The decisions that world leaders face in the coming years will be determining the fate, firstly, of the Pacific Islands, but also of everyone else, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres said today, “If we save the Pacific we save the world.” He urged Pacific states “to make your voices heard and heard loudly.” The meeting of 18 Pacific Island leaders and their representatives was officially opened by HRH Crown Prince Tupouto’a ‘Ulukalala at the Tonga High School’s new stadium.
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Results for 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
Monday 26 August 2024
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Sunday 25 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres arrived at Fua'amotu International Airport in Tonga at 7:30pm yesterday 24 August 2024, to attend the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting. The Secretary General arrived on a special Royal New Zealand Air Force flight from Auckland, with leaders and delegates from several Pacific countries.
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Thursday 22 August 2024
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Islands Forum’s new Secretary General, Baron Waqa (Nauru), arrived in Tonga Thursday afternoon, ahead of the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, which opens in Nuku’alofa on Monday 26 August. He said the time has come for climate action at this meeting, that brings together leaders from 18 members across the Pacific Ocean. Tonight, with the Prime Minister, he met Pacific Islands' news journalists at the newly built accommodation centre at Popua.
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