Prime Minister’s Speeches

Co chairs, Hon Prime Minister Modi, Hon Prime Minister Marape, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen Thank you for the opportunity to revitalize the FIPIC process after some years of dormancy, albeit the partnerships initiatives have continued at different levels. We acknowledge also that the hiatus  in the regularity of the FIPIC has been due to the […]

Remarks by the Prime Minister Hon Fiame Naomi Mataafa Chair, Excellencies Ladies & Gentlemen SIDS are on the frontline of multiple world crises – including climate change and debt – the most vulnerable countries face chronic structural challenges that are becoming more interconnected and intense over time.  They rely on external financing to help prepare […]

Co-chairs, Secretary of State,  Hon Antony Blinken, and Prime Minister Brown, Our host, Hon Prime Minister Marape, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen We acknowledge what has progressed, in the region and bilaterally since the first ever US-Pacific summit in September 2022 and the work is continuing; From a regional perspective there are issues that require further […]

(in the energy transport and  Telecommunications sectors) Madam/Mr Chair, Excellencies, Ladies & Gentlemen More than half of the Commission’s 62 member countries belong to the group of countries that have special situations reflective of the unique challenges that they face. The focus of the Special Body this year is on ways to strengthen regional cooperation […]

Madam Chair, Excellencies, Ladies & Gentlemen The Pacific Islands occupy a vast oceanic region that covers almost 20 percent of the Earth’s surface and is home to the world’s largest concentration of microstates. According to renown Pacific writer Epeli Hauofa;  ‘Oceania is us, we are the sea, we are the ocean;  We should not be […]

Your Excellency Ran Yaakoby & Mrs Yaakoby Ministers of Cabinet Members of the Diplomatic Corps Ladies & Gentlemen I am happy to join you all in welcoming to Samoa the Ambassador of Israel to Samoa in the celebration of the presentation of his Letters of Credence to the Member of the Council of Deputies earlier […]

Lau Susuga i le Taitai o le Sauniga; Le paia o Ositaulaga ma le Ituaiga Sā; Faapea le nofo a Tiakono ma Faipule o le Ekalesia Katoliko; Distinguised Leaders of the Catholic Church from the Pacific and Beyond. Le Susu o Taitai o Ekalesia, ma le aufaigaluega totofi a le Atua ua o tatou mafuta […]

Lau Susuga i le Taitai o le Sauniga; Le paia o Ositaulaga ma le Ituaiga Sā; Faapea le nofo a Tiakono ma Faipule o le Ekalesia Katoliko; Distinguised Leaders of the Catholic Church from the Pacific and Beyond. Le Susu o Taitai o Ekalesia, ma le aufaigaluega totofi a le Atua ua o tatou mafuta […]