August 22, 2019
Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) in New York leading the negotiations on the draft text of a new global agreement to manage marine biodiversity beyond […]
August 21, 2019
Pacific joins negotiations for new treaty on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ)
United Nations, New York – As stewards of the largest ocean space on the Blue Planet, Pacific Islands Forum Member Countries believe that new treaty on […]
June 27, 2019
Pacific Negotiators gathered at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat this week to strategise and prepare for the next phase of international negotiations on a new legally […]
June 27, 2019
As Pacific countries prepare for the second last round of negotiations in New York next month to formalise a new global treaty to govern the high […]
June 26, 2019
The first Forum Members Negotiators Meeting for new instrument on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction started today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat in Suva. The meeting […]
March 28, 2019
New York, USA – Any new treaty to improve governance of the high seas must ensure healthy resilient Oceans and seas, promote greater coherence, and complement […]
March 27, 2019
Any new treaty to improve governance of the high seas must ensure healthy resilient Oceans and seas, promote greater coherence, and complement the relevant existing instruments, […]
March 5, 2019
Indepth this month focuses on the address of the 2017 chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Prime Minister of Samoa Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi at last December’s UNFCCC […]
February 13, 2019
Rising seas, devastating cyclones, ferocious storm surges. Scientists have long predicted climate change could pose an existential threat to the tiny island nations which dot the […]