Captain Nicolo Alba presents Costa Atlantica souvenir to Salwai Charlot, Prime Minister of Vanuatu Costa Asia announced the completion of Chinas first cruise to the South Pacific Islands. Costa Atlantica set sail on a 46-day voyage from Tianjin International Cruise Terminal on November 30, 2016, taking more than 2,000 passengers across two continents, visiting 12…

UNICEF is present in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The worlds largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments. ...

Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): June 9, 2009 - An Australian funded Laparoscopy team of one surgeon, one anesthetist and one nurse will be on hand at the Chuuk State Hospital conducting life-changing surgeries under the AusAID funded Tertiary Health Service to the Pacific Island Countries program or PIP for short. The team arrives today, June 9th and will stay until June 20th, 2009.. This Australian health initiative provides short term visits for a variety of medical specialties to 11 Pacific Island Countries. Medical specialties include cardiac surgery, ENT, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, psychiatry, urology, radiology, and a diabetes training program.. The team consists of Dr. Sydney Chung (surgeon), Dr. Harry Aigeeleng (anesthetist) and Nurse Mrs. Eunice Lam. They are all volunteers and will not be paid for their time. A parallel objective of the clinical component is capacity building, and to this end, a ...

The particular challenges of the Pacific island nations - the threat of climate change, vulnerability to natural disasters, and the high cost caused by small isolated area and population size - were presented to Asia-Pacific leaders at a critical United Nations regional meeting and were met with specific declarations of support from a number of member States.. The discussion was part of the 66th Commission session for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), taking place 13-19 May in the Republic of Korea . Ministers and senior officials from more than 60 countries across the Asia-Pacific region learned of priorities for development in the Pacific and the willingness of other ESCAP members to provide support and assistance.. The Special Body on Pacific Island Developing Countries focused on the review of the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation, the global agenda for addressing the particular vulnerabilities of small island developing States.. An ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - Tuberculosis patients knowledge and beliefs about tuberculosis: a mixed methods study from the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu. AU - Viney, Kerri. AU - Johnson, Penelope. AU - Tagaro, Markleen. AU - Fanai, Saen. AU - Linh, Nguyen N. AU - Kelly, Paul. AU - Harley, David. AU - Sleigh, Adrian. PY - 2014. Y1 - 2014. N2 - Background: The setting for this study was the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, an archipelago of 82 islands, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Our objective was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of tuberculosis (TB) patients towards TB. Methods. This was a descriptive study using qualitative and quantitative methods. Quantitative analysis was based on the responses provided to closed questions, and we present frequencies to describe the TB patients knowledge, attitudes and practice relating to TB. Qualitative analysis was based on open questions permitting fuller explanations. We used thematic analysis and developed a posteriori inductive ...

Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii. Soon to be cyclone moving towards Rarotonga. By Rashneel Kumar. RAROTONGA, Cook Islands (Cook Islands News, Jan. 154 2016) - Cook Islanders have been warned to brace themselves for a worst case scenario as a tropical depression moving towards Rarotonga is expected to turn into a tropical cyclone by later today.. Cook Islands Meteorological Service (CIMS) director Arona Ngari told CI News yesterday that TD 8F was slow-moving with an average wind of 25 knots at its centre.. Those winds were expected to intensify to 35 knots after midnight last night.. Ngari said the low depression system was expected to be given a name by today, upgrading it to a tropical cyclone.. Right now, the two islands that are under threat are Palmerston and probably Rarotonga.. Palmerston is expected to face the brunt of the storm by tomorrow and Rarotonga by Friday.. It is slow-moving, ...

Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii. Recognition that process will wait for the justice system. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, November 3, 2015) - Vanuatus National Council of Women says the political stalemate in the country makes a mockery of the Christian principles and its Melanesian values and tradition.. 14 MPs are in jail while the prime minister Sato Kilman continues to run a minority government with 13 MPs.. The opposition wants the prime minister to stand down but Mr Kilman has called for the president, Baldwin Lonsdale, to dissolve parliament.. Appeals by the jailed MPs are due to be heard next Monday.. The Councils chief executive, Leias Cullwick, agrees a reconciliation will be needed to end the rift but this cannot happen now as is being advocated by a number of chiefs who have arrived in Port Vila.. We will have to wait for the justice system to complete its ...

