Press Releases
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As climate storm gathers, Pacific islands race to setup warning systems
UN Environmental Program
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July 11, 2024
The project includes installing meteorological observation points in each of the five countries and providing improved observation equipment, such as automatic weather stations, Doppler radars, marine weather buoys and ocean sensors. There have...
9 June 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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June 8, 2023
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese gives keynote address at Shangri-La Dialogue and also visits Vietnam, Trilateral Defense Ministerial Meeting in Singapore with Marles’ Japanese and US counterparts, Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister pays...
Tuvalu says urgency of plastic crisis demands international cooperation
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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January 20, 2023
30 November 2022, Punta del Este - Tuvalu, a tiny atoll nation with limited landmass in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, has made its presence felt at the first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) to frame a global...
Securing Australia’s future in the world (Ministerial)
Australian Trade and Investment Commission
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June 13, 2024
At a time of great global uncertainty, the Albanese Labor Government continues to keep Australia secure while preparing for the opportunities of tomorrow, with responsible investments in all elements of our national power. The Albanese Government...
Tonga's Late Island shows promising results with surge in seabird populations after rat eradication initiative
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 29, 2024
29 May 2024, Nukualofa Tonga - It's been nearly a year since the Kingdom of Tonga carried out a ground-breaking mission to restore and re-wild Late Island by eradicating invasive rats, potentially marking it as the largest rat-free island in the...
PRESS RELEASE – Meeting Discusses PACER Plus Benefits and Future
Government of Samoa
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May 20, 2024
SAMOA, May 20 - 21 May 2024 APIA, Samoa – The seventh Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus Joint Committee meeting concluded on Friday, 17 May in Apia, Samoa. Hosted from 16-17 May 2024, this important gathering brought...
16th-term President and Vice President receive congratulations from foreign guests
Taiwan President News
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May 20, 2024
TAIWAN, May 20 - 16th-term President and Vice President receive congratulations from foreign guests 16th-term President and Vice President receive congratulations from foreign guests President Lai Ching-te, the First Lady, and Vice President...
President Tsai hosts state banquet for heads of state and representatives of delegations to presidential inauguration
Taiwan President News
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May 19, 2024
TAIWAN, May 19 - President Tsai hosts state banquet for heads of state and representatives of delegations to presidential inauguration President Tsai hosts state banquet for heads of state and representatives of delegations to presidential...
Pacific Climate Change Centre supports Knowledge Broker Support Programme Training of Trainers
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 3, 2023
01 May 2023, Suva Fiji - Sixteen participants, including Australian Pacific Climate Alumni Network (APCAN) National Coordinators from Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu benefitted from a four-day...
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB
Solomon Islands Government
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April 12, 2024
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 April 2023) — Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to moderate in 2024 before picking up in 2025, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO)...
Pacific SIDS calls for global solidarity in addressing the plastics crisis, asks for high ambition
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
Vanuatu, speaking on behalf of the 14 Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), has made a call for the international community to work together in fulfilling its mandate to have an international legally binding instrument on plastic...
Fiji calls on the plastics treaty to comprehensively address the full lifecycle of ghost fishing gear
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 23, 2024
21 April 2024, Ottawa Canada -Fiji contributes a fraction of one per cent of the global macroplastic leakages from abandoned, lost, discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) but bears a disproportionate burden on its devastating impact on marine life and...
Tonga on the path to phasing out single-use plastics, recognises the importance of national actions in meeting future plastics treaty obligations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Despite the challenges associated with being a small island developing state, the Kingdom of Tonga is making significant strides towards addressing the very visible problem of plastics. Tonga will soon finalise a...
Members of the Alliance of Small Island States comb through revised draft text of plastics treaty on eve of INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 19, 2024
18 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Pacific members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) have joined the group’s member states in Ottawa, Canada, to comb through the revised draft text of the international legally binding instrument on...
15 March 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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March 14, 2024
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese addresses US TikTok ban; new AUKUS Sub concerns for Australian defence; new ambassadors announced; Chinese sanctions on Australian wine, and more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2022
Government of Samoa
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October 1, 2022
SAMOA, October 1 - Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership We—the governments of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon...
Press Release: Samoa’s Head of State attends The State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Government of Samoa
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September 19, 2022
London, United Kingdom, Monday, 19 September 2022: The Head of State Afioga i le Ao Mamalu o le Malo, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Va’aleto’a Sualauvi II and his Good Lady, Masiofo Faamausili Leinafo Tuimalealiifano today attended the State Funeral of...
‘I hope they open their ears and listen to us,’ Tuvalu at INC1 Multi Stakeholder Forum
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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January 20, 2023
26 November 2022, Punta del Este - Pacific delegates attending the first session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) to negotiate a global legally binding instrument on plastics, have embraced the opportunity to share...
Palau, as PSIDS Chair, calls for a revolution to end plastic pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 14, 2023
14 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Twenty three million tonnes of plastic are released to the environment every year and half of it ends up in the Pacific Ocean every time. This number is expected to double by 2030 under a business-as-usual...
24 November 2023: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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November 23, 2023
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese at APEC Summit and addresses G20 Virtual Summit, new sanctions to target Hamas members, Wong and Marles 2+2 in Delhi, and more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese concluded meetings with Asia-Pacific...