• Our region has attracted a lot of attention lately and the two high level meetings which concluded recently in Papua New Guinea with India and United States is a clear indication of the important of our partners' place on this issue in the Pacific. (islandtimes.org)
  • Biden earlier this year had to cut short a planned visit to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea, as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the so-called Quad partnership so he could focus on debt limit talks in Washington. (alaskasnewssource.com)
  • In 2018, Australia said it would spend $139 million to develop undersea internet cable links to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, amid national security concerns about China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. (yjc.ir)
  • It has signed a security pact with Solomon Islands, raising alarm in the United States which responded by striking a defence deal with Papua New Guinea. (yahoo.com)
  • As world leaders arrive in Papua New Guinea for a Pacific Rim summit, the welcome mat is especially big for China's President Xi Jinping. (thegardenisland.com)
  • With the exception of Papua New Guinea, those island nations are not part of APEC, but the leaders of many of them have traveled to Port Moresby and will meet with Xi. (thegardenisland.com)
  • The university has long-standing ties with researchers in nearby Pacific island nations, such as Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. (nature.com)
  • and Papua New Guinea, where they met with Prime Minister James Marape and senior defense officials to discuss ways to enhance security ties. (whitehouse.gov)
  • We have a few special guests today who I would like to briefly announce as we will discuss the impact of COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea and the Western Pacific region and the actions that are being taken there to respond. (bvs.br)
  • Thank you for this opportunity to share our situation here in Papua New Guinea, a land of some eight million people and 800 different languages nestled in the Western Pacific region or, we simply say, among the Pacific Islands. (bvs.br)
  • Biden is set to announce the opening of new U.S. embassies on Cook Islands and Niue on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, as the Democratic administration aims to demonstrate to Pacific Island leaders that it remains committed to increasing American presence in the region. (newsday.com)
  • Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) chair and Prime Minister of Cook Islands, Mark Stephen Brown, speaks during the Korea-Pacific Islands Summit at 'Cheong Wa Dae,' or the Blue House, in Seoul, South Korea, May 29, 2023. (newsday.com)
  • Ramsi Edwards is proud to represent the Solomon Islands at the 2023 Pacific Games. (nzherald.co.nz)
  • Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose wrote a letter to UP's top three executives Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, expressing his concern that the defects represent a "significant risk to rail safety on the Union Pacific' railroad. (wrbl.com)
  • It will be crucial for Canada to consider developments coming out of the PIF leaders' meeting to inform its forthcoming Indo-Pacific Strategy. (asiapacific.ca)
  • The root of the dispute was the inclusion of a reference to South Korea's own Indo-Pacific strategy in the summit declaration. (thediplomat.com)
  • In its Indo-Pacific strategy , South Korea calls for deepening engagement with the Pacific Island countries on climate change, renewable energy, healthcare, and oceans and fisheries issues. (thediplomat.com)
  • Scholz will hold wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at around 11:45 am, covering the Ukraine conflict, the situation in the Indo-Pacific. (outlookindia.com)
  • Rather than get drawn into a political blame game over the harrowing scenes the world is watching on TV, we believe it is far more important for the United States to immediately take steps to shore up its alliances and diplomatic standing, especially in the Indo-Pacific region. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Second, one of the key rationales for ending combat operations in Afghanistan was to focus on great-power competition in the Indo-Pacific. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • These steps would send a quiet but unmistakable message to Washington's friends and adversaries in the Indo-Pacific region that the United States remains a faithful partner. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The participants in the first such gathering affirmed the importance of promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific, their joint statement said. (pina.com.fj)
  • The gathering follows a meeting of Japan and Pacific island countries' leaders in July when they also agreed on cooperation under the free and open Indo-Pacific initiative. (pina.com.fj)
