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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 Conference of Leaders, which normally meets every few years at the EWC. PIDP serves as the body’s...

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