Vanuatu needs to continue to maintain its strong support for West Papua by ensuring that the United Liberation Movement of West Papua…
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Former Vanuatu PM disputes Somare legacy as Melanesian decolonisation champion
by melaninby melaninA former Vanuatu prime minister says praise heaped on the late Sir Michael Somare as a supporter of political freedom in the…
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Underwood: Let’s find our island identity, join Pacific Island Forum
by melaninby melaninRobert Underwood, For Pacific Daily News USA TODAY Network There has been a Micronesian revolt which hasn’t fully caught our attention in Guam…
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Sir Michael died last Friday following a short illness aged 84. Frank Bainimarama said he was saddened at the loss of his…
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Pacific Islands Forum in crisis as one-third of member nations quit
by melaninby melaninMicronesian sub-grouping walks out over selection of new secretary-general The Pacific Islands Forum – the Pacific’s most influential regional body – is in disarray…
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The decision by Micronesian countries to leave the PIF will have major strategic implications. By Cleo Paskal, The DIPLOMAT Five countries just pulled out of the…
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Zoomed to fail? Cracks appear in Pacific Islands Forum as Covid pulls nations apart
by melaninby melaninPacific diplomacy hinges on in-person discussion but web-only meetings have fed a growing dispute over the forum’s leadership and purpose In the…
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Five nations from the region have nominated candidates for the position of Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretariat to…
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Oct 20, 2020, Vanuatu Daily Post The Governments of the Republic of Vanuatu and Australia are pleased to be working in partnership…
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Chair of PIF reaffirmed importance of open and constructive dialogue on the Human right Situation in West Papua
by melaninby melaninThe Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of Tuvalu, the Honourable Kausea Natano, has reaffirmed the importance of open…