Forum Chair Mark Brown offers condolences and support following PNG landslide
Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has expressed his condolences following the landslide in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province on 24...
Pacific Islands Forum Chair hails landmark ITLOS advisory opinion on Marine Pollution
The Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has welcomed a significant development from the International Tribunal for the Law...
Cook Islands calls for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have national debt forgiven
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has called for countries on the frontlines of climate change to have their national debt forgiven.
Stressed during a...
Data-Driven Solutions: Key to overcoming challenges in Small Island States
Empowering decisions through data, was a sentiment echoed by many at the Fourth International Conference of Small Island Developing States currently being held in...
Weather Ready Pacific, a Pacific-led solution for Pacific Islands resilience designed by us, for us
The Weather Ready Pacific Programme of Investment, a landmark Pacific Island solution for Pacific Islands challenges to resiliency was magnified at the Fourth International...
FijiFirst Party terminates seventeen MPs
The FijiFirst Party has terminated seventeen Members of Parliament who voted in favour of salary increases last Friday.
The seventeen Opposition Members received letters from...
PIF Chair, Mark Brown on the ITLOS Advisory opinion delivered on May 21, 2024
Statement by the Forum Chair and Prime Minister of Cook Islands, Mark Brown.
The Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, welcomed...
French surfer Fierro crowned in Tahiti Surf Event, ahead of Paris 2024
French Olympic surfer, Vahine Fierro, became the first Frenchwoman to win the women’s Tahiti Pro on the waves of Teahupo'o on Wednesday, just two...
More climate funding needed to ‘transition from rhetoric to decisive action’
Climate action taken so far to help fund efforts in cash-strapped small island developing States (SIDS) “does not measure up to what has been...
Climate groups say Australia must advocate for loss and damage finance for Pacific at Bonn Climate Change Conference
Civil society groups from across Australia and the Pacific are calling on the Australian Government to champion loss and damage finance for Pacific Island...
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Pacific nations warn UN sea-level rise declaration falls short
Pacific nations have warned that the first United Nations Declaration on Sea Level Rise falls short of the legal protections and climate action needed...
Former NZ PM Clark criticises New Zealand for abstaining on UN pandemic declaration
New Zealand has abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, citing concerns over national...
Fiji rights coalition questions legal authority for referendum date
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) has questioned the constitutional authority behind Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s announcement that Fiji’s national referendum will be...