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Speech by Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann during the Committee of Supply Debate, 3 March 2025
Minister Ramofafia meets US Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Ms. Anne Marie Yastishock

Minister Ramofafia meets US Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Ms. Anne Marie Yastishock

Minister Ramofafia meets US Ambassador to PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu Ms. Anne Marie Yastishock Minister of National Planning and Development Coordination Hon. Rexson Ramofafia, […]

Owner:  Solomonese Government
Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon

Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade Hon. Peter Shanel Agovaka signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon Solomon Islands signed and ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. at the margins of...

Owner:  Solomonese Government
Timor-Leste expresses solidarity with Vanuatu after devastating earthquake

Timor-Leste expresses solidarity with Vanuatu after devastating earthquake

Spokesperson of the Government of Timor-Leste Ninth Constitutional Government ............................................................................................................................. Press Release December 19th, 2024...

Owner:  East Timorese Government
ADB Provides $5 Million Grant for Vanuatu Earthquake Relief

ADB Provides $5 Million Grant for Vanuatu Earthquake Relief

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 December 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $5 million in contingent disaster financing to support emergency relief efforts in Vanuatu following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the capital Port...

Owner:  Asian Development Bank
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Vanuatu investigates citizenship applicants as Syrian’s approval is revoked

The head of Vanuatu’s Citizenship Commission says a Syrian national had his approval for citizenship revoked, and others are being investigated over concerns that international criminals are buying Vanuatu passports. It comes after The Guardian...

Owner:  The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
Australia-PNG defence pact on hold, but PM insists it'll still be inked

Australia-PNG defence pact on hold, but PM insists it'll still be inked

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will leave Papua New Guinea (PNG) without finalising a high-level defence pact between the two nations after PNG's cabinet couldn't sign off on the landmark agreement in time. The defence treaty, known as the Pukpuk...

Owner:  Australian Government
Major setback for PM as PNG defence treaty falters

Major setback for PM as PNG defence treaty falters

Plans for Australia and Papua New Guinea to sign a landmark defence treaty that would exclude China have failed to eventuate, amid growing suspicions of backroom interference by Beijing. One week after Anthony Albanese’s plans to sign a similar...

Owner:  Nine Entertainment
Australia-PNG treaty: Albanese fails to secure defence treaty but signs ‘historic military’ communique
UN expert joins detransitioner in urging governments to protect parental rights

UN expert joins detransitioner in urging governments to protect parental rights

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 16, 2025 / 16:44 pm The United Nations (U.N.) Expert on Violence Against Women and Girls Reem Alsalem was joined by detransitioner and activist Chloe Cole last week in urging governments to support parents in...

Owner:  Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)
Australia-PNG treaty: Albanese fails to secure defence treaty but signs ‘historic military’ communique
We train Africans in AI to solve economic, social problems – Vanuatu Trade Commissioner  
Victorian government to push for national machete ban

Victorian government to push for national machete ban

The Victorian government will push for a national ban on the sale and possession of machetes after hundreds of the weapons were surrendered during the first two weeks of the state's amnesty. The government said 1,386 machetes and dangerous knives...

Owner:  Australian Government
Australian politicians to see aid in action amid health challenges and economic and climate pressures in Laos

Australian politicians to see aid in action amid health challenges and economic and climate pressures in Laos

A group of Australian parliamentarians has arrived in Laos to see first-hand how Australian-funded programs are helping communities adapt to health and development challenges. Hon Kate Thwaites MP, Andrew Wallace MP, Dai Le MP, Jodie Belyea MP and...

Owner:  The National Tribune Australia
Australia-PNG defence treaty: countries to agree to defend each other from military attack as China’s Pacific influence grows
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