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Voices of Pacific Women: Moe Saitala Paulo
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 18, 2024
Negotiating a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine Environment The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committing for a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution including in the Marine...
Vanuatu as PSIDS Chair calls for stronger commitment to plastics treaty in build up to INC-4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 17, 2024
17 April 2024, Ottawa Canada - Delegates from 14 Pacific countries have descended upon Ottawa, Canada, to finalise preparations for the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding...
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...
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...
Joint Statement on Marking Two Years Since the Military Coup in Myanmar
U.S. Department of State
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February 1, 2023
A joint statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union, and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, the Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Ghana, Iceland, Liechtenstein,...
Journey to Ottawa: Pacific countries ready to negotiate revised draft text of plastics treaty
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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April 14, 2024
12 April 2024, Apia Samoa - To say waste generation - including plastic pollution is a global problem - would be stating things quite mildly. The statistics are in fact staggering, and even more concerning especially for Pacific countries who...
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...
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB
Solomon Islands Government
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April 12, 2024
3.3% GROWTH EXPECTED IN THE PACIFIC REGION IN 2024, 4% IN 2025 — ADB MANILA, PHILIPPINES (11 April 2023) — Economic growth in the Pacific is projected to moderate in 2024 before picking up in 2025, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO)...
The National Center for Mental Health: Dissemination, Implementation, and Sustainment
SAMHSA
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April 11, 2024
Short Title: MHDIS Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO Number: SM-24-010 Posted on Grants.gov: Thursday, April 11, 2024 Application Due Date: Monday, June 10, 2024 Catalog of Federal Domestic...
Statewide Consumer Network Program
SAMHSA
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April 11, 2024
Short Title: SCN Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO Number: SM-24-002 Posted on Grants.gov: Thursday, February 08, 2024 Application Due Date: Monday, April 08, 2024 Catalog of Federal...
Statewide Family Network Program
SAMHSA
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April 11, 2024
Short Title: SFN Initial Announcement Back to the Grants Dashboard Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) NOFO Number: SM-24-001 Posted on Grants.gov: Thursday, February 08, 2024 Application Due Date: Monday, April 08, 2024 Catalog of Federal...
ASU anthropologist recognized for acclaimed work in human biology
Arizona State University
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April 10, 2024
From ethnographic fieldwork to research on weight stigma and water insecurity, Arizona State University Regents and President's Professor Alexandra Brewis is prominent in the world of anthropology and human biology. For her work in these fields,...
News Release – Department of Health reports recent travel-related dengue virus case on O‘ahu
Governor of State of Hawaii
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April 8, 2024
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR KE KIA‘ĀINA KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH DIRECTOR KA LUNA HO‘OKELE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 8, 2023 23-041 Department of Health reports recent travel-related dengue virus case on O‘ahu HONOLULU –...
Department of Health reports recent travel-related dengue virus case on O‘ahu
Hawaii State Department of Health
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April 8, 2024
Posted on Apr 8, 2024 in Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has received report of a travel-related dengue case on O‘ahu. The person had traveled to a region where dengue is known to be spread. Symptoms of dengue typically...
Press Release – U.S. and Independent State of Samoa sign addendum to existing maritime law enforcement agreement in the Pacific.
Government of Samoa
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April 5, 2024
APIA, SAMOA — The Independent State of Samoa and the United States of America had the honor to share and sign an addendum to the existing 2012 Bilateral Agreement, at U.S. Embassy Apia in Samoa, to continue and expand operational cooperation to...
The Delivery People Launches New Website
EIN Presswire
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October 18, 2021
Serving the markets of Los Angeles, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, Micronesia and more HONOLULU, HI, UNITED STATES, October 18, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Delivery People (TDP), a leading freight forwarding and delivery company has...
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...
War’s silent killer is threatening a new disaster in Gaza — and beyond
Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C.
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March 13, 2024
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War’s silent killer is threatening a new disaster in Gaza — and beyond
Action Against Hunger - Washington D.C.
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March 12, 2024
State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska...
Kiribati empowers entrepreneurs to enhance economic activity
International Labour Organization
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March 26, 2024
Group work during the Start and Improve Your Business Training of Trainers, Kiribati. © ILO TARAWA (ILO News) – Representatives from Kiribati’s government, state-owned enterprises, training institutions, civil society as well as entrepreneurs took...