Big news. Former PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill arrested in Port Moresby. He was greeted by officers at the airport when he returned to the country this afternoon.
In the Pacific Islands, @WHO & @UNICEF are providing vital supplies to stem the spread of the #COVID19 pandemic, & keep children & their families safe.
The @UN family🇺🇳 & its local partners #LeaveNoOneBehind, particularly our most vulnerable groups.
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Halting funding for the World Health Organization during a world health crisis is as dangerous as it sounds. Their work is slowing the spread of COVID-19 and if that work is stopped no other organization can replace them. The world needs @WHO now more than ever.
An outstanding guide to the limitations and caveats on numbers, data & modelling of Covid 19 from two global experts on statistics and risk: @srichardson962 & @d_spiegel: https://t.co/oqszebM9FV
Interesting development out of Canberra... "Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has flagged the creation of a government-backed infrastructure investment bank to help meet the immense development needs of the Pacific and cement Australia's role in the region." https://t.co/nvBSbMtWGQ
Noble words: "We will engage with the Pacific not through the intricacies of geopolitics – but in its own right. Our goal will not be the strategic denial of others but rather the economic betterment of the ten million people of the Pacific." @PACNEWS1
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As APEC nears, so #PNG's law & order problems intensify. There is high security for the forum but what happens after, when the high expectations promoted by the government hit the reality of increasing poverty & crime? https://t.co/6hBZlSsckx
Pacific islands new diplomatic battleground for China and the West - @anudpa's @GraemeKSmith speaks with the South China Morning Post https://t.co/OBLSYwWcrM via @SCMPNews
Asked to comment on the fact that Maryse Payne failed to mention climate change at all in this morning's speech, Dame Meg Taylor observes that some countries are moving forward, some back. If they wait too long to move, she says, 'It may be too late.' #SOTP2018