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Samoa Agreement: EU and its member states sign new Partnership Agreement with members of ACP

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The EU and its Member States signed Wednesday a new Partnership Agreement with the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) that will serve as an overarching legal framework for their relations for the next twenty years. This agreement succeeds the Cotonou Agreement and will be known as the “Samoa Agreement”. The agreement covers subjects such as sustainable...

Pacific welcomes the signing of the new OACPS-EU Partnership Agreement Signing (Samoa Agreement)

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Papua New Guinea Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Jelta Wong says the opening for signature Wednesday of the OACPS-EU Partnership Agreement, that we all refer to as the "Samoa Agreement" signifies the beginning of a new era in OACPS-EU relations. Wong said it is an honour to speak on behalf of the Pacific region on this very august occasion...

EU hopes to increase Pacific presence

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The European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Chief Negotiator Jutta Urpilainen says they are looking at increasing their presence in the Pacific. Urpilainen in response to queries from Samoa Observer newspaper confirmed that they hope to be more involved with developments in the Pacific as well as increasing its presence “physically”. While she was hesitant to speak on behalf of...

Solomon Islands, newest member of High Ambition Coalition to end Plastic Pollution, leaves mark in Nairobi

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Solomon Islands might be the newest member of the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) to End Plastic Pollution but this has not stopped the Pacific nation from taking the global stage at the plastic treaty negotiations in Nairobi, Kenya, reiterating the call to end plastic pollution by 2040. The Permanent Secretary of the Solomon Islands’ Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster...

Bid for corruption-free Pacific

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The Pacific community’s stand against corruption got a major boost when leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum endorsed the establishment of a taskforce on the Teieniwa Vision to oversee its implementation. Supported by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and endorsed by Forum leaders on 03 February 2021, as the region’s anti-corruption roadmap, the Teieniwa Vision envisions...

PCC at COP28: Advocating for Phasing Out of Fossil Fuels, Funding for Loss and Damage, and Peace

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By James Bhagwan For the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), the ecumenical alliance for the Pacific region, it was a very difficult decision to go to this year’s COP in Dubai, a conference chaired by the CEO of Dubai’s national oil company who is a significant figure in the global fossil fuel industry, which takes place in one of the...

Apia hosts signing of new EU-ACP Samoa Agreement

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By Nic Maclellan More than two decades ago, the European Union and a group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states were due to meet in Suva, to sign a new partnership agreement. But the ceremony, scheduled for June 2000, never took place. On 19 May 2000, a group of armed men led by George Speight and Ilisoni Ligairi...

Forum Leaders express concern over Japan’s nuke waste water release

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Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum last week expressed strong concerns over the release of treated radioactive waste water from Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean says Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown. PM Brown said there were strong concerns raised by Forum leaders for the significance of potential threats of contamination to the health and security...

Kiribati President reluctant for same agreement with Australia as climate change resettlement deal struck with Tuvalu

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The President of Kiribati has played down the chances of his country striking a treaty with Australia similar to the landmark pact which Anthony Albanese signed late last week with Tuvalu’s Prime Minister Kausea Natano. The Falepili Union — inked by Albanese and Natano at the end of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Rarotonga — will open a...

FFA Members agree on management options for Pacific Tuna Fishery

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In a series of meetings convened at the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) recently, FFA Members have agreed on management options for the region's multi-million dollar Tuna Fishery. FFA Director General, Dr Manu Tupou-Roosen noted that the management options consultation is the meeting in which FFA Members discuss and agree on key management approaches to ensure the future prosperity...

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Milestone for Pacific/U.S Tuna Treaty

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A key milestone in the historic Tuna Treaty between the Pacific Island States and the United States has been reached this week with a...

Former Fiji PM Bainimarama granted absolute discharge, Qiliho fined

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Climate change, AI in focus at Commonwealth’s October meeting in Samoa

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Climate change and efforts to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence top the agenda for a Commonwealth meeting set for the small Pacific...