August 22, 2019
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) maintains that respect for sovereignty must be protected in the proposed global treaty on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national […]
August 22, 2019
The proposed zero draft text on the new global treaty to manage the globe’s marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions (BBNJs) must ensure that small island developing […]
August 22, 2019
As negotiations on a new treaty on biodiversity in areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction enters its third day, the focus was on whether areas […]
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 […]
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 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 […]