  • On April 22, a high-level U.S. delegation - led by National Security Council Indo-Pacific Coordinator Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink, Deputy Commander INDOPACOM Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka , and USAID Acting Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia Craig Hart - visited Honiara, Solomon Islands. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Across these engagements, the United States reiterated that it will seek to further deepen our enduring ties with the Pacific Islands and take tangible steps to advance a free, open, and resilient Indo-Pacific. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Power last month travelled to Fiji to open a new USAID mission that will manage agency programs in nine Pacific Island countries: Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. (newsday.com)
  • The meeting on September 22 brought together the South Korean president and leaders from Cook Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia, Niue, Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and Samoa, as well as the secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum. (thediplomat.com)
  • As lawmakers remained occupied with averting a federal government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, the Compact of Free Association (Cofa) pact that had steered ties between Washington and the Marshall Islands for decades expired on 30 September. (pina.com.fj)
  • Covering Micronesia, Fiji, Palau, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and Tonga, the report finds that the Pacific Island countries are vulnerable to the exploitation and. (pina.com.fj)
  • Third, negotiations to renew the compacts of free association with Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia have been dragging on for years. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Taiwan now has formal ties with only 13 countries, many of them small nations like Nauru and the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. (allafrica.com)
  • By Tyler M. Sharp, PhD Before we left off in Part 1 I had just gotten on a boat to visit a small atoll in the Marshall Islands affected by the dengue outbreak… A few days earlier we had identified a small cluster of cases on Arno, a small atoll about 30 miles from Majuro. (cdc.gov)
  • WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to establish diplomatic relations Monday with two South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands and Niue, as his administration aims to show to Pacific Island leaders that it is committed to increasing American presence in the region. (newsday.com)
  • Pacific Island leaders have been critical of rich countries for not doing enough to control climate change despite being responsible for much of the problem, and for profiting from loans provided to vulnerable nations to mitigate the effects. (newsday.com)
  • The administration pledged the U.S. would add $810 million in new aid for Pacific Island nations over the next decade, including $130 million on efforts to stymie the impacts of climate change. (newsday.com)
  • South Korea followed up on the progress made in Seoul with a second meeting between Yoon and Pacific Island leaders, this time in the form of a luncheon on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (thediplomat.com)
  • A new report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today delves into the current evidence of trafficking, risk areas, and frameworks and responses to human trafficking in the Pacific Island countries. (pina.com.fj)
  • TEHRAN, May 27-Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit the Solomon Islands next week, he said on Monday, as Western nations seek to rein in China's influence on the tiny Pacific island. (yjc.ir)
  • The biggest hang-up is the U.S. Postal Service wants more money to deliver mail to these island nations. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Fourth, the United States does not maintain embassies in the Pacific island nations of Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • It refuses to have diplomatic ties with nations that recognise Taiwan. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The remaining 24 nations that are allied to Taipei are mostly small and impoverished nations in the Caribbean, Africa and the south Pacific, including the Solomon Islands, Nicaragua, Panama and Burkina Faso. (bbc.co.uk)
  • China's policy on the Pacific Island nations fully respects the sovereignty and independence of those countries without attaching political conditions or empty promises, Xi said after meeting Rabuka last week. (yahoo.com)
  • It exhorted Pacific island nations to "set sail on a new voyage" of relations with China, which in the space of a generation has transformed from the world's most populous backwater into a major economic power. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Pacific island nations, mostly tiny, remote and poor, rarely figure prominently on the world stage but have for several years been diligently courted by Beijing as part of its global effort to finance infrastructure that advances its economic and diplomatic interests. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Six of the 16 Pacific states still have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a sizeable bloc within the rapidly dwindling number of nations that recognize the island regarded as a renegade province by Beijing. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (L) attends an online meeting with Pacific island nations' representatives in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2021. (pina.com.fj)
