PRESS STATEMENT 82/09 Tuesday 22, December 2009 Condolences on passing of Philipp Muller The Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, has expressed deep reg...Read the rest

PRESS STATEMENT 80/09 Monday 21, December 2009 Traditional Knowledge Action Plan launched The Traditional Knowledge Action Plan for Forum Island Countries (FICs) has been launched marking a milesto...Read the rest

PRESS STATEMENT Monday 21, December 2009 PACIFIC MODEL LAW ON TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE: Paving the way internationally   The Pacific Model Law for the protection of Traditional Knowledge and Ex...Read the rest

PRESS STATEMENT 79/09 Friday, 4th December 2009 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: UN and Pacific regional organisations welcome progress in addressing rights of persons with disabilit...Read the rest

MEDIA RELEASE (78/09) 30th November 2009 REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON CAIRNS COMPACT ENDS WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF COMPACT A regional workshop on the Cairns Compact held in Nadi, Fiji, 26 –...Read the rest

 PRESS STATEMENT (76/09) 27th November 2009 CAIRNS COMPACT PEER REVIEW PROCESS DISCUSSED A regional workshop on the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Paci...Read the rest

MEDIA RELEASE (77/09) 27th November 2009 DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS TO REPORT AGAINST THE CAIRNS COMPACT Development partners active in the Pacific region will be urged to provide an annual repor...Read the rest

PRESS STATEMENT 74/09 26th November 2009 PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS CAIRNS COMPACT AT REGIONAL WORKSHOP Senior officials from Pacific Islands Forum countries, regional organ...Read the rest

MEDIA RELEASE (75/09) 26th November 2009 INTENDED BENEFITS OF THE CAIRNS COMPACT The Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Pacific is intended to achieve better develo...Read the rest

MEDIA RELEASE (73/09) 24th November 2009 JAPAN ASSISTS PROJECTS IN PACIFIC REGION The Government of Japan is contributing US$200,000 for several Pacific regional projects to help strengthen s...Read the rest