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Pacific leaders push Climate justice and sea-level rise action

Fiji, May 26 -- Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Baron Waqa has called for stronger regional and global action on climate justice and sea-level rise, warning that climate change remains "the s... Read More


Pacific Police chiefs back Joint fight against Transnational Crime

Fiji, May 25 -- Pacific Police Chiefs have pledged stronger regional cooperation to combat organised crime, illicit drugs and corruption following the first Pacific Transnational Crime Summit held in ... Read More


WCPFC launches independent review on support for developing states

Fiji, May 25 -- The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has launched a call for independent experts to review how the Commission is implementing Article 30 of the WCPF Convention,... Read More


Kiribati demands nuclear justice as Pacific nations recall devastating legacy of nuclear tests

Fiji, May 25 -- Pacific nations have renewed calls for nuclear justice at the United Nations, with Kiribati and the Marshall Islands detailing the human cost of nuclear testing in the Pacific and urgi... Read More


Fiji Media Association slams Australia over lack of real support for Pacific Media

Fiji, May 25 -- Fiji Media Association (FMA) General Secretary Stanley Simpson has accused Australia of failing to properly support Pacific media, saying funding has focused more on Australian organis... Read More


USP Journalism head says Pacific Media aid driven by geopolitics

Fiji, May 25 -- The head of Journalism at the University of the South Pacific (USP) says media aid in the Pacific is shaped more by geopolitics and donor interests than long-term support for local jou... Read More


PIFS continues in-person meetings despite costs and fuel worries

Fiji, May 25 -- The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is pushing ahead with in-person regional meetings despite mounting financial and logistical pressures across the region, as member governments confront ... Read More


AOSIS welcome UN Climate vote as push for accountability grows

Fiji, May 22 -- Alliance of Small Island States and climate advocates have welcomed the overwhelming United Nations General Assembly vote backing the International Court of Justice's climate ruling, c... Read More


EU backs UN Climate ruling, Calls for faster action on fossil fuels

Fiji, May 22 -- The European Union (EU) has welcomed the United Nations General Assembly's adoption of a landmark resolution supporting the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on climate... Read More


Benny Wenda calls for Indonesia's expulsion from MSG and Pacific Islands Forum

Fiji, May 22 -- Interim President of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has called for Indonesia to be stripped of its Associate Membership in the Melanesian Spearhead... Read More