Results for Press Releases

Representatives from the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu will meet in Apia, Samoa, from 27 to 29 April 2009, to participate in the Regional Workshop on the "Establishment of national human rights mechanisms in the Pacific", organized by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in partnership with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), and with the support of the Government of Samoa and the Pacific Islands Forum.

Anzac Day 2009 will be observed on Saturday 25 April, recalling and commemorating the fact that servicemen from Tonga also fought and died in major conflicts in the interests of world peace.

The President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has decreed that none of the decrees or decisions made by government since the 5th of December 2006 to the 9th of April 2009 can never be questioned or challenged in any of the Fiji courts.

The military-led government in Fiji which was sworn back into office yesterday is unhappy with how the News Limited-owned Fiji Times informed its readers about how its Sunday edition was censored.

Fiji's President has annulled the constitution and fired all the country's judges a day after the Court ruled the country's military government was illegal.

The situation at 4PM Tuesday, 7 April. Tongatapu - The power is almost restored to all lines in Nuku‘alofa and we will complete work on the last parts of Sopu this evening.

Five Pacific Islanders have been awarded the prestigious United States' South Pacific Scholarship (USSP) to the University of Hawaii through the East West Centre from August this year. The five candidates from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga and Fiji will be pursuing Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in the fields of economics, conservation biology, agricultural sciences and accounting.

The People's Republic of China has agreed to make available to FAO a $30 million trust fund to support developing countries in improving their agricultural productivity to achieve the Millenium Development Goals. The agreement signed yesterday in Beijing also marks China's entry into FAO's donor community.

We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the Group of 20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery, but also launches a new era of economic engagement to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again. By Barack Obama