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Transcript of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Joint Press Remarks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 31 July 2024
Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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July 31, 2024
Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: Good afternoon, everyone, and a very warm welcome to Singapore. Thank you to my good friend Tony. We live in an age of extraordinary opportunities and challenges. Technological developments have raced ahead at a...
Work to reduce marine pollution in Pacific countries discussed at 4CPRT
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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August 6, 2024
6 August 2024, Funafuti Tuvalu - The Pacific Ocean is the lifeblood of our Pacific communities. It sustains livelihoods, cultures, and economies. However, the growing threats of marine pollution as a result of oil spills, marine invasive species,...
Address by the Prime Minister Hon. Fiame Naomi Mata’afa on WHO – 75th Anniversary Celebration Thursday 13th July, 2023
Government of Samoa
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July 13, 2023
SAMOA, July 13 - Minister of Health, HonValasi Luapitofanua Toogamaga Tafito SeleseleDr. Kim Eva Dickson, WHO Representative for American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tokelau,Visiting colleagues from the WHO Regional and subregional...
As climate storm gathers, Pacific islands race to set up warning systems
UN Environmental Program
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July 11, 2024
The project includes installing meteorological observation points in each of the five countries and providing improved observation equipment, such as automatic weather stations, Doppler radars, marine weather buoys and ocean sensors. There have...
As climate storm gathers, Pacific islands race to setup warning systems
UN Environmental Program
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July 11, 2024
The project includes installing meteorological observation points in each of the five countries and providing improved observation equipment, such as automatic weather stations, Doppler radars, marine weather buoys and ocean sensors. There have...
Pacific Island Countries Move Together on Sustainable Waste Management Solutions for the Region
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 18, 2023
Pacific Island countries converged in Rarotonga, Cook Islands and reaffirmed their commitments, in a collective voice, echoing the region’s aspirations to implement appropriate and sustainable solutions for their waste management challenges at the...
Call for Project Concepts: Enhancing Gender Equality Outcomes in the Pacific Developing Member Countries
Asian Development Bank
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July 10, 2024
Background Gender issues vary across the Pacific developing member countries (DMCs) because of various intersecting factors such as levels of economic development; social, cultural, and gender norms; population size and migration trends; as well...
Cook Islands borders to reopen on 13 January 2022
Enjoy Cook Islands
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July 21, 2022
Media statement from the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Hon. Mark Brown. 4 November 2021 Cook Islands borders to reopen on 13 January 2022 Welcoming in the 2022 New Year will also include celebrating the re-opening of the Cook Islands’...
Cook Islands and New Zealand announce quarantine-free travel bubble from 17 May 2021
Enjoy Cook Islands
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July 21, 2022
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown have announced that, pending final confirmation by New Zealand’s Director-General of Health and the Cook Islands Secretary of Health, two-way quarantine-free...
UNAIDS applauds Namibian Constitutional Court's decision to declare unconstitutional the law that...
UNAIDS
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June 21, 2024
GENEVA, 21 JUNE 2024—UNAIDS applauds the judgement by the Constitutional Court of Namibia, striking out as unconstitutional the law which had criminalised same-sex relationships. The court found the law incompatible with the constitutional rights...
Celebrating Achievements and Progress in the Division
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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July 11, 2024
Bula Vinaka and welcome to another monthly edition of SPTO’s Sustainable Tourism Newsbeat! As we draw the first half of 2024 to a close, we extend our sincere appreciation for your consistent support and commitment to journey with us as we...
Ambitious targets needed to eliminate problematic single-use plastic waste
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 8, 2023
25 April 2023, Rarotonga, Cook Islands - Plastics are found in all the world’s oceans - on remote shorelines, in coastal waters, in the seabeds of the deep oceans and even in uninhabited atolls and islands of the Pacific. Without new and effective...
Mosquito-borne Illnesses
Safetravel
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May 7, 2024
Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses are common in the tropical and sub-tropical climates in many Pacific Islands, in North Queensland (Australia), Asia (including India), tropical Africa and Latin/South America. West Nile virus is commonly found...
Magnifying Pacific issues in a global declaration on waste
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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May 22, 2024
16 May 2024 - Pacific voices were given the lens to magnify their concerns when it comes to waste management on the global stage. Over a two-day period, Pacific Islands have undergone consultations for their input into the Pre-Zero Draft...
Sustainable tourism regional consultations testament to Pacific partnerships in action
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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June 14, 2024
24 May 2024, Nadi Fiji – The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has reaffirmed its commitment to implement elements of the Pacific 2030 Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework, which provides the vision, policies and...
Nauru highlights microplastics risks in Nairobi
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 17, 2023
16 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - The risks of micrcoplastics to marine, environment and human health should be a major consideration for negotiators in Nairobi Kenya as they sift through the Zero Draft text and the Synthesis Report of an...
Tuvalu spotlights human rights at global plastics treaty negotiations
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
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November 15, 2023
15 November 2023, Nairobi Kenya - Delegates and negotiators attending the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment...
Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs completes visit to Honiara
Solomon Islands Government
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March 21, 2023
Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs completes visit to Honiara Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hayashi Yoshimasa made a fruitful one day visit in Honiara on Sunday 19th March as part of his Pacific Tour that includes Cook Islands. The...
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...
ARTICLE – Samoa’s recyclers incorporate inclusive approaches and best practices in daily operations
Government of Samoa
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June 10, 2024
Apia, SAMOA – Strengthening organizational structures, cultures and capacities to systematically mainstream principles of inclusion, diversity, equity and access in the workplace, was the focus of a recent workshop for Samoa’s waste recyclers. The...