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The democratic losses around the world is heart breaking. Fiji, wishing you peace, security and prosperity. Friends, may his peace and love, fill your homes this Christmas ๐ ๐๐
That "glitch" could most certainly undermine the election even if it was then "corrected". There needs to be a commission of inquiry into this to restore the integrity of the electoral system. Four years of planning, millions of taxpayer and donor funds come down to a "glitch".
1/3 Creating the #LossAndDamageFund is a first, important step. It is an important moment in the global #ClimateJustice movement. Never forget that this call started in #Vanuatu 31 years ago. Never forget the facility was launched @COP26 by Fiji/Tuvalu and supported by AOSIS/G77.
(1/2)The #2050Strategy for the #BluePacific continent was endorsed by the Forum leaders this year in ๐ซ๐ฏ. Work continues on the way forward for the implementation and monitoring plan for the strategy as members of the sub- committee meet to progress updates and next steps.
A new Chief Justice sworn in yesterday in Kiribati. Tetiro Mate Semilota, former Attorney General, is the first I-Kiribati woman to hold this top job, held previously by Kiwi Bill Hastings.
SUVA, FIJI, 30 October 2022 โโ The Prime Minister visited His Excellency the President this morning to advise that the general election date will be 14 December 2022 and also advised on the dissolution of Parliament with effect from today.
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Honored to meet and speak to the Marist Teams going into tomorrowโs rugby finals. Young, gusty gentleman raring to take the field Tomorrow. All the best Marist.
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We have some really good stories lined up from the Airport Traffic Control Tower ๐ - a series of โThe women guiding pilots into Nadi International Airportโ ๐๐ฌ on arrival & departure ๐ซ ... theyโre a force to acknowledge in our aviation industry ๐ซ๐ฏ๐
I think we missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to show a superpower the value and agency of womenโs voices in national development and leadership.
The Pacific region remains a foreign policy priority for the United States, and we have deep and longstanding ties to Fiji and the other countries of the Pacific.
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Follow @IRIinthePIs for news in the region like @SecBlinken's upcoming trip, new women in leadership, and updates on COVID policy.
Apart from the immediate emergency response to the Hunga Tonga Hunga Haโapai eruption, medium to long term responses must take into account food insecurity caused by destroyed and failed crops, contamination of water tables and soil by sulphur, ash & acid rain, not only in Tonga.