Press Statements

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  • 19 March 2010 PIFS Secretary General signs MoU with Australia
    Press Release (19/10) 19th March 2010     The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Foreign...Read the rest
  • 19 March 2010 4th Round of PICTA TIS Negotiations
    Press Release (18/10) 19th March 2010 Senior officials from Pacific Island Countries met in Nadi, Fiji from 11-13 March 2010 for the fourth round of negotiations of a trade in services agreement t...Read the rest
  • 12 March 2010 Forum SG hails regional audit initiative developments
    PRESS STATEMENT 17/10 Friday 12, March 2010   Strong momentum continues around the Pacific Regional Audit Initiative (PRAI). PRAI is an initiative in the Pacific Plan endorsed by Fo...Read the rest
  • 11 March 2010 WTO workshop for FIC officials
    Press Release (16/10) 11th March 2010   The move towards strengthening regional capacity in World Trade Organization (WTO) General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and services negotiatio...Read the rest
  • 08 March 2010 Pacific women continue to face challenges
     Press release (15/10) 8th March 2010 Women in the Pacific continue to face adverse challenges despite national and regional commitments to addressing gender inequality. In a statement mar...Read the rest
  • 05 March 2010 Review of the Regional Digital Strategy
     Press Release (14/10) 5th March 2010 A major step toward improving the spread and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the Pacific region has been made with the c...Read the rest
  • 03 March 2010 EU and RAO sign 10th EDF regional projects
      PRESS RELEASE (13/10) 3rd March 2010   The management of fisheries and mineral resources in the Pacific region will benefit from 22 million Euros that will be injected by the Europ...Read the rest
  • 25 February 2010 PIFS and Japan discuss PEC Fund
    PRESS STATEMENT (12/10) 25th February 2010   The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and the Government of Japan are discussing a funding modality and management process for the impleme...Read the rest
  • 24 February 2010 Progress in Cairns Compact
    PRESS RELEASE (11/10) 24th February 2010 There has been steady and satisfactory progress recorded in the implementation of the Cairns Compact since it was endorsed by Pacific Islands Forum Leaders...Read the rest
  • 19 February 2010 Chief Trade Adviser on board
    Press Statement 10/10 Friday 19, February 2010   Dr Christopher Noonan will soon commence as Chief Trade Adviser (CTA) for Forum Island Countries (FICs) to support their participation in the r...Read the rest