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...
Wenge returns after ten years
Counting for the Morobe Regional Seat successfully continued into exclusion 35, to have a Governor elected as of quarter past four this morning.
Despite minor...
84 seats declared so far
A total of 34 seats remain to be declared as of midday today.
From the total 118 seats, 84 seats have been declared, but one...
UN visits Vanuatu after two years of closed borders
This week, a team from the United Nations (UN) landed in Vanuatu for the first time since COVID-19 closed Vanuatu’s borders in 2020.
Led by...
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Pacific nations warn UN sea-level rise declaration falls short
Pacific nations have warned that the first United Nations Declaration on Sea Level Rise falls short of the legal protections and climate action needed...
Former NZ PM Clark criticises New Zealand for abstaining on UN pandemic declaration
New Zealand has abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, citing concerns over national...
Fiji rights coalition questions legal authority for referendum date
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) has questioned the constitutional authority behind Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka’s announcement that Fiji’s national referendum will be...