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Country officials convene to align country priorities and needs in the Asia-Pacific region
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Global Environment Facility
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The GEF OFP Regional Training Workshop and Asia Pacific Constituency Meeting took place in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, on May 13-16, 2025. Both events brought together 14 countries from the Asia-Pacific Region, including: Cook Islands, Fiji,...
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Pacific Officials Gather For 32nd SPREP Meeting
DCIM\101MEDIA\DJI_0768.JPG More than a hundred Pacific government officials, partners, donors and stakeholders are gathering in Apia, Samoa, next week to discuss strategic issues pertaining to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
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Pacific Island students spearhead drive for ICJ climate justice
The six-year push towards Wednesday’s seminal climate change ruling at the International Court of Justice began not in some lofty legal chambers, but in a small university classroom in Vanuatu. Frustrated by the glacial global efforts to tackle...
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Exercise enhances Tuvalu’s disaster response
Department of Defence ADF personnel and Tuvalu authorities have completed a disaster response exercise to improve interoperability. Exercise Longreach involved a series of activities planned and coordinated by the 1st (Australian) Division to...
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Pacific Water Ministers Meeting Concludes with Strong Regional Commitments
Wednesday 27 August 2025, Honiara – The Ninth Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministers (PWWM) Meeting concluded yesterday in Honiara, with ministers from 14 Pacific Island countries and territories committing to urgent action to strengthen water and...
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Taiwan calls for Pacific Island Forum inclusion
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Thursday urged the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to allow Taiwan’s participation this year, following reports that it would be excluded from the event along with China and the US. MOFA called on the PIF to...
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Marshall Islands President Heine calls out ‘interference’ in Pacific Islands Forum programme
MAJURO (MARIANAS VARIETY) —Leaders of the three Pacific nations with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are united in a message to the Pacific Islands Forum that the premier regional body must not allow non-member countries to dictate Forum policies — a...
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China, U.S could be excluded from Pacific Islands Forum amid pressure over Taiwan
HONIARA (ABC PACIFIC) —-Solomon Islands could try to defuse a potentially explosive stoush over Taiwan’s participation in a key regional meeting next month by restricting the gathering to Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) members — effectively excluding...
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Tuvalu parliament speaker in Taiwan for lawmaker assembly
Tuvaluan parliamentary speaker Iakoba Italeli arrived in Taiwan today for a nine-day visit to attend a regional lawmakers assembly in Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Italeli arrived this morning at Taiwan Taoyuan International...
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Prime Minister welcomes Duke of Edinburgh and Global Leaders at 50th Independence Gala
PRIME Minister James Marape hosted a 50th Independence Gala Dinner for the Duke of Edinburgh and all the important dignitaries that came to PNG today, yesterday and a few days ago to celebrate the country’s golden jubilee. Tonight, accompanying...
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PM Marape Launches Landmark Fisheries Strategies, Calls for Pacific to Harness Ocean Wealth
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PNG Business News
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Prime Minister James Marape has urged Papua New Guinea and its Pacific neighbours to take full control of their ocean resources, declaring that the region must no longer remain a “beggar” while foreign powers exploit its fisheries wealth. He was...
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Pacific news in brief for 27 August
Last week, the Nauru government announced it signed a project proposal of about $1 billion with a Chinese company. Photo: Facebook / The Government of the Republic of Nauru Nauru/Australia - security Australia is pushing to ratify a security...
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Palau backs Solomon Islands' move to exclude Pacific Islands Forum partner talks until 2026
Palau backs Solomon Islands' decision to defer the Pacific Islands Forum dialogue partners meeting to 2026, when Palau will be hosting the annual gathering. Photo: RNZ Pacific Palau "respects" the Solomon Islands' decision to exclude Pacific...
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Marshall Islands President warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, flanked by Speaker Brenson Wase, right, and parliament Chaplain Rev. Lawson Matauto, at Monday's opening session of parliament where she delivered strongly worded remarks supporting Taiwan's participation as...
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Palau backs Solomon Islands’ move to exclude Pacific Islands Forum partner…
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Pacific News Service
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Palau “respects” the Solomon Islands’ decision to exclude Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) dialogue partners when it hosts the annual leaders’ meeting in Honiara next month. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has sent letters to PIF member states...
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Tuvalu parliament speaker visits Taiwan for Asian lawmakers meeting
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) Tuvalu's parliament speaker, Iakoba Italeli, arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday for a nine-day visit to attend a regional lawmakers assembly in Taipei, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said. Italeli arrived Wednesday...
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PM launches landmark Fisheries Strategies, calls for Pacific to harness ocean wealth
Prime Minister James Marape has urged Papua New Guinea and its Pacific neighbours to take full control of their ocean resources, declaring that the region must no longer remain a “beggar” while foreign powers exploit its fisheries wealth. He was...
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'We don't want to become a memory': Endangered Tuvalu minister
By Kelly Macnamara, AFP Reclaimed land at Tuvalu's capital, Funafuti. Photo: Supplied: Hall Contracting Climate action is a "moral responsibility" for wealthy polluting nations, Tuvalu's climate minister told AFP Friday, as the low-lying island...
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‘We don't want to become a memory’, says minister of endangered Tuvalu
PARIS - Climate action is a “moral responsibility” for wealthy polluting nations, Tuvalu’s climate minister told AFP on Sept 12, as the low-lying island nation pursues UN recognition for its heritage threatened by rising seas. The Pacific island...
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One of the most climate-threatened corners of the planet, scientists fear Tuvalu will be uninhabitable this century
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