  • Cooperation for disaster relief and climate change were also discussed at the meeting as these island nations are concerned about rising sea levels. (pina.com.fj)
  • Some 5,000 athletes from 24 countries and territories are taking part in the event, known as an Olympics for Pacific island nations. (or.jp)
  • Biden has put a premium on improving ties in the Pacific amid rising U.S. concern about China's growing military and economic influence. (newsday.com)
  • The initiative represents more significant efforts to counter China's influence, especially after Beijing concluded a security pact in April with Solomon Islands. (asiapacific.ca)
  • Last month, China's top diplomat failed to convince regional representatives to sign a China-Pacific Island country economic and security pact. (asiapacific.ca)
  • On Friday, a senior U.S. official said Washington would help Pacific countries in the face of China's influence efforts. (yjc.ir)
  • Ministerial-level defence representatives from Japan and 13 Pacific island countries vowed on Thursday in an online meeting to tighten cooperation to maintain maritime order amid China's increasing military activity in the region. (pina.com.fj)
  • White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would use the summit to strengthen "ties with the Pacific Islands and discuss how we address complex global challenges, like tackling the existential threat of climate change, advancing economic growth, and promoting sustainable development. (newsday.com)
  • On Friday, the U.S., Japan, Australia, the U.K., and New Zealand established a new grouping to strengthen relations and boost diplomatic presence with Pacific Island countries. (asiapacific.ca)
  • The visit aims to strengthen bilateral ties, foster cultural and economic connections, and facilitate high-level meetings between the King and Indian dignitaries. (outlookindia.com)
  • All parties are working hard to strengthen the RSE for Solomon Islands. (solomontimes.com)
  • We need to strengthen our ties," said Kishi, who chaired the meeting called the "Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue. (pina.com.fj)
  • The Solomon Islands last year signed a security pact with China. (alaskasnewssource.com)
  • Labor has condemned the China-Solomons pact as Australia's biggest foreign policy failure in the Pacific since World War II. (npr.org)
  • The announcement comes as Biden prepares to welcome leaders to Washington for a two-day U.S.-Pacific Island Forum Summit expected to focus heavily on the impact of climate change. (newsday.com)
  • At last year's summit, the White House unveiled its Pacific strategy, an outline of its plan to assist the region's leaders on pressing issues like climate change, maritime security and protecting the region from overfishing. (newsday.com)
  • The initiative, dubbed 'Partners in the Blue Pacific' (PBP), plans to assist Pacific Island countries in addressing regional concerns, such as climate change and illegal fishing. (asiapacific.ca)
  • In late May, South Korea hosted the first Korea-Pacific Islands summit where the leaders discussed deepening cooperation in the areas of climate change, disaster risk and resilience, sustainable development, and maritime affairs and fisheries. (thediplomat.com)
  • By Pita Ligaiula at COP28 in Dubai Palau's climate change negotiator and Chair of the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) Xavier Matsutaro, Sunday offered. (pina.com.fj)
  • The Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change was held recently in Lahore, Pakistan to discuss the use of constitutions to advance environmental rights and achieve climate justice. (lu.se)
  • The Institute is supporting the Asia Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change that will be held in Lahore, Pakistan on February 26-27, 2018. (lu.se)
  • Aside from highlighting the PIF's centrality to regional diplomacy, partner countries in the PBP have also vowed to support the Fiji-based forum's programs, mainly the forthcoming 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent. (asiapacific.ca)
  • Beijing has pushed for a meeting with 10 Pacific Island foreign ministers on the same day the leaders convene in Fiji for the first in-person PIF meeting since 2020. (asiapacific.ca)
  • SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka told parliament on Wednesday the Pacific Islands nation was likely to collaborate with China on a key port modernisation and shipyard project, after discussing it in a meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping. (yahoo.com)
  • A spear fisherman catches reef fish, a cultural mainstay on Mali Island in Fiji. (nature.com)
  • India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) inked a CEPA on February 18 last year to boost trade ties following a virtual summit between Prime Minister Modi and. (outlookindia.com)
  • China has been pushing for greater security and trade ties with Pacific Islands countries. (yahoo.com)
  • Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says the U.S-Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting is a critical platform to hold one-on-one interactions with President Joe Biden and address national issues. (pina.com.fj)
