Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats SUVA, 20 November 2019 – Today, children in the Pacific region will join millions more around the world to celebrate World Children’s Day, together with Prime Ministers, Presidents, parliamentarians, schools and communities, as part of UNICEF’s global day of action for children, […]
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American Samoa declares health emergency over measles
PAGOPAGO, 14 NOVEMBER 2109 (RNZ PACIFIC) — American Samoa has declared a public health emergency following measles outbreaks in Pacific countries like Samoa and Tonga. Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga said the declaration covered the entire territory. Lolo said effective immediately, all visitors entering American Samoa through Samoa or Tonga must provide proof of MMR immunisation, […]
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UN committee opens with call for strengthened regional tax cooperation in Asia-Pacific
Bangkok (ESCAP news) – The Second Session of the Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Financing for Development opened today at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) with high-level officials underscoring the need to strengthen this Committee as a region-wide tax cooperation platform. “Increased recognition of regional […]
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Iconic Pacific bird sanctuary ravaged by plastic and death
MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. But on the ground, there’s a different scene: plastic, pollution and death. With virtually no […]
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UN committee opens with call for strengthenedregional tax cooperation in Asia-Pacific
Bangkok (ESCAP news) – The Second Session of the Committee on Macroeconomic Policy, Poverty Reduction and Financing for Development opened today at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) with high-level officials underscoring the need to strengthen this Committee as a region-wide tax cooperation platform. “Increased recognition of regional […]
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China’s ‘Belt and Road’ key to Pacific’s plan of action
APIA, 28 OCTOBER 2019 (SAMOA OBSERVER)—The implementation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is key to progressing a “programme of action” by the 10 Pacific Island countries, that recently attended the 3rd China-Pacific Island Countries Economic Development and Cooperation Forum in Samoa. The BRI, which is the Chinese government’s global development strategy, was formally […]