WHO and UNAIDS warn HIV gains at risk as funding cuts threaten AIDS response
By Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific, and Eamonn Murphy, UNAIDS Regional Director for Asia-Pacific and Eastern Europe and...
SPREP urges Pacific Communities to prepare as El Niño declared across the region
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has urged Pacific communities to begin preparing for the impacts of El Niño after the...
Tuvalu calls for urgent global action on Climate Mobility at Berlin Forum
Tuvalu's Governor-General, Reverend Sir Tofiga Vaevalu Falani, has called for urgent global action on climate mobility, telling an international gathering in Berlin that Tuvalu...
Fiji’s vast ocean makes drug fight a national responsibility
Foreign Affairs Minister Sakiasi Ditoka has issued a strong call for national unity in the fight against transnational drug trafficking, warning that Fiji is...
Fiji may begin importing Russian oil amid supply shortages
Fiji could begin importing Russian oil and petroleum products for the first time, according to a Russian diplomatic representative cited by TASS.
Philipp Khanin, Honourary...
Health Alliance accuses developed nations of blocking Climate finance progress at Bonn talks
The Global Climate and Health Alliance (GCHA) has accused developed countries of obstructing progress on climate finance negotiations and failing to honour commitments to...
UN Climate Chief warns against backsliding as Bonn talks close with key divides unresolved
United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell has warned countries against reopening previously agreed climate commitments and delaying action, as the UN June Climate Meetings...
SB64 ends in delay and division as Pacific now looks to a crowded agenda at COP31
The outcomes of the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany (SB64) is marked by delay, division and a dangerous weakening of ambition at a...
Hanson holding ‘gun to the head’ of Pacific nations: O’Brien
Australian Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Ted O’Brien has accused Labor of playing “partisan politics” over relationships in the Pacific and its leader Pauline Hanson...
Solomon Islands intercepts suspected crime-linked cargo vessel as regional investigation expands
A joint law enforcement operation has intercepted and detained a Belize-flagged cargo vessel suspected of links to transnational organised crime, prompting a widening regional...
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Tuvalu backs UN methane push, Calls for fossil fuel phase-out
Tuvalu has endorsed the United Nations Secretary-General's call for global methane action, calling for an urgent phase-out of fossil fuels and pledging to increase...
South Pacific Group Ministers celebrate progress and renew commitment to regional uni
Ministers from the South Pacific Group (SPG) gathered today in Wellington to reflect on the Group's achievements and collective successes. Convening in the margins...