Forum Foreign Ministers call for urgent capitalisation of PRF, as region targets economic independence

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers are pushing for stronger economic integration and increased capitalisation of the Pacific Resilience Facility (PRF) as the region seeks greater... Read More

Pacific Foreign Ministers push stronger nuclear language after China missile test

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers will push for stronger language on nuclear issues in the 2026 Forum Leaders' communique, with the move coming in the wake of China's ballistic ... Read More

U.S report says Samoa needs faster publication of year-end financial report

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- Samoa has met key fiscal transparency requirements but needs to improve the timely publication of its end-of-year financial report, according to the 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report by... Read More

Forum Foreign Ministers call for transparency over Pacific missile tests

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers have called for greater transparency and reassurance over recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in the Pacific, reaffirming th... Read More

Marshall Islands backed to host 2029 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- Forum Foreign Ministers have backed the Marshall Islands' bid to host the 2029 Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, which would coincide with the country's 50th anniversary of indep... Read More

High Seas Treaty faces biodiversity knowledge gap as most deep-sea species remain unnamed

Fiji, Aug. 13 -- A landmark treaty to protect biodiversity on the high seas has entered into force, but scientists warn that much of the deep-sea life it seeks to conserve remains unknown. The Biodiv... Read More

Pacific Foreign Ministers back regional security plan as threats grow more complex

Fiji, Aug. 12 -- Pacific foreign ministers have endorsed a new regional peace and security action plan as the region faces an increasingly complex security environment, including illicit drugs, transn... Read More

Pacific urged to put peace, culture at centre of climate security

Fiji, Aug. 12 -- The Pacific Islands region should move beyond the traditional focus on climate change as a driver of conflict and instead build a climate-peace approach centred on social cohesion, cu... Read More

Vanuatu PM Napat, MSG DG back Kanak self-determination and regional solidarity

Fiji, Aug. 12 -- Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat and newly appointed Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Director General Dr Anna Naupa have reaffirmed support for Kanak self-determination in New Cal... Read More

Pacific faces "fight for our lives" from triple planetary crisis: SPREP DG

Fiji, Aug. 12 -- Pacific communities face a growing threat from climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution despite contributing only 0.01 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, SPREP Directo... Read More

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