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Courtesy call by ESCAP Deputy Executive Secretary to discuss SDGs & Paris Agreement

A courtesy call was made to the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) by Mr Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development, of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on 7th June, 2016. The visit also provided an opportunity for PIDF Secretary General, Mr François Martel, to give an […]

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INDONESIA AND PIDF COLLABORATE ON CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING’S FOR PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia with its Directorate of Technical Cooperation and in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) will be implementing a series of capacity building training’s for PIDF and MSG member countries over the coming months in venues across the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic

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PIDF SIGNS MOU WITH SOLOMON ISLANDS FORMALISING HOSTING OF PIDF LEADERSHIP MEETINGS IN HONIARA

The Secretary General of the PIDF, François Martel together with the High Commissioner of the Solomon Islands in Fiji His Excellency Patteson Oti signed the Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the hosting by the Solomon Islands of all PIDF Leadership Meetings for 2016 and 2017 on 7th May, 2016. Altogether six high level meetings are scheduled

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PIDF PARTICIPATES IN UN FORUM TO TAKE PARIS AGREEMENT FORWARD

PIDF Climate Change Advisor, Dr Mahendra Kumar (front 2nd right) with other participants and technical advisors at the Bonn UNFCCC meeting. Pacific Island Development Forum’s climate change advisor, Dr. Mahendra Kumar, is attending and supporting the PICs at the UNFCCC meeting of the Subsidiary Bodies currently underway in Bonn, Germany. The Bonn Climate Change Conference

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TOKELAU SIGNS PIDF CHARTER

The islands nation of Tokelau on 27 April, 2016 represented by Ulu O Tokelau Aliki Faipule Afega Gaualofa signed the PIDF Charter signalling the formal admission of Tokelau to the Pacific Islands Development Forum. Tokelau has been a strong supporter to the concept of the Pacific Islands Development Forum since its inception in 2012 and

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ICRC AND PIDF TO EXPLORE AREAS OF MUTUAL COLLABORATION

The Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF) Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will continue to explore areas of mutual collaboration especially in the areas of climate induced migration and disaster displacement and for preparations for the upcoming World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul Turkey 23-24 May 2016. This came out strongly after

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MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT FOR PROGRESS TOWARDS SPECIAL CLIMATE REPORT ON 1.5°C

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during its 43rd Session in Nairobi, Kenya, from the 11-13 April 2016 have agreed to proceed with the Special Report on 1.5°C overwhelming previous opposition from some sections of the scientific community who strongly opposed doing a Special report on 1.5°C. The Paris Agreement invited the IPCC to

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