The US Tuna Treaty has survived after 18 negotiation meetings over the last seven years, with the latest one just concluded in Auckland, New Zealand. The multilateral Treaty is important for American Samoa because it allows US puirse seiners that supply our two canneries to fish in the exclusive economic zones of island countries that are close by. Read the rest here Tunaboat Association comments on fishing pact - The President of the American Tunaboat Association, Brian Hallman, says the fishing agreement reached over the weekend in Zealand between the United States and Pacific Island countries is from the point of view of the US fleet, the best outcome they could have achieved under difficult circumstances. Read the rest here Tri Marine looks to build coalition - Tri Marine International, which operates the Samoa Tuna Processors cannery in Atuu, says it has been anticipating a change in how the US purse seiners would manage access to the tuna fishing grounds in the Western and Central Pacific ...

According to our statistics, in 2018, 68.94 million kilo liters of beer were consumed in the Asia-Pacific region, accounting for 35.2% of the global consumption.. In terms of per capita beer consumption, the per capita beer consumption in the Asia-Pacific region was only 16.5 liters in 2018, much lower than that in North America, Europe, Latin America and other regions, and there is still much space for improvement in the future.. The beer market in the Asia-pacific region is dominated by low-end beer. According to the statistics of Euromonitor, the average price of beer in the Asia-pacific region in 2018 was $2.78/liter, lower than that in Western Europe, North America and other regions.. According to our forecast, the average selling price of beer in the Asia-pacific region is expected to reach USD 3488/K liters in 2023, with a five-year CAGR of 4.7%, which will become an important driving force for the expansion of the Asia-pacific market in the future.. There is a wide variety of beers ...

THE Ministry of Health has advised the public of the possible existence of two new mosquito-borne viral diseases - chikungunya and zika.. It has also confirmed there is no vaccine for these two diseases, which is transmitted by infected mosquitoes.. The ministrys national adviser for communicable diseases, Dr Mike Kama, said they feared the chikungunya and zika viruses, which have been identified in other Pacific island countries, may follow the same path as dengue.. Dengue fever killed 15 people and infected 25,300 people in the past seven months, according to statistics released by the ministry.. Dr Kama said there had been no cases of chikungunya or zika virus identified in the country so far but warned that despite the decline in the number of dengue fever cases, citizens must remain vigilant. Regular blood samples have been sent abroad for test for these emerging mosquito-borne viruses.. We were free from dengue for a year before it started knocking on our doors in December, so theres ...

Kiribati - We chased it for 5 days, but as dawn broke over the Pacific this morning we finally confronted the biggest tuna fishing vessel in the world. The Spanish-owned and flagged tuna purse seiner Albatun Tres is known as a super, super seiner and can net 3,000 tonnes of tuna in a single fishing trip. This is almost double the entire annual catch of some Pacific island countries.

Mark has served as UNFPA Representative to Rwanda since January 2017. Prior to his appointment he served as Deputy Director of the UNFPA Pacific Sub-Regional Office supporting the UNs work in 15 Pacific Island Countries.

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) today signed a three year Memorandum of Understanding with the Pacific Community (SPC) to work together to assist Pacific Island countries and territories to achieve their development goals.

The demand for fish in Asia and the Pacific region is estimated to increase by 30 percent by 2030 as a result of the anticipated population growth and the improved living standards of the people of the region. In order to meet such an increased demand for fish, aquaculture production will need to increase by 50-60 percent from the present level by 2030 with the capture fish production remaining static.. Intensification of aquaculture is a major factor that has contributed to the outstanding growth (nearly 10 percent annually) of the aquaculture industry in Asia-Pacific in the past three decades.. Such growth has greatly contributed to food security and the nutrition of the people, rural livelihoods and economic growth in the region. The Asia-Pacific region consistently has contributed over 90 percent to the world aquaculture production for decades. In Asia, aquaculture supplies over 60 percent of food fish, comprising over 20 percent of the total protein intake of the Asian population.. The ...

Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum and told there was no place for a regime which displays a total disregard for basic human rights.

Pacific Islands Fish and wildlife Office is located in Honolulu, HI and is part of the Pacific Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

The setting for this study was the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, an archipelago of 82 islands, located in the South Pacific Ocean. Our objective was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and practices of tuberculosis (TB) patients towards TB. This was a descriptive study using qualitative and quantitative methods. Quantitative analysis was based on the responses provided to closed questions, and we present frequencies to describe the TB patients knowledge, attitudes and practice relating to TB. Qualitative analysis was based on open questions permitting fuller explanations. We used thematic analysis and developed a posteriori inductive categories to draw conclusions. Thirty five TB patients were interviewed; 22 (63%) were male. They attributed TB to cigarettes, kava, alcohol, contaminated food, sharing eating utensils and

Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI12788.JPG ...

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned Pacific island nations Thursday against empty promises of financial aid from China, as the Solomon Islands considers switching diplomatic allegiance from Taipei to Beijing. Visiting Palau to shore up Taiwans relations in the Pacific -- where

Pacific people tended to have lower incomes than other New Zealanders, and were more likely to be unemployed. Because of lack of money, they sometimes held off going to the doctor until they were very sick. Pacific people were also more likely to live in overcrowded, poor-quality housing, which encouraged disease to spread. Traditional attitudes to health and illness can also be important factors in poor health among Pacific people.. ...

Health,(PRWEB) August 17 2014 The Asia-pacific Water-soluble fertilizer Market report defines and segments the water-soluble fertilizers market in Asia-pacific with analysis and forecast of revenue. The water-soluble fertilizers market in Asia-pacific is estimated to grow from around $1849.0 million in 2013 to $2482.3 million by 2018 at a CAGR of 6.1% for the giv,Asia-Pacific,Water,Soluble,Fertilizers,Market,is,Expected,to,Reach,$2,482.3,Million,in,2018,-,New,Report,by,MicroMarket,Monitor,medicine,medical news today,latest medical news,medical newsletters,current medical news,latest medicine news

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing in many parts of the Asia-Pacific region. There is a need to improve the awareness of IBD and develop diagnostic and management recommendations relevant to the region. This evidence-based consensus focuses on the definition, epidemiology and management of ulcerative colitis (UC) in Asia. A multi-disciplinary group developed the consensus statements, reviewed the relevant literature, and voted on them anonymously using the Delphi method. The finalized statements were reviewed to determine the level of consensus, evidence quality and strength of recommendation. Infectious colitis must be excluded prior to diagnosing UC. Typical histology and macroscopic extent of the disease seen in the West is found in the Asia-Pacific region. Ulcerative colitis is increasing in many parts of Asia with gender distribution and age of diagnosis similar to the West. Extra-intestinal manifestations including primary sclerosing cholangitis are rarer than in the West. ...

Pacific peoples are an important and diverse group, with a fast-growing and youthful population whos health is influenced by many factors.

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INTRODUCTION. Zika fever is a viral disease, mainly transmitted by a mosquito of the genus Aedes. Clinical manifestations include intermittent fever, pruritic erythematous maculopapular rash, non-purulent conjunctival hyperemia without itching, arthralgia, myalgia, and headache. Those symptoms disappear spontaneously within 3 to 7 days. The Zika virus (ZIKV) is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus and has two lineages: one African and one Asian. It belongs to the genus Flavivirus of the family Flaviviridae (1).. ZIKV was first isolated in 1947 from a Rhesus monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda. Human cases were detected in 1952(2, 3). Since then the virus has spread in more than 14 countries, reaching Africa, America, Asia and Oceania. The first outbreak of ZIKV infection reported was in 2007 in the South Pacific Island, Yap Micronesia. Since then, several cases where reported there and in other countries in Oceania and Asia(4, 5).. In Brazil, the presence of the virus was confirmed by ...

