Beyond the communiqué kerfuffle at the close of #PIFLM53 the next 12 months will prove tricky for @ForumSec when it comes to managing partners including Taiwan: benarnews.org/english/commen… Stephen Dziedzic Rory Stewart Griffith Asia Inst

What #PIFLM53’s communique bungle throws up for #PIFLM54 in Honiara … with #Taiwan and #China already centre of attention. Mind your Ts and Cs. Very timely lookahead for @benarnews by commentator @tncpacific. #Tonga #Pacific #PIF benarnews.org/english/commen…

PNG and Bougainville agree on moderator for independence talk rnz.co.nz/international/…

Establishing ties with the Melanesian Spearhead Group will be the first priority for the Autonomous Government of Bougainville’s newly created “external relations” office, as it prepares for independence from Papua New Guinea. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

This is an excellent piece and very timely #Bougainville

Latest from me on #Bougainville and independence from #PNG.

Hundreds of indigenous Papuans staged protests on Wednesday to highlight ongoing violence and displacement in the conflict-torn Papua region as Pope Francis met with Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Bougainville to ‘raise the flag’ in international push of independence plans, via BenarNews rnz.co.nz/international/…

More trouble for New Caledonia’s nickel dependent finances with the Koniambo plant mothballed leaving 1000 workers out of a job in a post crisis economy benarnews.org/english/news/p…

At last, the revised list of #UNGA79 speakers: #France moved from 24th to 25th #Kiribati is last Who's the 1st woman to take the rostrum?

The head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis has highlighted Papua New Guinea’s inequality and instability and called for an end to tribal violence benarnews.org/english/news/p…

The newly revised schedule of world leaders speaking at #UNGA79, starting Sept. 24. Let the traffic jams begin Top: #Brazil's Lula; #US' Biden Lula President Biden

The story of PINA - 50 years of Pacific media rnz.co.nz/international/…

My final look at this year’s meeting of Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Tonga #PacificRegionalism

Journalists say plans to restrict coverage of an upcoming summit of Commonwealth nations in Samoa are at odds with a government that purportedly values democracy. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

Samoan journalists decry ‘ridiculous’ media restrictions at Commonwealth summit - latest on #CHOGM from RFA/BenarNews The Commonwealth #Pacific

This is blowing up somewhat

The Pacific islands’ peak diplomatic body refuses to confirm reports Chinese state-sponsored hackers were responsible for a cyberattack on its networks. benarnews.org/english/news/p…