  • The pace of expansion of its navy has concerned Australia, which has donated dozens of patrol boats to its Pacific Islands neighbours to boost surveillance of their territorial waters. (yahoo.com)
  • President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (newsday.com)
  • CORRECTS TO REMOVE REFERENCE OF U.S. EMBASSIES - FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S.-Pacific Island Country Summit at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (cbs42.com)
  • Since President Xi's global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative, came to Africa along with Chinese loans and investments, more countries have switched ties to Beijing, with Burkina Faso -- the second-to-last supporter of Taiwan on the continent -- choosing to sever ties with Taipei in 2018. (allafrica.com)
  • BEIJING (AP) - Honduras established diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states, including Vatican City. (coastreporter.net)
  • China pledged its highest amount of aid for the Solomon Islands in 2019, when the country switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to Beijing. (or.jp)
  • It has been adopted by the New York-based non-governmental organization, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and its partners in 7 countries and more than 130 communities across Africa, Asia and the Pacific. (nature.com)
  • on the other hand, a number of countries in the Region have economic or other ties with Africa. (who.int)
  • With the United States and its allies keen to ensure China does not increase its foothold in the Pacific, protecting diplomatic recognition for self-ruled Taiwan has emerged as a flashpoint in regional ties. (yjc.ir)
  • The Solomon Islands is one of a handful of Pacific countries to recognize Taiwan, a policy now in question after recent elections. (yjc.ir)
  • China views Taiwan as a renegade province with no right to state-to-state ties. (yjc.ir)
  • The Chinese Communist Party media mouthpiece, the Global Times , has already used the chaos in Afghanistan to warn Taiwan that the United States cannot be counted on to come to its aid when China eventually attacks the island. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Taiwan faces an existential threat from China, which wants to extinguish democracy on the island-just like it recently did in Hong Kong. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • China sees Taiwan as part of its territory has threatened to use force if the island ever moved to declare formal independence. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The Taiwan question is the sole obstacle to establishing diplomatic ties," she told a briefing. (bbc.co.uk)
  • The dispute between the People's Republic of China and Taiwan stems from the Chinese civil war in the 1940s when Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government lost to Mao Zedong's Communists on the Chinese mainland and rebased on the island of Taiwan, also called the Republic of China. (allafrica.com)
  • Earlier this year, Honduras cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and allied with China. (allafrica.com)
  • China claims Taiwan is part of its territory, to be brought under its control by force if necessary, and refuses most contacts with countries that maintain formal ties with the island democracy. (coastreporter.net)
  • Taiwan still has ties with Belize, Paraguay and Guatemala in Latin America, and Vatican City. (coastreporter.net)
  • Prime Minister Modi also announced a 12-step action plan to propel India's partnership with Pacific Island Countries. (livemint.com)
  • While China is unlikely to get such a meeting, the poorly timed invitation could be interpreted as Beijing's attempt to sideline the PIF and disrupt dialogue among Pacific Island countries while pushing its own economic and security agenda. (asiapacific.ca)
  • The ECTA has the potential to double bilateral ties between the two countries to USD 50 billion over the next five years, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. (outlookindia.com)
  • He said there has been a lot of geopolitical focus on the region, but that Pacific countries only worry about militarisation "when diplomacy and common neighborly discussions fail. (islandtimes.org)
  • Bourita recalled the historical ties between Morocco and Syria and affirmed that King Mohammed VI follows closely the Syrian crisis and its impacts on countries of the region. (wikipedia.org)
  • Australia and China have been vying for influence in sparsely populated Pacific island countries that control vast swathes of resource-rich oceans. (yjc.ir)
  • Importantly, the survey and exercise also highlight the unique situation in Pacific island countries and emphasize that special considerations are needed to better support these countries in EVD preparedness. (who.int)
  • The consequences of an introduction, particularly in developing country settings such as those found in many Pacific island countries, would likely be severe. (who.int)
  • In light of this, a framework for action to respond to Ebola virus disease for the Western Pacific Region was developed by the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific to assist unaffected countries and areas in the Region set priorities for preparedness to detect and respond to an outbreak of EVD. (who.int)