Tall pillars of coral is what remains after the phosphate is removed. Photo credit. Then the phosphate ran out, and the trust that had been established to manage the islands wealth diminished in value. The trust also made a series of bad investments including overseas hotels and the Air Nauru airline, which never made profit, essentially undermining the nations economic future. Desperate for a source of income, Nauru started selling passports to foreign nationals for a fee and taking in war refugees which other countries refused. This led to the creation of the Nauru detention center in 2001 by Australia, which continues to provided a significant source of income and employment for the country.. The land and economy werent the only things ravaged. The Nauruans are among the most sick and obese people in the world, racked by diabetes and high blood pressure. Few people live past the age of 60 years.. Before independence, there was a culture of fishing and gardening among the Nauruans and they ...

THE team of athletes from the South Pacific island couldnt hide their delight as they went sledging on the slopes of Braeheads Snow Factor.

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The IFJ Asia-Pacific office represents 30 affiliated unions and associations in the Asia-Pacific region.. IFJ Asia-Pacific works with national journalists unions and associations to improve the conditions of journalists and the quality of journalism through training programs and advocacy campaigns in defense of media-related rights, including the right to safety and decent working conditions, the right to freedom of expression, the right to a free media, the right to access information, the right to freedom of association and the right to justice and fair legal proceedings.. IFJ Asia-Pacific also runs actions and international campaigns on journalists safety, press freedom, public service values, editorial independence, ethics, gender equality and decent working conditions at the request of affiliates, associates and partners in the Asia-Pacific region. This work ranges from emergency missions to draw international attention to immediate crises to long-term training, campaigning and ...

01 November 2007. CR Bangkok Workshop on Occupational and Environmental Health in the Asia/Pacific Region. The Secretary General of the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress and Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini, Professor Mathuros Ruchirawat, has invited the Collegium Ramazzini to organize a 2-day Satellite Workshop following the Sixth Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress. This Satellite Workshop will be held in Bangkok from November 30-December 1 2007. It is entitled, Occupational and Environmental Health in the Asia/Pacific Region . The goal of the Satellite Workshop is to facilitate exchanges between Fellows of the Collegium and scientists in the Asia-Pacific region and thus to facilitate the dissemination of scientific knowledge as well as of new strategies for the prevention of environmental and occupational disease. The Collegium Ramazzini Satellite Workshop is structured to include invited speakers from both the Collegium and the Asia-Pacific region, with ...

In Asia, stroke incidence varies dramatically from country to country. Little is known about stroke incidence in Asians/Pacific Islanders in the US, where regional heterogeneity in Asian/Pacific Islander sub-populations is great. We sought to characterize both the national and regional incidences of first and recurrent hospitalized acute ischemic stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and intracerebral hemorrhage in Asians/Pacific Islanders compared to non-Hispanic whites. We used the National Inpatient Sample of the 1997 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. It is a 20% stratified sample of hospitalizations to nonfederal hospitals in the US. National and regional projections were made using sampling weights specific for patients and hospitals. We identified stroke subtypes using previously validated ICD-9 codes. Age-adjusted incidence rates were calculated using the direct method with the US population in 2000 as the standard. There were 169,386 stroke hospitalizations in the database. Nationally,

Image: Verne Equinox/Wikimedia. FIJI water, with its trademark rectangular bottle and exotic branding, could soon become a thing of the past. Owners Lynda and Stewart Resnick are shutting down the FIJI water plant after the countrys government tried to implement a massive tax increase. From the Washington Post: Fiji Water on Monday closed its operations in the South Pacific country that gives the popular bottled drink its name, saying it was being singled out by the military appointed government for a massive tax increase.. A company statement announcing the decision did not say whether the company was shutting down permanently in Fiji, where an acquifer deep underground has been the source of one of the worlds most popular bottled water brands.. The company, owned by California entrepreneurs Lynda and Stewart Resnick, said it was closing its facility in Fiji, canceling orders from suppliers and putting on hold several construction contracts in the country.. But the company wanted to keep ...

