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Samoa launches CHOGM 2024 with Strong Emphasis on the “Critical Voices of Women, Youth and our Children”
Samoa Global News
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October 21, 2024
Samoa launched its hosting of CHOGM 2024 with an inspiring early morning ceremony on Monday that saw the symbolic arrival of “the Torch of Change” in a spectacular display of Pacific culture led by youth. Paopao or canoes carrying youth from...
Samoa PM: We come together to find solutions
Talanei
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October 21, 2024
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has said that solutions for various issues faced by member nations of the Commonwealth should stem from the various meetings that kicked off the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia. She made...
Samoa Diary Four – The Opening Ceremony: The Theatre of Politics
The Round Table
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October 25, 2024
[Derek McDougall is a member of the Round Table’s International Advisory Board and contributing his Samoa Diary series during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa.] This is the first CHOGM I have attended and hence this...
Samoa PM emerges new chair -in-Office as 27th CHOGM kicks off
TVC News Nigeria
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October 25, 2024
The Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa is now the chair-in-office of the Commonwealth Heads of Government as the 27th meeting opened on the island of Samoa. She, together with the new Secretary General, will steer the affairs of the...
Climate change at forefront of upcoming CHOGM gathering in Samoa
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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October 20, 2024
Samoa is on the brink of hosting what could well be the largest event in its history. And preparations are in their final stages right across the Pacific Island nation's green undulating hills and neat-as-a-pin villages. The gathering in question...
Climate change hypocrisy on full show in Samoa
The Sydney Morning Herald
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October 25, 2024
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size How can our prime minister claim to want action on climate change at the gathering in Samoa...
Samoa Welcomes King Charles, Queen Camilla
Fiji Sun
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October 24, 2024
The King and Queen witnessed the authentic Samoan traditions and customs exhibited at the cultural center. King Charles and Queen Camilla on October 24, 2024. Photo: Samoa CHOGM 2024. King Charles and Queen Camilla have touched down in Samoa ahead...
Climate tops agenda at Australia, UK PMs’ first meeting
Michael West Media
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October 25, 2024
Australia and the UK have agreed to deepen their co-operation in the fight against climate change as the nations’ leaders met for the first time since Keir Starmer won a landslide British election in July. Mr Starmer and Prime Minister Anthony...
Climate change will be a…
Waatea News
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Role Funding: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Peters, says climate change will be a top priority at this year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). Since Monday, leaders from across the Commonwealth have gathered in Apia, Samoa,...
Climate-threatened Pacific Islands criticize Australia at Commonwealth meeting
KSAT - Texas
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October 24, 2024
APIA – Several Pacific island nations singled out Australia to do more to phase out fossil fuel exports during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which opened in Samoa on Thursday. Tuvalu’s Prime Minister, Feleti Teo, alongside senior...
Samoa Citizenship Bill passes second reading in NZ Parliament
Talamua
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October 24, 2024
Apia, Samoa – 24 October 2024 – The Bill to restore New Zealand citizenship for a group of Samoans that were removed by Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, passed its second reading in Parliament this (Thursday) morning. Teanau Tuiono, the Green...
Erga omnes nature of human rights obligations in respect of climate change: A preliminary survey of the positions in the ICJ Climate Change advisory proceedings
EJIL: Talk!
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January 16, 2025
Amongst the many legal issues arising from the ICJ advisory proceedings in Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change, the erga omnes nature of the obligations involved has a particular significance. This nature comprises not only strictly...
Exchange Program for Primary Healthcare Professionals between Samoa and New Zealand
Samoa Global News
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January 16, 2025
Thursday 16 January 2025, Apia Samoa. By: Jasmine Netzler-Iose, Gvt Press Secretariat. An initiative was launched this morning that will see exchange missions between Primary Health Care Professionals in Samoa and New Zealand. Speaking on behalf...
Samoa’s leaders fret that Charles might go to crumbling hospital
The Times
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Two months ago Samoa’s leaders fretted over the parlous state of the island’s hospital, fearing that the King, being treated for cancer and due in the country this week, might become a patient. Among the litany of problems surfacing at the...
Samoa gears up to host 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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October 17, 2024
Samoa is days away from hosting the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) under the theme “One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Commonwealth.” This marks the first time the biennial event will be hosted by a Pacific island...
Samoa Diary – The Samoa CHOGM in Prospect
The Round Table
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October 20, 2024
[Derek McDougall is a member of the Round Table’s International Advisory Board and will be filing his Samoa Diary during the Commonwealth Hreads of Government Meeting in Samoa.] At last! I have arrived in Apia, capital of Samoa and venue for the...
Nature trail launch goes live
Samoa Observer
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The fauna and flora will talk back to people thanks to the Nature Trail Project where QR codes are being put up to make the Mt Vaea trail more interactive. This has been done by the Samoa Conservation Society in partnership with the Ministry of...
Samoa’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Leads Delegation to FAO World Food Forum and Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum 2024
Samoa Global News
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October 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE – The Honourable La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, Samoa’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, lead a high-level delegation to attend the prestigious FAO World Food Forum and Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum, held...
The first-timer’s guide to Samoa: What to see and do
The New Zealand Herald
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January 18, 2025
You don’t have to venture far to discover that there’s much more to this tropical paradise than just coconut trees, beaches, and poolside cocktails. I enjoyed my fair share of all three, but it was getting out there on adventures that were the...
Samoa’s Olympian Sailor Off To Strong Build Up For 2028 Olympic
Newsline Samoa
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October 22, 2024
MEDIA RELEASE : Olympic sailor Vaimo’oi’a Ripley has officially kicked off her campaign for the 2028 Olympic Games with a standout performance at the Coast Championships Regatta at Lake Macquarie, Australia, held on October 13. Competing for the...