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Pacific Finance Ministers to tackle Middle East crisis, economic resilience at Marshall Islands meeting

Fiji, June 22 -- Finance and Economic Ministers from across the Pacific will gather in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) this week for the 2026 Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM), with t... Read More


"Those blocking climate science are not our friends": Pacific issues strong warning at Bonn talks

Fiji, June 22 -- Pacific Island nations have delivered a sharp rebuke to countries seeking to weaken climate ambition at the UN climate negotiations in Bonn, warning that efforts to sideline science t... Read More


Australia, PNG push ahead with Pukpuk treaty as Wong backs U.S-Iran Deal

Fiji, June 18 -- Australia and Papua New Guinea have reaffirmed their commitment to bringing the Pukpuk Treaty into force, with Foreign Ministers Penny Wong and Justin Tkatchenko describing the allian... Read More


Regional security pact proposal gets support

Fiji, June 18 -- Australia and Papua New Guinea have thrown their support behind greater Pacific security cooperation, with both countries endorsing efforts to explore a regional security pact propose... Read More


PNG tariff policy alone cannot drive competitiveness, UNCTAD review finds

Fiji, June 18 -- A review by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has found that tariff reductions alone are not enough to make Papua New Guinea's economy more competitive, ... Read More


Vanuatu celebrates historic appointment of Anna Naupa as MSG Director General

Fiji, June 18 -- Vanuatu has hailed the appointment of Dr Anna Naupa as the new Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), making her the first woman and first ni-Vanuatu to lead the re... Read More


UN Decolonisation Committee pressed to act on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau

Fiji, June 17 -- The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation heard renewed calls for action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Guam and Tokelau as it opened the main part of its 2026 sessi... Read More


Bougainville President Toroama says PNG Parliament breached Melanesian Agreement, calls for international intervention

Fiji, June 17 -- Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has accused Papua New Guinea's National Parliament of breaching the Melanesian Agreement (MA) and undermining the Bougainville peace process aft... Read More


Dr Aqorau questions Pacific regionalism's impact, calls for focus on results

Fiji, June 16 -- Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau has challenged Pacific leaders and regional institutions to assess whether decades of regional declarati... Read More


Bougainville Minister warns of IUU fishing threat, credits Patrols for stopping drone activity

Fiji, June 16 -- Bougainville Fisheries Minister Amanda Masono says illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing remains a major threat to the Autonomous Region of Bougainville's remote atolls, b... Read More