For years, Kim Cobb was the Indiana Jones of climate science. The Georgia Tech professor flew to the caves of Borneo to study ancient and current climate conditions. She jetted to a remote South Pacific island to see the effects of warming on coral.. Add to that flights to Paris, Rome, Vancouver and elsewhere. All told, in the last three years, shes flown 29 times to study, meet or talk about global warming.. Then Cobb thought about how much her personal actions were contributing to the climate crisis, so she created a spreadsheet. She found that those flights added more than 73,000 pounds of heat-trapping carbon to the air.. Now she is about to ground herself, and she is not alone. Some climate scientists and activists are limiting their flying, their consumption of meat and their overall carbon footprints to avoid adding to the global warming they study. Cobb will fly just once next year, to attend a massive international science meeting in Chile.. People want to be part of the solution, ...

In this review, the literature data on phytochemical and biological investigations of the genus Ceriops are compiled. The Ceriops species are mangrove plants widely distributed along the sea coasts of Africa, Madagascar, South Asia, and South Pacific islands. To date, 43 diterpenes and 29 triterpenes have been reported from the embryos, fruits, hypocotyls, roots, stems, and twigs of C. tagal and C. decandra. Diterpenoids and triterpenoids are the main constituents of this genus. The isolated terpenes showed an enormous structural diversity and exhibited various biological properties, such as antitumor, antibacterial, and larvicidal activities ...

Galahs are gorgeous, gregarious birds native to Australia and the South Pacific Islands. Galahs are found across the entire continent of Australia, other than in arid regions. Galahs live in large flocks in timbered habitats that have an ample...

A second group of about 30 refugees held in Australian-run detention centres on South Pacific islands will leave soon for resettlement in the United States under a controversial refugee swap deal, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

When the HMS Bounty set sail in 1787, Captain William Bligh had only his instincts to safely complete a journey from England to the South Pacific island of

When the HMS Bounty set sail in 1787, Captain William Bligh had only his instincts to safely complete a journey from England to the South Pacific island of

In this report, the Asia-Pacific Angiography Syringes market is valued at USD XX million in 2016 and is expected to reach USD XX million by the end of 2022, growing at a CAGR of XX% between 2016 and 2022.. Geographically, this report split Asia-Pacific into several key Regions, with sales (K Units), revenue (Million USD), market share and growth rate of Angiography Syringes for these regions, from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), including. China. Japan. South Korea. Taiwan. India. Southeast Asia. Australia. Request a sample report @ https://www.htfmarketreport.com/sample-report/880528-asia-pacific-angiography-syringes-market Asia-Pacific Angiography Syringes market competition by top manufacturers/players, with Angiography Syringes sales volume, price, revenue (Million USD) and market share for each manufacturer/player; the top players including. Merit Medical Systems, Inc.. B. Braun. MedNet GmbH. Medline Industries, Inc.. Comed BV. Becton Dickinson. Guerbet LLC. Navilyst Medical. On the basis of ...

Wireless Telecommunication Services in Asia-Pacific, Wireless Telecommunication Services in Asia-Pacific Summary Wireless Telecommunication Services in Asia-Pacific industry profile provides top-line qualitative and ...

SYDNEY, Australia, Jun 28 (IPS) - Robby Nena is one of the many farmers and fishermen on the frontline of climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), where coastal flooding and erosion, variable and heavy rainfall, increased temperature, droughts and other extreme weather events are becoming all too common ...

In 2011, the total Asia-Pacific market for cardiac surgery devices was valued at over $333 million, an increase of 3.8% from the previous year. The Asia-Pacific region encompasses Japan, Australia and South Korea. These markets for cardiac surgery devices includes tissue heart valves, mechanical heart valves, annuloplasty repair devices, onpump coronary artery bypass (ONCAB) devices, off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) devices, endoscopic vessel harvesting (EVH) devices, anastomosis assist devices (AADs), cardiac ablation devices, ventricular assist devices (VADs), intra-aortic balloon pumps, artificial heart replacement devices, patent foramen ovale (PFO) devices and atrial and ventricular septal defect devices. This report provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of market revenues by device type, market forecasts through 2018, unit sales, average selling prices, market drivers and limiters and a detailed competitive analysis, including manufacturer market shares and product ...

