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As the Pacific Resilience Meeting: Managing Climate and Disaster Risk for a Resilient Pacific unfolds, leaders and stakeholders from across the region have gathered to tackle the urgent challenges posed by climate change, a daily reality for Pacific Island nations. Pacific Islands Forum Acting Secretary General, Esala Nayasi emphasised the urgency of the situation, recalling last month’s Leaders’ annual meeting...

Papua New Guinea's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justin Tkatchenko, has laid down a bold challenge to global leaders in a powerful address ‘We do not need rhetorical statements and unmet pledges’ at the High-Level Meeting on the Summit of the Future in New York. “The lackluster progress for the Sustainable Development Goals, at just seventeen percent, seen globally, including in...

Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says his next trip to the United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) is when the Pacific Islands Forum adopts his ‘Ocean for Peace’ policy that was proposed at the 53rd Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tonga last month. Speaking at the ‘Launch of Fiji’s Foreign Policy White Paper’ Rabuka said in his address to the UNGA Meeting...

Economic and financial constraints, followed closely by social, cultural, and political pressures, pose the greatest threats to media freedom in the Pacific, according to the inaugural Pacific Islands Media Freedom Index (PIMFI) report, For Us, By Us, About Us. Published by the Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF), a coalition of Pacific journalists formed to promote and project media freedom in the...

By Nic Maclellan  Tuesday 24 September marks the 171st anniversary of the French annexation of New Caledonia. By order of Napoleon III, Rear-Admiral Février-Despointes officially took possession of the main island Grande Terre in 1853, in a ceremony near the Catholic mission at Balade: “From this day forth, this land is French and part of its national territory.” For Kanak nationalists,...

President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Wesley Simina, made a powerful statement at the Summit of the Future, insisting that “the time for action is now.” His remarks came as the global community grapples with escalating climate challenges that disproportionately affect small island nations. “Climate change poses an existential threat to our environmental stability, peace, and security,” Simina declared,...

At the Summit of the Future, Palau President Surangel Whipps stood as a strong advocate for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) grappling with the dire impacts of climate change. He highlighted the existential threats faced by small island nations due to rising sea levels, increasing temperatures, and extreme weather events. The President urged world leaders to take decisive action and collaborate...

Fiji has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to climate action and called for urgent reforms to address the critical issue of climate finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). This statement was made by Fijian President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere while speaking at the Exchange of views on International Climate Policy Including financial challenges faced by SIDS, including reform of the International...

Fiji’s Cabinet has endorsed the National Fisheries Policy 2024–2028. The policy provides a strategic framework for managing Fiji’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors, with a focus on sustainability, economic growth, and food security. Strategies in the policy for specific sectors are as follows: • Offshore Fisheries: Develop management plans, update legislation, support industry growth, and conduct strategic research; • Aquaculture: Promote sustainable practices, modernise...

Senior players including some current members of the Flying Fijians want a change at Fiji Rugby Union. This comes as they have lend support to World Cup captain Waisea Nayacalevu’s claims against the union in an interview with Daily Mail last week. Nayacalevu had raised several issues and called for a total overhaul at Rugby House. In an exclusive interview with FBC...