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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua says threats to suspend Fiji from the Pacific Islands Forum are supported by all the island countries.

A senior French government official, Nicolas Desforges, says France's involvement in the Pacific is important because its possessions in the region have chosen to remain French. Mr Desforges made…

The Pacific Islands Forum secretariat says the leaders have endorsed the so-called Niue Declaration on Climate Change. The document calls on the Forum's international partners to take measures to…

New Zealand Green party MP Keith Locke says Pacific Islands Forum countries like New Zealand could do more to push dialogue with Indonesia about West Papua. This follows the apparent...

Taiwan says being forced to meet off site during the Pacific Islands Forum summit with the countries in the region that give it diplomatic support, is unsatsfactory. During the Post...

The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation says Papua New Guinea remains the main stumbling block for the issue of West Papua to be raised by the Pacific Island Forum.

The US has said it supports the Pacific Islands Forum's stand on suspending Fiji from the working groups unless elections are held as promised. The principal deputy assistant secretary ,Glyn...

Samoa's Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi says Fiji's Interim Prime Minister is ridiculing the independence and integrity of all members of the Forum. Speaking in Niue, he said Pacific…

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says there is a need for traction on some elements of the Pacific Plan, including the bulk procurement of fuel. A number of leaders...

The new Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, says he will be aiming to continue the legacy of the late Greg Urwin. The International Criminal Court...

Fiji's Attorney-General says it's still prepared to talk with New Zealand, despite tension surrounding the recent Pacific Islands Forum. The country's interim leader, Frank Bainimarama, refused to…

All children on Niue now have a laptop computer issued under the One Laptop Per Child programme.

The Government has revealed it has contingency plans in place to evacuate New Zealand citizens from Fiji if the situation there deteriorates.

New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark believes Fiji's economy will be hurt if it is suspended from the Pacific Islands Forum.

More than a dozen international representatives have flown to Niue, for talks with Pacific Islands Forum members. They include delegates from the United States, the European Union, China and Britain.

A bid by Wallis and Futuna to become an associated member of the Pacific Islands Forum will be considered again in two years. The Forum leaders in Niue said in...

New commitments on climate change, a redoubling of efforts to meet the millennium goals and a push to speed up the bulk buying of fuel were some of the features...

Niue will today become the first country in the Pacific to give laptop computers to all its school children. Under the One Laptop Per Child scheme ' developed by the...

Fiji's Interim Foreign Affairs Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, says claims that Fiji's failure to attend the Forum Summit was on account of their inability to hold elections in March 2009...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Pacific leaders are losing patience with Fiji's interim government.

Fiji is being given a final chance to hold elections by March next year - otherwise it faces suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum.

Pacific Islands Forum leaders have chosen Tuiloma Neroni Slade of Samoa as the Secretary General for a three-year term. Tuiloma, who has been a judge at the International Criminal Court...

The Health Director of Niue, Dr Sitaleki Finau says isolating people infected with HIV/AIDS is the only way left for the Pacific to deal with the spread of the disease.

The Pacific Islands Forum leaders say they will consider the unprecedented step of suspending Fiji from the body unless the interim government recommits to holding elections under the current…

The Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minster and Health Minister, Sir Terepai Maoate, says the idea of isolating people infected with HIV/AIDS will not work. The creation of colonies for people...