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Pacific Islands Forum

Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As an American Samoa delegation prepares to meet with several representatives of the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Secretariat, the Lemanu- Talauega administration focuses on regional cooperation in addressing pressing issues. American Samoa has held Observer status at PIF...
opening ceremony of the 52nd Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting
Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS — The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting opening ceremony erupted with song, dance and the fierce drumming performances involving hundreds of Cook Island children on Monday local time. The green carpet made of woven coconut leaves was rolled out for Pacific leaders...
Cook Islands women
Performers at the opening ceremony of the 52nd Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga — Nov 6, 2023. Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga is among the Pacific leaders attending that meeting as well as the Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands. [Photo: RNZ Pacific / Eleisha Foon]
Henry Puna
Suve, FIJI — China has given the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat an annual contribution of $US1.1 million. In a handover ceremony, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, welcomed the funding, done under the Pacific Islands Forum Co-operation Fund. Puna said China...
Strategy graphic
Suva, FIJI — The launch of a brand new Pacific regional strategy will be a crucial outcome of this weeks Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting happening this week in Suva, Fiji. The 2050 Pacific Strategy is a 30 year plan that will form the basis of Pacific development, and engagement will be...
 In response to Japan’s announcement that it would begin dumping nuclear waste in the Pacific Ocean, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is appealing to Japan to hold off from discharging nuclear waste from the Fukushima power plant that was destroyed by a tsunami in 2011....
Gerald Zackios and David Kabua
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The man at the center of Micronesia's departure from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) says the move puts them in a good position to help shape the architecture of a rejuvenated regional body. Earlier this month the Marshall Islands' diplomat Gerald Zackios was passed-over...
Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister has indicated that his government is willing to review the appointment process for Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum. Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi's statement comes after five Micronesian presidents vowed to leave the forum after their candidate...
Map of PIF members and associates
Apia, SAMOA — Savaii Newspaper, Samoa’s government newspaper, is reporting that the government is not giving up on its campaign to induct neighboring American Samoa into the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) as a full member. Currently, the territorial government serves as an Observer in the Forum. And...
Pacific surf
Suva, FIJI — The Pacific Islands Forum is calling for changes to the law governing the region's maritime boundaries. A Regional Conference on Securing the Limits of the Blue Pacific focussed on the legal options, institutional responses to the impact of sea-level rise on baselines and the context...

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