FSM Government statement on U.S-China relations and the impact of high-level visit to Taiwan
Recently, the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) became aware of a high-level visit to Taiwan by the Speaker of the U.S...
Win for women, Peter unseats Agarobe in Central Regional race
If there is a glimmer of hope in Papua New Guinea’s violence strewn National General Elections, then it has to be the elevation of...
U.S President Joe Biden to host White House Pacific island summit
U.S President Joe Biden will host Pacific island leaders at the White House in September, a senior American diplomat said on Saturday, deepening a...
Pacific Islands solidarity is a Biden priority, U.S diplomat tells Solomons
U.S President Joe Biden sees strong ties with Pacific Island countries as a priority, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in the Solomon...
PNG PM ‘can form a government’ as count goes on
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said his party has the numbers to form a coalition government, after a national poll plagued by...
‘Super Browns’ side Cook Islands Party in coalition talks
The governing Cook Islands Party is all but confirmed to retain power after receiving support from the re-elected Independent Members of Parliament (MPs) from...
Air Rarotonga inaugural commercial flight to Tahiti scheduled for 13 August
The governments of the Cook Islands and French Polynesia are delighted to announce the first inaugural commercial flight from Rarotonga (RAR) to Pape’ete (PPT),...
Statement by Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna on the UNGA resolution recognising the Universal Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment
I join the chorus of international support for the landmark resolution recognising the right to access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as...
ONOC Digest – Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
ONOC is delivering this Digest in partnership with The Reporters’ Academy and the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA).
Endurance and Resilience: Pacific Island Multi-Event Athletes...
New FAO project to boost Vanuatu’s capacity for implementing National Census of Agriculture 2022
Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Vanuatu launched a new project to support the country in conducting...
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IRENA report flags legal gaps slowing Fiji renewable energy push
Fiji has set ambitious goals to transform its energy sector but legal and regulatory gaps could slow progress toward renewable energy targets, according to...
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Ocean leaders at the World Ocean Summit warned that illegal fishing costing $23.5bn annually and weak enforcement threaten global ocean protection targets, urging stronger...
UN experts urge states to support General Assembly resolution operationalising ICJ Advisory Opinion on...
All states must support a UN General Assembly resolution upholding the 2025 Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate change...