Forum mission questions credibility of New Caledonia referendum
By Nic Maclellan
Last December, the Pacific Islands Forum sent a ministerial mission to New Caledonia, to monitor the conduct of the third referendum...
PACP leaders meet in Suva to finalise new partnership agreement with EU
By Pita Ligaiula
Members of the Pacific ACP subregion met in Fiji Monday on the fringes of the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting to...
Kiribati exit from Pacific Forum ‘out of order’ – former president
Kiribati's sudden withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum without wider political discussion by the government is out of order, the country's opposition leader and...
Solomon Islands offers to host next Forum Leaders Meeting
By Pita Ligaiula
Solomon Islands has made its intention known to the Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting (FMMM) that it wants to host...
Tuvalu asks NZ for more support as sea levels rise
With climate change causing the sea to rise around them, the Pacific island of Tuvalu is calling on New Zealand to provide more support...
Climate stance ‘welcomed’ at Pacific Forum
Australia's increased target on climate change action is set to be welcomed when leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji, according to...
Pacific Foreign Ministers declare a climate emergency, set priorities at FFMM 2022
Formal outcomes from the Forum Foreign Ministers, held in Suva on Friday have been released with key collective decisions including a declaration that the...
Kiribati withdraws from Pacific Islands Forum in blow to regional body
The key diplomatic body in the Pacific has been dealt a devastating blow on the eve of its first in-person meeting since the pandemic,...
PNG caretaker PM Marape wins Tari-Pori Open seat for the third time
Papua New Guinea caretaker Prime Minister James Marape becomes the first candidate to be declared in the 2022 National General Election.
Marape was officially declared...
Labor faces major climate test, under pressure from the Pacific
Vanuatu’s special envoy on climate change for the Pacific has told Australia to back his country’s push to tie climate change inaction to the...
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Fiji abstains as UN adopts resolution on protecting humanitarian and UN personnel
Fiji was among six countries that abstained when the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the safety and security of humanitarian workers...
Elizabeth Wright-Koteka appointed new Cook Islands foreign affairs and Immigration secretary
The Cook Islands Public Service Commission has announced Elizabeth Wright-Koteka’s appointment as Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI), effective 1...
NZ helps strengthen Pacific aviation security
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced New Zealand will invest an additional $13.3 million (US$7.69 million), over five years, to strengthen aviation security in...