Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat Forum HQ, Suva, FIJI PacificIslandsForumLeadershave concluded their Special Leaders Retreat overnight and haveannounced Henry Puna asthe incoming Secretary General.Alsoon the agendaof the Special Leaders Retreatwasthe …
Forum HQ, Suva, FIJI–PacificIslandsForumLeadershave concluded their Special Leaders Retreat overnight and haveannounced Henry Puna asthe incoming Secretary General.Alsoon the agendaof the Special Leaders Retreatwasthe COVID-19pandemic, including the distribution of vaccines to the region.
Leaders acknowledgedthe region’s efforts to date to manage the spread of the COIVD-19 pandemic in the Pacific region, including through the establishment and operationalisation of the Pacific Humanitarian Pathway on COVID-19.
Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 4:16 pm
The
Ambassador of the European Union for the Pacific,H.E Sujiro
Seam with the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands
Forum, Dame Meg Taylor at the signing
ceremony.
The European Union (EU)
and the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) have today
signed a new project worth EUR 5.75 million (equivalent to
FJD 14.3 million) to enhance the trade capacity of Pacific
countries.
The project titled Strengthening Pacific
Intra -Regional and International Trade (SPIRIT) (SPIRIT)
aims at boosting and increasing intra-regional and
international trade by strengthening institutional and
technical capacity in the region. It will facilitate the
implementation of trade agreements, in particular the
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EMA TAGICAKIBAU
27 January, 2021, 3:45 am
There is still hope for a global ban on nuclear weapons in our lifetime, and Pacific countries have long shown particular commitment to achieving this goal.
Two recent events have been encouraging.
In December 2020, the first-ever meeting of state parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (SPNFZ) Treaty was held to highlight the treaty 35 years after its adoption.
It was a virtual meeting, organised by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in response to the call at the 2019 Tuvalu Leaders meeting for the operationalisation of the provisions of the treaty.
The second event was the entry into force (January 22 2021) of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).