Climate change remains Pacific priorities says Forum SG ahead of Korea- Pacific Island Summit
By Pita Ligaiula in Seoul
Climate change remains Pacific priorities despite geopolitical interest and security for the Indo Pacific from global superpowers, says Forum...
Pacific civil society groups urge Korea to withdraw support for fossil fuel projects in Australia
By Pita Ligaiula in Seoul
Pacific civil society groups have written to Pacific Leaders ahead of the inaugural Korea- Pacific Summit Monday requesting that...
End over-exploitation of our ocean and its resources: Forum SG
By Pita Ligaiula in Seoul
Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General and Ocean Commissioner Henry Puna says ‘ocean conservation is vital to our survival, our way...
Fiji urge global community to get legally binding treaty on plastic pollution
By Pita Ligaiula
Fiji has called on global community to reach an effective legally binding treaty on plastic pollution.
The second session of the Intergovernmental...
Korea should use its summit to offer labour mobility to the Pacific
By Stephen Howes
Fresh off their meeting with Indian Prime Minister Modi in PNG, Pacific leaders are this coming week gathering in Seoul for...
Korea -Pacific Islands Summit grows
Pacific Islands Forum Leaders are driving new global momentum for climate change and other collective priorities in a week of meetings with India, the...
Ties with China ‘healthy’: PNG PM
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea has a “healthy relationship” with China.
“They also are important and a big trading...
We are the Great Council Chiefs for everybody: Ratu Epenisa
The Turaga Bale Na Vunivalu Na Tui Kaba, Ratu Epenisa Cakobau is adamant of a positive outcome as Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs (GCC)...
Election system overhaul: PNG PM
Prime Minister James Marape says Papua New Guinea hopes to adopt India’s electronic voting system and biometric identification during General Election 2027.
“They (India) are...
Cook Islands PM Brown welcomes United States’ increasing engagements in the Pacific
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has welcomed the United States’ increasing involvement in the Pacific.
Brown, who is also the chair of the Pacific...
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COP31 Pacific Climate envoys to elevate Climate Change impacts on global stage
The Pacific COP31 Envoys, endorsed by the Pacific Climate Change Ministers, have now been formally appointed through a joint letter from the COP31 President-Designate...
Palau makes historic call for UN nicotine control ahead of Pacific Leaders’ Forum
Ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum, Palau has made history by becoming the first nation to formally request that the United Nations examine nicotine...
Tuvalu Youth leader selected to help lead 2026 Commonwealth Youth Forum
Tuvalu youth leader Eleala Avanitele has been selected to serve on an international task force responsible for planning and delivering the 2026 Commonwealth Youth...