Features Archive May 2023

Justin Tkachenko MP (centre) and Dame Carol Kidu (second from right) in Kira Kira, Papua New Guinea, March 2023.

Papua New Guinea’s “Foreign” Ministers

“Self-sidelined” foreign minister Justin Tkachenko’s inappropriate description of individuals who criticised his daughter’s Tik Tok video (flaunting tax-payer funded travel to the United Kingdom for King Charles III’s coronation) as “primitive animals”, should not overshadow the selfless contributions of naturalised non-indigenous citizens.
Solomon Islands has media freedom, but that doesn’t mean the pressure on news journalists is not heavy.

Inside Look at the Role of Media in Solomon Islands’ National Security Landscape

Asking hard questions also means knowing what informationto trust and having faith journalists will also be respected.
Expanded Production and Value Addition to Food Exports

Expanded Production and Value Addition to Food Exports

Agriculture is a big deal for the 707,000 inhabitants of Solomon Islands, a collection of six major islands and hundreds of smaller isles sticking out of the South Pacific Ocean.
Honourable Simon Kofe (L), Minister for Justice, Communication, and Foreign Affairs, Tuvalu, and the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Mr. Henry Puna with youth leaders.

Pacific Youth Determined to Make Policy Impact on Good Governance and Anti-corruption

The University of the South Pacific Students’ Association (USPSA) launched the inaugurated regional Youth Advisory Board on Governance in the presence of the Honourable Simon Kofe, Minister for Justice, Communication, and Foreign Affairs, Tuvalu, and the Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), Mr. Henry Puna.
A UNDP project in Cape Verde.

How Effective is the UN’s Development Support?

Halfway into the 2030 Agenda, with progress on several Sustainable Development Goals stalling, is a good moment to ask about the effectiveness of the UN’s development support.
The Manager of the Pacific Climate Change Centre, Ms Ofa Maasi-Kaisamy, said the ability to relate information and findings from the latest science reports to members of the community is a vital part of the PCCC’s work.

Simplifying Climate Change Information For Communities A Key Pacific Priority

The Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC) is working with eight Pacific countries to enhance and integrate knowledge brokerage on climate change into aspects of the work they are doing in their communities.