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Ottawa one step closer to a plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 7, 2024
01 May 2023, Ottawa Canada - Pacific delegates are leaving Ottawa Canada exhausted but reasonably satisfied with an advanced draft text of an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. They...
Early Action Rainfall Watch could reduce impacts of rainfall extremes in Pohnpei
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 29, 2023
27 March 2023, Federated States of Micronesia - Last week, the Weather Service Office Pohnpei underwent training on development of an Early Action Rainfall Watch (EAR Watch), a bulletin providing early warning of rainfall extremes for the disaster...
SBS Wise LLC announces services for FSM Citizens abroad
Benzinga
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March 29, 2023
The online service will relieve people impacted by the FAA's grounding of Asia Pacific Air Cargo on Feb 1, 2023. On Feb 1, 2023, FAA grounded Asia Pacific Air Cargo (source). Because of this, almost no mail or cargo is being brought into the...
3rd Singapore-Pacific High-Level Visit, 20 to 22 May 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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May 19, 2024
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan will host the 3rd Singapore-Pacific High-Level Visit from 20 to 22 May 2024. The High-Level Visit is a platform for Singapore and Pacific Ministers to foster closer ties and exchange views in...
Canada shows the way to address plastic pollution and calls on members to make INC-4 count
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 24, 2024
23 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Canada, the host country of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), is showing the...
$5 Billion Asian Development Fund Replenishment Agreed to Support Most Vulnerable in Asia and Pacific
Asian Development Bank
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May 3, 2024
TBILISI, GEORGIA (3 May 2024) — Donors and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to a replenishment of $5 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) 14 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) 8. The commitment was made during ADB’s...
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian’s Regular Press Conference on April 15, 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China
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April 15, 2024
At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon will pay an official visit to China...
Commonwealth Countries Strategized Collective Action On 30% Marine Protection By 2030
EIN Presswire
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April 24, 2024
Commonwealth countries united to strategize collective action towards 30% marine protection by the year 2030. PAPHOS, CYPRUS, April 24, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Commonwealth countries united to strategize collective action towards 30% marine...
15 March 2024: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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March 14, 2024
This week in Australian foreign affairs: Albanese addresses US TikTok ban; new AUKUS Sub concerns for Australian defence; new ambassadors announced; Chinese sanctions on Australian wine, and more. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed...
Pacific countries convene to align National Biodiversity Targets to Global Biodiversity Framework
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 27, 2024
18 March 2024, Nadi, Fiji – A historical agreement which sets out an ambitious agenda towards the vision of living in harmony with nature, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, was adopted during the 15th Conference of the Parties to...
Pacific Voice the “moral compass” in global push for plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 21, 2024
19 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Three days from the opening of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment...
Imagine what our ancestors would say, FSM laments state of Our Ocean
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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January 21, 2023
30 June 2022, Lisbon Portugal, UNOC2022 - The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) delegation at the Second United Nations Ocean Conference took global leaders on a journey down memory lane on Thursday. Speaking during the plenary session at the...
The United States’ Enduring Commitment to the Indo-Pacific: Marking Two Years Since the Release of the Administration’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
U.S. Embassy & Consulates in China
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February 15, 2024
FACT SHEET OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FEBRUARY 9, 2024 The United States is an Indo-Pacific nation. As the most dynamic and fastest-growing region on earth, the Indo-Pacific is an essential driver of America’s future security and prosperity. The...
Love is in the Air
EIN Presswire
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January 16, 2023
PAC Re-Introduces Bi-Weekly Flights to Guam LOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, January 16, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) today announced the return of its bi-weekly air cargo services from Los Angeles and Honolulu to Guam and...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2022
Government of Samoa
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October 1, 2022
SAMOA, October 1 - Declaration on U.S.-Pacific Partnership We—the governments of Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon...
Kiribati begins Marine Spatial Planning journey with the Pacific BioScapes Programme
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
A successfully implemented marine spatial plan can reduce conflicts among users, reduce environmental impacts, facilitate compatible uses, and protect critical ecosystems. In practical terms, it provides a public policy process for society to...
Celebrating Achievements and Progress in the Division
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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March 11, 2024
Talofa Lava from SPTO’s Division of Sustainable Tourism! Presenting the second edition of the Pacific Sustainable Tourism Newsbeat for 2024, we take you to the heart of the Pacific, Samoa, as our country of focus. Explore the latest updates from...
Fact Sheet: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 2022
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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April 29, 2022
The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to advancing health equity and improving health outcomes of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. An estimated 24 million Asian Americans and 1.6 million Native Hawaiians...
SOLOMON ISLANDS ATTEND PACIFIC SECURITY CONFERENCE IN FIJI
Solomon Islands Government
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November 21, 2022
SOLOMON ISLANDS ATTEND PACIFIC SECURITY CONFERENCE IN FIJI A Government delegation comprising security agencies from Customs, Immigration and the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) attended the Joint Heads of Pacific Security Conference in...
USNS Brunswick Returns Home after 7 Years in the Western Pacific
U.S. Navy
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February 6, 2024
While steaming more than 21,600 nautical miles in support of a variety of high visibility, multinational U.S. Navy and partner nation operations in several Pacific countries, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Peru, the Philippines,...