Calvy Aonima

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[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

The road back to Honiara is clear 🤭 #OceaniaChampionsAgain #CongratzBoys #JobWelldone

[Oceania Football Confederation @OFCfootball]

CHAMPIONS! 🇸🇧🏆🔥

The Kurukuru reign supreme at the OFC Men’s Futsal Cup 2025! A thrilling campaign ends with a 7-0 victory over Tuvalu and the trophy is heading back to the Solomons!

Watch the full replay on FIFA+ https://t.co/jtQ7jgRlb2
Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek

#FMC25

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Develop international law was a mandate by PIF Leaders to address SLR and its impacts. The ILC’s role is critical. This week, we had ILC Chair @MPaparinskis and H.E @MargersKrams for a courtesy call. 🙏🏾 No means of talanoa can be more meaningful than a good face-to-face meeting.

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa met with H.E Margers Krams, Ambassador of Latvia to Australia and New Zealand and Special Envoy to the Pacific, along with Professor Martins Paparinskis, Chair of the 2025 International Law Commission (ILC) on 13 August.

Key discussions included strengthening collaboration between Latvia, the ILC, and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on climate change and sea level rise, aligning with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s position articulated in the 2021 PIF Maritime Zones Declaration and the 2023 Statehood Declaration.

#OneBluePacific #Regionalism

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Fully support your call Hon. PM. 🇸🇧

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Thank you USP and organizers for the invitation extended. Very pleased to be amongst the panelists. Was a great opportunity not only to share perspectives but also to learn from each and everyone. #ICJAO #ITLOSAO #ILC

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

2025 Rarotonga Treaty Consultative Committee Meeting. #OperationalisationOfTheTreaty

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

The Consultative Committee of the Rarotonga Treaty convened today at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, advancing discussions on the operationalisation of the Treaty in line with Forum Leaders’ mandate.

The meeting was chaired virtually by Rose Kautoke, Senior Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Office, Tonga.

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

The world is interconnected. Anything can happen. Remoteness is no longer a blockade. The continued “peace” we enjoy in our region should not be taken for granted. Building on the foundations contributed by the CTBT are crucial for our ocean of peace. #CTBTO #PIF #Partnership

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

#Partnerships

Today, Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa, met with Dr. Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO).

Dr. Floyd updated SG Waqa on the recent developments related to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and discussed avenues for continued cooperation between the CTBTO and PIF.

#OneBluePacific @CTBTO

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

The last time there was a signature was in 1996. RMI’s signing was indeed historical. Very pleased to have witnessed it. Amongst the geo-strategic interest and powerplay by super-powers in the region, RMI’s pathway signals a way forward for non-Party Forum Members.

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

#rarotongatreaty

A busy week in Nasonini - on the fringes of the Pacific CEDAW and the Pacific Ocean's Ministers Meeting, a small but significant event was held to witness the Republic of the Marshall Islands deposit their signature to the Rarotonga Treaty, reaffirming their commitment to a nuclear-free Pacific.

Ocean's Ministers & officials were in attendance to witness this historic event this afternoon.

The Rarotonga Treaty is a regional agreement that establishes the South Pacific as a nuclear-weapon-free zone.
Signed on August 6, 1985 (in Rarotonga, Cook Islands), The purpose of the Treaty is to prohibit the manufacturing, possession, stationing, and testing of nuclear explosive devices in the South Pacific.

Read Rarotonga Treaty: https://t.co/r0pw4dPxQ0

Read Hon. Anthony Muller, RMI Minister of Natural Resources and Commerce, Remarks: https://t.co/x9TrhjJSWD
Read Secretary General Waqa's Remarks: https://t.co/WuIGrJGRn8

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

States carry an important duty in ensuring protection of their people (including women and girls) and that "continuity of statehood" (irrespective of the impacts of sea-level rise) is necessary and fundamental for that protection to be implemented and for it to endure.

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Pacific Technical Cooperation Session of the Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: Talanoa on the 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent on Fostering a resilient, inclusive, equitable, secure and prosperous future for the Pacific.

This Talanoa showcased regional efforts to integrate gender-responsive measures into climate change responses. It discussed perspectives on gender equality and women's roles in building Pacific resilience.

