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The Fifty-First Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Retreat was held virtually on 6 August 2021, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, ...

  share HONOLULU (July 21, 2021) – During a trip to Honolulu this week for defense talks with US officials, His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), visited the East-West Center (EWC) on July 19, where he met with the Center’s president along with the director of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP), which is headquartered at the EWC. During a recent virtual summit meeting, President Panuelo was elected Chairman of the Pacific Island...

Leaders identify pandemic recovery, climate change, sustainable development as top prioritiesHONOLULU (June 13, 2021) – The leaders of 11 nations and territories across the Pacific have issued a group communiqué following a two-day online gathering of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders, or PICL. During the June 1-2 summit, a new group of Pacific Island leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the region faces a “shared challenge in threats to ... order,” with “economic coercion ... on the rise.”

US Climate Envoy John Kerry tells leaders that with all-of-society effort it’s possible to both beat the climate crisis and transition to sustainable economies

The Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) has unanimously selected Federated States of Micronesia President David W. Panuelo to serve as the body’s new chairperson and Dr. Mary Therese Perez Hattori as interim director of the Conference’s Secretariat, the Pacific Islands Development Program.

The leaders of 11 nations and territories across the Pacific met virtually yesterday, the first day of a two-day online gathering of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL).

HONOLULU (June 1, 2021) – The leaders of nations and territories across the Pacific are gathering virtually on June 1 and 2 (Hawai‘i time) for a meeting of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL). It is the 11th time the summit has convened since it was founded in 1980.The meeting aims to recommit a new group of Pacific Island leaders to the important regional purpose