  • Solomon Islands, which recently established a new security partnership with China, issued a separate statement distancing itself from the overall summit statement. (thediplomat.com)
  • All these aspects align with Korean commitments at the Pacific States summit in Seoul. (thediplomat.com)
  • But the administration was "very disappointed" that Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who was in New York last week for the U.N. General Assembly, opted not to stick around for the White House summit, according to an administration official. (cbs42.com)
  • The Pacific Games opened on Sunday in the capital Honiara. (or.jp)
  • The Japanese prime minister will hold wide-ranging talks with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, covering the entire expanse of bilateral ties. (outlookindia.com)
  • US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Pakistan's Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to discuss bilateral ties. (outlookindia.com)
  • EAM Jaishankar arrived in Brazil on the first leg of his six-day visit to South America aimed at boosting overall bilateral ties with the region. (outlookindia.com)
  • We are stronger when we combine our collective efforts and focus on regionalism and focus on Pacific regionalism and the priorities of Blue Pacific continent so again Prime Minister, I acknowledge Fiji's commitment to working with NZ as bilateral and influential regional partner. (islandtimes.org)
  • Morocco-Syria relations refers to bilateral and political ties between Morocco and Syria. (wikipedia.org)
  • CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday he was following security officials' advice in managing bilateral relations with the Solomon Islands after the South Pacific neighbor's leader alleged he'd been threatened "with invasion. (npr.org)
  • At this critical juncture, the United States and Solomon Islands agreed to launch a high-level strategic dialogue, co-chaired on the U.S. side by the White House and the Department of State. (whitehouse.gov)
  • WELLINGTON (AP/FBC NEWS) - Fiji's leader indicated Wednesday his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at a time that geopolitical tensions in the Pacific are rising. (islandtimes.org)
  • China and the United States have increased their competition for influence in the Pacific in recent years. (islandtimes.org)
  • TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -"China is the Solomon Islands' largest trading partner and this is adding a lot of pressure on lawmakers to switch allegiances," said Jonathan Pryke, Pacific Islands program director at the think-tank, the Lowy Institute. (yjc.ir)
  • Costa Rican President Oscar Arias said his country needed to develop closer ties with China for economic reasons. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi noted during the meeting that the Pacific region faces new challenges, including defending against authoritarianism, according to the Japanese ministry, in a veiled reference to China. (pina.com.fj)
  • The new China-Honduras relationship was announced after the Honduran and Taiwanese governments made separate announcements that they were severing ties. (coastreporter.net)
  • Wu said that Honduran President Xiomara Castro and her team always had a "fantasy" about China and had raised the issue of switching ties before the presidential election in Honduras in 2021. (coastreporter.net)
  • The Castro government dismissed our nation's longstanding assistance and relations and carried out talks to form diplomatic ties with China. (coastreporter.net)
  • Analysts have warned over the implications of the newly formed ties between China and Honduras. (coastreporter.net)
  • The two sides engaged in substantial discussion around the recently signed security agreement between Solomon Islands and the People's Republic of China (PRC). (whitehouse.gov)
  • The Solomon Islands is hosting an international sports event, which is funded largely by China. (or.jp)
  • Beyond the sports, the event underscores deepening political and security ties between the island nation and China. (or.jp)
  • Less noticed, however, have been Seoul's efforts to deepen cooperation with the Pacific Island states. (thediplomat.com)
  • It will also foster closer ties with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the top regional engagement body, and with individual Pacific Island governments. (asiapacific.ca)
  • Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has promised closer engagement between Australia and its South Pacific neighbors if Labor wins elections on May 21. (npr.org)
  • Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said that his country would not engage in geopolitics. (thediplomat.com)
  • We deplore the continual demonstration of lack of trust by the concerned parties, and tacit warning of military intervention in Solomon Islands if their national interest is undermined in Solomon Islands," Sogavare said. (npr.org)
  • In the meeting with Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Sogavare, the delegation reiterated the key priorities animating the trip and also outlined specific steps the United States would take to advance the welfare of the people of Solomon Islands. (whitehouse.gov)