Both Aussie & NZ have only made enough noise to make themselves heard but the problem was they used the little monkeys in the Pacific to do their dirty jobs with reagards to Fiji. Now that they havent gone anywhere it now apperas the best they can do is climb back into bed with Fiji because at the end of day they worrie dthat if other Pacific countries decide to become to friendly with China they in for a hard time! The colonialist have not learnt their lessons today their white cousins from South Africa and England are coming into Aussie by the plane load get their Passport stamped and fly back to motherland England & await the pension. This aint no bull its actually happening but you never hear of it in the news. We are all getting conned by Aussie and NZ-just accept the fact we getting bulled by the minute! ...

The existing market for bleaching chemicals is highly dominated by geographies such as North America and Europe. The market dominance of North America is attributed to demand from various end-user applications. However, the strict environmental regulations led by European region will affect the demand for bleaching chemicals to certain extent. Asia Pacific region is expected to be the fastest growing market for bleaching chemicals considering the extensive growth in demand from paper and textile industries. Asia Pacific countries such as India, China, Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh are anticipated to be the upcoming markets for bleaching chemicals in the next six years considering their tremendous growth potential in end-user industries. Moreover, the continuous economic advancement of these countries, coupled with surge in the growth rate of textile industry in these countries is further resulting in an increase in the number of potential customers across these developing countries. ...

VPride Foundation is a trans-led, community-based group founded in the Pacific island of Vanuatu in 2009 that was set up to help mobilise and educate, advocate for rights of LGBTIQ and other minority groups in Port Vila in the Pacific island of Vanuatu. Their vision is unity, celebration and affirmation of sexuality, gender, health and human rights of everyone and promoting gender diversity in Vanuatu. As a local network of persons of different sexual orientation and gender diversity populations, their mission is to strengthen community leadership, mobilisation and advocacy in the areas of sexuality and gender identities with respect to sexual health including STIs, HIV and AIDS, wellbeing and human rights ...

The volume documents the work of Richard E. Grant during September 4 - October 3, 1969. Entries are dated, list location, and are narrative in structure. They cover travel details, expenses, description of Paleontology convention in Chicago, photographs taken, daily activities. Describes field work on Eniwetok [Enewetak] Atoll which includes study of live and dead coral as well as brachiopods. Entries contain description of specimen characteristics. Other locations include Glenn Island (Igurin), Walt Island, Rigili, and Yvonne.. ...

Inter-tribal conflict led to many of the senior chiefs of Fiji signing an article of cession to the British Empire in 1874, thus becoming a British protectorate with a governor. (Figure 1). Part of the political process involved the visit of the most senior chief Cakobau to Sydney, Australia along with his sons and entourage at the end of 1874. In January 1875 the warship HMS Dido returned from Sydney carrying the chiefs group and the first instalment of British advisors. Cakobau had become infected with measles in Australia and one of his sons became ill during the 19 day transit from Sydney to Fiji on HMS Dido,which was somewhat longer than the usual 14 day incubation period for measles.3 No quarantine procedure had yet been established such that many Fijians welcomed Cakobaus group home by boarding the ship and then escorting the chiefs party ashore. An unprecedented meeting of all of the high chiefs of Fiji (n=69) and their retinues consisting of hundreds of others was called to occur in ...

The Bikenibeu Declaration aims to secure for PNA members greater economic benefits and control of their tuna resources. It also aims to strengthen cooperation between the member states. It was signed in Tarawa, Kiribati, in 2009. It set up the PNA Office to serve its members through initiatives to maximise profitability and benefits for Pacific Islanders.. ...

The PA was successful in the general elections held in 1994 and 2000, as well as the presidential elections of 1994 and 1999. However, it was defeated in the general election in 2001. After the creation of United Peoples Freedom Alliance in 2004, PA Merged into UPFA. CPSL and LSSP has threatened to revive PA as a separate front, not that has not occurred so far. The General Secretary of the PA was D. M. Jayaratne. ...