Tag: Anote Tong
Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not ‘morally defensible’
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice (PEV) says the argument that religious affinity justifies the Pacific Islands Forum's...
Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
A group of former Pacific prime ministers, presidents and senior diplomats has warned that Pacific Islands countries are at...
Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy
RNZ Pacific
A former president of Kiribati warns the crisis involving the island nation's government and the courts has left the country with a "dysfunctional...
Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva
Former Kiribati President Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing...
Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia is accused of using "diplomatic strong-arm tactics" to water down outcomes in Pacific climate negotiations and "buy silence" on climate...
Landmark NZ climate change conference opens to ‘unite Pacific’
Kiribati’s President Anote Tong, a leading advocate for the Pacific over climate change, is one the keynote speakers at a landmark conference on the...
Climate crises in post-Paris Pacific – conference tackles key realities
The science is clear, climate change is upon us and nowhere is the impact more serious than in the Pacific.
Next week, Victoria University is...
