Such a beautiful lady as soon as she walked in the room she wanted to greet each and every participant 🫶🏾. Her Excellency Jutta Urpilainen.

I'm in Tonga to issue a global SOS – Save Our Seas. Global average sea levels are rising at rates unprecedented in the past 3,000 years. The ocean is overflowing because of climate change. The world must #ActNow & answer the SOS before it's too late. un.org/climatechange/…

Part Sailmaster, Part Hula Girl... all Uto Ni Yalo Trust theguardian.com/world/article/…

Hallituksen rasisminvastaisen ”Me puhumme teoin” -kampanjan ensimmäisenä tekona hallituksen rasismista useita kertoja kiinni jäänyt puolue irtisanoutuu kampanjasta. Teot tosiaan puhuvat puolestaan.

Onko nyt siis niin, että hallitus ei ole mukana hallituksen rasismin vastaisessa kampanjassa? 🤔

Mahdetaankohan kotomaassa edes ymmärtää, kuinka hienoa duunia Jutta Urpilainen on komissaarikautensa aikana tehnyt EU:n kansainvälisten kumppanuuksien saralta? Ei vähättele ilmastonmuutosta, ei vältä vaikeita keskusteluja. Selvästi arvostettu, ainakin tässä päässä palloa 🙏

📡 Join us tomorrow for this interesting talk about oceanic sovereignties, UNCLOS and the Pacific Large Ocean States! SoLaSS School Seminar, August 29 2-4PM The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus #research #Pacific #oceans

Did you know, the lead counsel for Vanuatu UN in the #ICJAO is a Hawaiʻi's Law School grad? We are so pleased to have Julian as the 2024 Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals. Join us next Wednesday September 4 at 6:30 PM HST in person or online. Details below!

EU Commissioner Urpilainen calls for stability, condemns violence in New Caledonia crisis pina.com.fj/2024/08/28/eu-… via Jutta Urpilainen Barbara Plinkert Pacific Islands Forum Jimmy Naouna FLNKS EU Pacific 🇪🇺 European Commission MSG Secretariat

“On the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, the world must speak with one voice to end this practice once and for all.” — António Guterres un.org/en/observances…

"Let’s pass the test for humanity – and ban nuclear testing for good" - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres On the International Day against Nuclear Tests, a reminder that total elimination of nuclear weapons is the only guarantee against the use or threat of nuclear weapons

Please consider submitting nominations and self-nominations for graduate paper Edward Said Award offered by ⁦Global Development Studies (GDS)⁩ section of ⁦ISA⁩. Deadline is September 6. Email submissions to [email protected]. Full guidelines below. gdsisa.org/edward-said-aw…

FORUM COMMUNIQUE - 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Vava'u, Tonga 26-30 August 2024 Read the full document here: forumsec.org/sites/default/…

Furious response from China after PIF sticks with the status quo on Taiwan, rejecting a push to strip it of its status as a "development partner." China's Ambassador to the Pacific Xian Bo says it must be a "mistake" and he's demanding the final communique be "corrected"

Stephen Dziedzic Why is it that China, Taiwan, Oz, NZ or the US think it can dictate to Pacific leaders what it says/doesn't say in the Leaders communique? Is Pacific Forum so beholden to carrots dangled by its development partners that it will even sell our sovereignty? What poor leadership!

🙌 Four 2y postdoc positions at the Stockholm Center on Global Governance in Int'l Law, Int'l Relations, Philosophy & PoliSci. With these positions, we seek to advance interdisciplinary research on global governance Stockholm University Deadline 15 oct. su.se/stockholm-cent…

'Significant concern about influence China has’ - security expert on PIF Taiwan communique bungle rnz.co.nz/international/…

📡 One more seminar before midsemester break! Join us tomorrow The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus to learn about fascinating details of Fiji’s colonial history! #Pacific #research #fiji #colonialism #history

I’m so proud of all The University of the South Pacific graduates who received their certificates over the last two days and particularly stoked for Vishal Prasad - my TA, MA student, and a wonderful human being; he has been globetrotting for Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change and ICJAO while writing a stellar thesis. 🙌🏻🎓⭐️

A beauty pageant turned ugly: The alleged plot to steal a queen’s crown bbc.in/4cSXHHn