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.
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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’...
MSG to appoint Special envoy to engage with Indonesia on West Papua issue
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has agreed to appoint a special envoy to engage in talks with Indonesia on the issue of West Papua.
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Time for Smaller Islands States to consider their role into the future: Forum Chair Brown
Pacific Islands Forum Chairman and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the time is ripe to consider what role they see the Smaller...
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At least 10 feared dead in Gold Ridge Pit collapse in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands Police are now at the Gold Ridge mine site as reports emerge that at least 10 bodies have been recovered after a...
More Pacific defence partnerships likely after PNG and NZ sign agreement, expert says
The new defence agreement between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and New Zealand could lead to more joint training, maritime patrols and regional cooperation as...
Signing the U.S shiprider agreement is selling our sovereignty: Sogavare
Solomon Islands leader of the Opposition, Manasseh Sogavare, has warned that the ruling government’s plan to sign a shiprider agreement with the United States...