SBI Coordinator Katia Simeonova, SBI Chair Amena Yauvoli, Fiji, and SBI Focal Point Laurence Pollier in Bonn The PIDF Interim Secretary General, Mr Amena Yauvoli, is currently chairing an important international climate change meeting in Bonn Germany. Mr Yauvoli is the only Pacific Islander and the representative of SIDS chairing one of the Subsidiary Bodies […]
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Monday, June 01, 2015: This morning the Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Penijamini Lomaloma received His Excellency Mr Christian LECHERVY French Permanent Secretary for the Pacific and Permanent Representative to the SPC at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. Mr Lomaloma and Ambassador Lechervy discussed the special place of the
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The PIDF Secretariat on Friday 22 May at 10am hosted the first Talanoa Session for key local and regional stakeholders in preparation for the June session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Subsidiary Bodies, the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI), and the Ad Hoc
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The Interim Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Amena Yauvoli today received a Delegation from Indonesia that is on a scoping mission to Fiji from the 18th to the 21st of May, 2015. Explaining the purpose of the visit Mr Yauvoli said, “In recognition of the importance of bilateral cooperation and development cooperation assistance between
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our Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; Delegates and Participants; Ladies and Gentlemen. Bula vinaka and a very good morning to you all. I’m delighted to be here this morning to launch the first of two meetings to seek the views of our Pacific partners on a draft agreement to institutionalise the Pacific
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Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; Delegates & Participants; Ladies & Gentlemen. Bula Vinaka to you All. I’m very grateful to be here today in your midst to officiate in the closing of the first regional workshop on an establishment agreement for the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF).
Next Wednesday 6th May 2015 Senior Officials from the Pacific will gather in Lami for a groundbreaking and unprecedented meeting to discuss the design and structure of the Pacific’s newest and only people centered development organization, the Pacific Islands Development Forum. The meeting to take place at the NOVOTEL, Lami will be attended by Government,
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The PIDF Interim Secretary General, Mr Amena Yauvoli, received H.E. Mr. Kazi Imtiaz Hossain,Bangladesh’s Non-Resident High Commissioner to Fiji on Tuesday 28 April after presenting his credentials to H.E The President of the Republic of Fiji, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau. In welcoming High Commissioner Hossain to the Secretariat, ISG Yauvoli also conveyed his appreciation to the Government of
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Tuesday, 21st April, 2015: The Deputy Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Development Forum Mr Penijamini Lomaloma today met His Excellency Par Ahlberger Sweden’s Ambassador to Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, Tuvalu and New Zealand, at the PIDF Secretariat in Nasese, Suva. In welcoming Ambassador Ahlberger to the
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TATEMENT BY THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HON. RATU INOKE KUBUABOLA ‘THE ASIAN AFRICAN COMMEMORATION CONFERENCE’ THEME: ‘ADVANCING SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION’ JAKARTA AND BANDUNG, 19-25 APRIL, 2015 Your Excellency Madam Co Chairs Distinguished Ministers Ladies and Gentlemen My delegation has been overwhelmed by the warm welcome and hospitality accorded to us so far and we are indeed grateful.
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