa Agreement in Apia next week as...
OACP SG calls for high level representation from PACP Leaders at the signing of the Samoa Agreement next week
The Secretary General of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific (OACPS) Georges Rebelo Pinto Chikoti has emphasised the importance of strategic partnerships and...
Australian PM lands in Cook Islands in time for the Forum Leaders retreat
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Cook Islands in time for the Forum Leaders retreat to be held in Aitutaki on Wednesday.
This...
UN must act decisively to support small islands states impacted by sea level rise: UNGA President
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President has commended member states of the Pacific Island Forum in elevating sea-level rise for the attention of...
Forum Chair calls for respect from dialogue partners, as 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting opens in Rarotonga
With the region increasingly the focus of an intensifying contest for influence between super powers, China and the U.S, Cook Islands Prime Minister and...
Fiji and PNG leaders appointed MSG special envoy to address the West Papua issue
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has appointed Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Papua New Guinea Prime Minister as special envoys to address the...
Inalienability of affected UN Member States’ sovereignty and statehood raised at SIS Leaders Meeting
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis says no effort should be spared to safeguard and defend the 'inalienability of affected Member States’...
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Western Pacific governments urged to speed up action to end TB in the region
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