It was part of the Pacific Technical Cooperation Session of the CEDAW Committee.

#CEDAW #CEDAWPacific

[Latvia in Australia @LVinAustralia]

A very topical & lively briefing session at @ForumSEC in #Suva 🇫🇯 by 🇱🇻 Professor @MPaparinskis on lessons learned from the advisory proceedings before @CIJ_ICJ on the Obligation of States in relation to #ClimateChange and #ILC study on sea-level rise & Intl. law. #LatviaUNSC

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Thank you Prof. @MPaparinskis for the very informative and insightful briefing session conducted for @ForumSEC Members on the work of the International Law Commission (ILC). Thanks also to H.E Amb. @MargersKrams for the coordination. Looking forward to continued collaboration. 👏🏽

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Indeed DPI @ZarakFJ. Amazing to see Tuvalu leading the way in many of these agendas. #DigitalNation #6PAC #Connectivity etc And so pleased to again meet my good friend Hon. Minister @Simon_Kofe. @#RAMM

[Zarak Khan @ZarakFJ]

Vinaka @Simon_Kofe for the insightful conversation. Always an admirer of the amazing work you do for the people of #Tuvalu & our #BluePacific. God bless and wishing you well for the Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting #RAMM

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Secretary General, Baron Waqa today joined the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Students Association, RMI community in Fiji, high- level dignitaries, other student associations, civil society organisations at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala campus, Suva to commemorate the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day.

This event was held to stand in solidarity with the people of RMI to mourn the past, honour the spirit of survivors and continue advocacy on nuclear justice, nuclear non- proliferation and nuclear disarmament.

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

"these efforts often exist in isolation, lacking a cohesive framework to bring them all together, ... Now must be the time to build on these successes and create an integrated, long-term, visionary, Pacific-centric “rules-based order”.

[devpolicy.org @devpolicy]

“Pacific nations can strengthen their collective bargaining power on the global stage — while in the long-term putting in place rules that would over time become a critical part of customary international law,” says @STekiteki and Joel Nilon.

https://t.co/79L8lpcvek

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

Congratulations to the RMI 🇲🇭 for signing the ʻRarotonga Treatyʻ. This is indeed a historic moment. And definitely a step in the right direction. Thank you RMI for your leaderahip and do hope this signals remaining PIF non-state parties to also follow suit. 👏🏾👏🏾

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Media Release: Republic of the Marshall Islands Joins the Treaty of Rarotonga

The historic signing of the Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on the same day, underscoring the Marshall Islands’ enduring commitment to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

Read more: https://t.co/2QstcxUKAg

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

@tutakirichards Iakwe Counsel 🫡 Umi sloslo nomo .

[Calvy Aonima @CalvyA89]

A very emotional remembrance ceremony indeed. Grateful to have been part of it. It is countries like RMI and its issues that continues to remind us of why regionalism exists at the first place. #NuclearLegacy #ClimateChange #Security #Connectivity #MobilityEtc #PacificRegionalism

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Remarks delivered by #PIF Secretary General, Baron Divavesi at the 2025 Republic of the Marshall Islands Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day.

"We are here today to mourn the past and honour the spirit of survival that has defined the Marshallese people. The Marshall Islands' story is one of resilience and teaches us that unity can forge change" - SG Waqa.

Read more: https://t.co/SHKdbQoBre

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

To commemorate the Marshall Islands' Remembrance Day, some of our Pacific Islands Forum leaders who were at the Secretariat recently, shared a few words of solidarity.

May God bless the Marshall Islands, and may God bless our beloved Blue Pacific continent.

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

Secretary General, Baron Divavesi Waqa paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, H.E Hilda Heini this morning.

SG Waqa extended his appreciation to the President for the invitation to attend the Nuclear Remembrance Day commemoration in the island nation and also took the opportunity to update the President on key regional priorities, including key challenges and opportunities.

#Pacific2050

[Pacific Islands Forum @ForumSEC]

SG Waqa took the opportunity to meet with Hon. David Paul, Minister responsible for Finance and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. Discussions focused on key regional priorities and the 2050 Strategy.