PIF Leaders meeting

Commonwealth SG welcomes Forum Leaders call for assistance in Samoa

She held wide ranging talks on Commonwealth initiatives and outlined preparations for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London in April 2018.

The SG welcomed the call by Pacific Islands Forum leaders for the international community to urgently consider assistance in the wake of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean.

Forum Leaders recalled the impact of recent cyclones in the Pacific and the significant destruction to the infrastructure and economies of small states, in their communique issued this week.

China donates vehicles to help Samoa host Pacific Forum leaders

Twenty vehicles will help the government to provide transportation for the Pacific Leaders who will be attending the 48th annual Pacific Forum Leaders Summit.

The vehicles have arrived with an official handing over next week.

According to the Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Press Secretary, Cabinet has also approved a budget of $1.1 million tala to host the Forum Leaders Meeting which starts from September 4th to the 8th.

47th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' meetings in FSM confirmed

In preparation for the 47th Forum Leaders Meeting, the Forum Officials Committee (FOC) Meeting, the governing council of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, will meet in Suva on 9 and 10 August preceded by the Smaller Islands States Officials Meeting and the Pacific ACP Officials Meeting on 8 August, 2016.