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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...
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Senate Leadership to Move Compacts of Free Association Forward
U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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February 29, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Foreign Relations...
Manchin Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Senate Leadership to Move Compacts of Free Association Forward
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin - West Virginia
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March 1, 2024
February 29, 2024 Washington, DC – Today, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, along with the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate...
Pacific preparations for INC-4 provides common understanding on key issues ahead of Ottawa
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 27, 2024
16 February 2024, Auckland NZ - Fourteen Pacific countries have taken a step closer to finalise their preparations, with a common understanding of key issues, for the next round of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an...
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...
SPREP and PRISMSS move to expand Invasive Species Management in the Solomon Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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March 15, 2024
March 12, 2024 – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Pacific Regional Invasive Species Support Management Service (PRISMSS) is collaborating with the Solomon Islands Government and in particular the Barana...
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...
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...
Manchin Secures West Virginia Priorities, Over $191 Million In Earmarks In Bipartisan Appropriations Package
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin - West Virginia
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March 9, 2024
March 08, 2024 Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured a number of West Virginia priorities in a bipartisan appropriations package, which included the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy...
Press Release – The 9th EU-Pacific Trade Committee Meeting
Government of Samoa
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February 18, 2024
SAMOA, February 18 - 16 February 2024 Samoa hosted the 9th Trade Committee Meeting of the Interim Economic Partnership Agreement (IEPA) between the European Union (EU) and Pacific States from 6 to 7 February 2024 at the Taumeasina Island Resort....
Hylant Announces Strategic Partnership with Pacific Risk Solutions, LLC, Expanding On-Island Presence in Hawaii
EIN Presswire
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March 6, 2024
Hylant proudly announces a strategic partnership with Pacific Risk Solutions, LLC, enhancing its footprint with an on-island presence in Hawaii. TOLEDO, OH, USA, March 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Hylant, one of the largest privately held...
Meet Bermance Aldis
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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November 15, 2022
Sustainability is etched in the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) strategic development goals and tourism policy, says Bermance Aldis, Assistant Secretary, FSM Tourism Office. An extensive community and stakeholder consultation process was...
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,...
Pacific Leaders support for High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 15, 2024
14 February 2024, Auckland NZ - Given the negative impact of plastic pollution on Pacific communities, Pacific Leaders at the 52nd Pacific Islands Forum Meeting in the Cook Islands last year encouraged members to join the High Ambition Coalition...
Empowering Pacific negotiators in plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 12, 2024
12 February 2024, Auckland NZ - The road for Pacific countries to the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment...
Solomon Islands Elections: What Might a Sogavare Victory Mean for Australia?
Australian Institute of International Affairs
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February 26, 2024
Solomon Islands has forged closer ties with Beijing under Manasseh Sogavare’s prime ministership. While a Sogavare victory in the upcoming Solomon Islands elections will pose a continuing challenge for Australia’s Pacific Island engagement...
Paradise in our backyards
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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October 10, 2022
7th October, 2022 A weeklong showcasing of cultural dances, products, and traditional ways at the first ever Micronesia Expo for the Federated States of Micronesia, was a key national event promoting domestic travel in FSM. The event was also...
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...
Visit to Singapore Under the 12th Forum of Small States Fellowship Programme by Permanent Representatives to the United Nations, 19 to 23 February 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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February 18, 2024
Singapore will host a study visit by 12 Permanent Representatives to the United Nations (UN) in New York from 19 to 23 February 2024 under the 12th Forum of Small States (FOSS) Fellowship Programme. These Permanent Representatives are from...
GEF ISLANDS Pacific Project holds Second Steering Committee Meeting in New Zealand
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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February 16, 2024
16 February 2023, Auckland New Zealand - Pacific delegates gathered in Auckland, New Zealand today for the Global Environment Facility’s Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Pacific...