  • The United States will do so by fulfilling and strengthening its commitments in the region, working to advance regional unity, coordinating with allies and partners on meeting twenty-first century challenges, and protecting the sovereignty of Pacific Island states. (whitehouse.gov)
  • The Communist Party claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory and objects to foreign governments having contact with it. (fox2now.com)
  • Australia will lose respect among its Pacific neighbours in the "inconceivable" scenario that the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum fails, according to a Vanuatu MP. (pina.com.fj)
  • South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (fifth from left) takes a group photo with Pacific Island leaders at a luncheon in New York, U.S., Sep. (thediplomat.com)
  • Leaders will talk about how to better spur trade and economic growth across the Pacific. (nzherald.co.nz)
  • Pacific leaders are starting to arrive in Rarotonga for the annual meeting. (nzherald.co.nz)
  • While there, the delegation also met with prominent religious leaders on the island and with key members of the political opposition. (whitehouse.gov)
  • Solomon Islands representatives indicated that the agreement had solely domestic applications, but the U.S. delegation noted there are potential regional security implications of the accord, including for the United States and its allies and partners. (whitehouse.gov)
  • In September 2007, representatives from USAPI diabetes prevention and control programs, the Papa Ola Lökahi Pacific Diabetes Education Program, and the Division of Diabetes Translation met to collectively assess program goals within the Essential Public Health Services framework. (cdc.gov)
  • By Pita Ligaiula at COP28 in Dubai, UAE In a panel discussion at COP28 Saturday, Pacific Ministers emphasised their priorities and the urgency of addressing. (pina.com.fj)
  • Population health approaches used in island jurisdictions reflect the resilience of the islands' cultures in navigating between traditional and Western ways of life. (cdc.gov)
  • The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific recently conducted two activities: a web-based EVD preparedness survey and an EVD simulation exercise to determine the overall level of EVD preparedness in the Region. (who.int)
  • The survey and exercise together demonstrate there is a good overall level of preparedness for a potential imported case of EVD in the Western Pacific Region. (who.int)
  • Risk assessments conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific 4 suggest that the possibility of imported EVD cases to the Region is not high, but if it occurs the consequences would be major. (who.int)
  • In our latest podcast episode of " On Human Rights " we spoke with Sabira Coelho about the topic of the right of people that are, and can potentially be, displaced in the context of the Pacific region. (lu.se)
  • ern Asia, whereas 1% result from infection with B. timori in the Pacific region [ 2 ]. (who.int)
  • Such challenges are invariably aimed at weakening or delaying implementation, raising the costs of adopting tobacco control measures, tying up government resources that could otherwise be used on implementation, or dissuading governments from regulating. (who.int)
  • Pacific security: Whose strategy is it anyway? (nzherald.co.nz)
  • The islands are of strategic importance to Tokyo in both the economic and security arenas, the Japanese government has said. (pina.com.fj)
  • That did not come as a surprise to our government and so now we just work responsibly with our partners to manage that situation to first protect the security interests of Australia but also of the Solomon Islands," Morrison said. (npr.org)
  • We're very concerned for the broader security in the Southwest Pacific. (npr.org)
  • a Emerging Disease Surveillance and Response Unit, Division of Health Security and Emergencies, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila, Philippines. (who.int)
  • Additionally, according to data from the Korea International Cooperation Agency, none of the Pacific Island states was among the top 20 recipients of Korean ODA in 2021. (thediplomat.com)
  • Since then, Syria had a distrust for Morocco due to its close ties with the West, particularly, the United States and Israel and they often had limited cooperation. (wikipedia.org)
  • On the eve of Xi's arrival for a state visit and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, newspapers in the country ran a full-page statement from the Chinese leader. (thegardenisland.com)
  • Prior to the Yoon administration, diplomatic engagement between South Korea and the 14 Pacific Island states was minimal. (thediplomat.com)
  • Kristen South, a spokeswoman for Union Pacific, said Sunday that the layoffs weren't a problem, and the railroad remains committed to safety. (wrbl.com)
  • Official development assistance (ODA) to Oceania, which includes the Pacific Island states along with Australia and New Zealand, accounted for 0.8 percent of Seoul's ODA, or just $16.42 million, in 2021. (thediplomat.com)
  • Can Australia rebuild a strategic military partnership with France at the same time as independence movements claim Pacific support? (pina.com.fj)
  • Prime Minister Modi is the first Indian PM to visit the island nation. (livemint.com)