Monday, September 07, 2015: The Third Pacific Islands Development Forum Summit of Leaders (PIDF 3) that ended in Suva last Friday 4th September 2015 approved the appointment of the first permanent and substantive Secretary General of the PIDF. He is Mr Francois Martel of Samoa. Mr Martel has been living in Samoa for over 20 years […]
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Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Delegates Guests & Participants; Ladies & Gentlemen. Kia Orana and Bula to you All. I am indeed privileged and grateful to be here today in your midst as Chief Guest for the closing plenary of the second Regional Workshop on the PIDF Agreement.
The PIDF Secretariat on Friday 22 May at 10am hosted the first Talanoa Session for key local and regional stakeholders in preparation for the June session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), and the Ad Hoc
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Tuesday, 21st April, 2015: The Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Penijamini Lomaloma today met His Excellency Par Ahlberger Sweden’s Ambassador to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand, at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. In welcoming Ambassador Ahlberger to the
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TATEMENT BY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HON. RATU INOKE KUBUABOLA ‘THE ASIAN AFRICAN COMMEMORATION CONFERENCE’ THEME: ‘ADVANCING SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION’ JAKARTA AND BANDUNG, 19-25 APRIL, 2015 Your Excellency Madam Co Chairs Distinguished Ministers Ladies and Gentlemen My delegation has been overwhelmed by the warm welcome and hospitality accorded to us so far and we are indeed grateful.
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The Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Penijamini Lomaloma this afternoon received the visiting Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to Fiji His Excellency Sayyid Nazar bin Al-Julandi bin Ajed Al-Said, at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. In welcoming His Excellency, Mr Lomaloma explained the unique role the PIDF has
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Public feedback is sought on the governing instrument establishing the PIDF. A consultative process leading to the drafting of the agreement establishing the PIDF is underway. This follows the launch this morning of the Pacific’s first ever online public consultation on the design of an international organization for the Pacific. The PIDF Agreement will set
REMARKS BY THE INTERIM CHAIR OF THE SENIOR OFFICIALS COMMITTEE- H.E. PATTERSON OTI, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS TO FIJI AND THE REGION AT THE LAUNCHING OF THE ONLINE CONSULTATION CAMPAIGN TO GAIN FEEDBACK ON THE PIDF ESTABLISHMENT AGREEMENT, 10.00 AM WEDNESDAY 25/3/15, PIDF SECRETARIAT, SUVA Ni Sa Bula Vinaka & Greetings to you
Monday, March 23, 2015: Today the Interim Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Amena Yauvoli and Staff of the PIDF Secretariat farewell Ambassador Esala Teleni in an afternoon tea at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. Ambassador Teleni was the Special Advisor (Projects) for the PIDF since last year on his return
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The Interim Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Amena Yauvoli today received Fiji’s Heads of Missions in the Pacific at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. The Heads of Fiji’s Diplomatic Missions in Canberra, Wellington and Port Moresby are in Suva for their annual planning meeting. Today they visited the PIDF to
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