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Galumalemana Anne Rasmussen, one of Samoas long serving climate negotiators has been reelected to the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties (COP), representing Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The…
The Climate Report may come as a surprise to many, but for the people of the Pacific, these are our lived realities. Cyclones, droughts and floods are a part of our lives. Cyclone warnings are our normal, preparation and recovery come natural to us, because on an island, disasters are so normalized that we take it in our stride as our economies a crippled momentarily while we get back on our feet.
Bougainville’s leaders set a deadline of 2027 to gain full independence from Papua New Guinea Tuesday during talks on the future of the once-wartorn Melanesian island. A resounding 97.7 percent…
Three out of thirty-five of the world’s most diverse ecosystems are housed in the Pacific region. However, the ecological structure of the Pacific is being directly affected by changes to…
Scientists and Researchers from the University of the South Pacific (USP), published the first record of a sighting pygmy sperm whale in Fiji in the Journal of the Australian Mammal Society earlier this year. PhD Candidates Rufino Varea, Kelly Brown, and Jasha Dehm along with Research Fellow Dr. Brain Stockwell and Aquaculture Lecturer Dr. Chinthaka Hewavitharane utilized social media in the historical.
Photos by Brian Stockwell]
The five Micronesian members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) have officially withdrawn their membership of the PIF after the Micronesian Candidate from Marshall Islands’ Gerald Zackio lost the SG…
APIA: Today, leaders of the Pacific will decide who will be the next Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the most contentious undertaking in recent history for…
Next Wednesday, 3 February, leaders from 18 Pacific states and territories will convene online for a Pacific Islands Forum “Special” Leaders Retreat. The agenda is a brief one – to appoint a new Secretary General of the Forum to replace the formidable Dame Meg Taylor, whose six-year tenure expired in January.
The role is one of the most coveted and important positions in the Pacific. The Secretary General is both the chief bureaucrat and diplomat, with oversight spanning across all Pacific regional organisations as Chair of the Council of Regional Organisations in the Pacific. The Secretary General has responsibility for both enhancing Pacific regionalism and advocating for the Pacific on a global stage, reporting directly to the leaders of Forum members, and is also entitled to a seat at the table during regional negotiations.