Tag: Pacific Islands Forum

Asia Pacific Report The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to stop trying to keep Papua off the agenda at...

By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...

By RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders are to meet today to agree on a united response to the snub of their preferred candidate as Pacific Islands...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...

By RNZ Pacific Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...

By RNZ Pacific The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris agreement over climate change. Within...

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland A Pacific Islands Forum-hosted webinar has called on the United Nations and Indonesia to be “more responsive” to the pleas...

By Wansolwara staff Pacific leaders are echoing strong calls for USP Council members to work together to resolve the ongoing challenges currently faced by the...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Homegrown Australian television shows to the tune of $17.1 million will be broadcast in the Pacific...

An Al Jazeera report on the protests and rioting in Papua this week in response to the racist attack in Surabaya. ANALYSIS: By David Robie Indonesia’s...

By RNZ Pacific Tuvalu's Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister's conduct at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison's attitude "unfortunate" and "neo-colonial,"...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Eighteen leaders from the Pacific region met for 12 hours at the 50th Pacific Islands Forum meeting with Australia holding out...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly "fierce" Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk By Makereta Komai in Funafuti, Tuvalu Tonga’s Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, has delivered a stinging attack against regionalism and the Pacific Islands...

By RNZ Pacific Australia looks to have succeeded in watering down language on climate change in the communiqué of today's Pacific Islands Forum leaders' summit...

By Matthew Vari in Funafuti, Tuvalu Relocation is a cheap option for sinking island countries - but "we are going to stay", vows Tuvalu Prime...

By Jamie Tahana of RNZ Pacific There was a frenetic energy outside the Sir Tomasi Puapua Convention Centre on Sunday, where the finishing touches were...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights violations in West Papua are to be given priority at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tuvalu next week. According...

By RNZ Pacific Pacific leaders have declared a climate crisis in the region and are demanding an end to coal mining. The declaration was signed by...

By Kristen Lyons of the University of Queensland Climate change threatens Australia in many different ways, and can devastate rural and urban communities alike. For...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Franz Albert Joku, a former leading West Papuan independence campaigner who changed sides and became an Indonesian government supporter,...

By RNZ Pacific A leading New Caledonian pro-independence politician, Victor Tutugoro, says governments of Melanesian countries have quietly supported the New Caledonian independence cause. Tutugoro, second...