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Private sector representatives, major business leaders, Government Ministers and senior officials from the region are gearing up for the inaugural Pacific Islands Business Forum (PIBF).

It's hoped the spirit of the 13th South Pacific Games in Samoa will branch towards the environment with a 'Play it clean and green' campaign to be launched by SPREP, UNDP and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE).

Nauru is the newest member of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO).

UNFPA assistance to Solomon Islands commenced in 1976 with support for the population census, Maternal Child Health and Family Planning Services (MCH/FP) programmes. These were aimed at providing self-sustaining, efficient and effective primary health care services and a family health programme that was readily available and accessible throughout the country. In addition, assistance was provided for population education in schools.

A constant stream of visitors came through the gates of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's headquarters at Anse Vata, Noumea, during its recent Open Week leading up to a Grand Open Day on Saturday 23 June.

The weather affects much more than how we decide to dress each day, it affects livelihoods, the way that we live in our homes and how our families survive. Its power is deeply respected in the Cook Islands where the nation faced the trial of five cyclones in just over a month in 2005. The extreme importance of disaster risk management was understood 'loud and clear' after that memorable cyclone season.

Today, Parliament passed the Income Tax Bill into law bringing major improvements to Tonga's income tax laws. This completes the hugely successful revenue reform programme started five years ago by the Government and successfully led by the Minister of Finance, Hon Siosiua T.T. 'Utoikamanu.

Commenting on the expulsion of the New Zealand High Commissioner to Fiji, Ian McCartney MP, Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office said today, "The UK government deplores the expulsion of the New Zealand High Commissioner, Michael Green from Fiji. This is an unjustified action and raises serious concerns about the Interim Government's commitment to returning to a fully functioning parliamentary democracy." British High Commission, 15/06/07.

On the occasion of World Blood Donor Day, the theme of which this year is Safe blood for safe motherhood, the World Health Organization (WHO) will launch a new initiative to improve the availability and use of safe blood to save the lives of women during and after childbirth. The initiative is the beginning of a broader blood safety agenda redefined in Ottawa this week and aiming to work towards universal access to safe blood transfusion in support of the Millennium Development Goals.