March 18, 2021

Pacific faces ‘constant state of recovery’ from disasters– Forum SG to International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 

Keynote Address by Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum International Conference on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (ICDRI 2021) Session: “The Regional Forum for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) […]
February 26, 2021

Secretary-General’s Statement- On the passing of Sir Michael Somare

STATEMENT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM DAME MEG TAYLOR On the passing of Sir Michael Somare, Friday 25th February 2021   It was with […]
January 29, 2021

“Our strength lies in our solidarity”- Fiji’s clear call for regionalism.

This year marks 50 years since the founding of the Pacific Islands Forum. Six sovereign nations and the Cook Islands came together in Wellington in 1971 to form what was then the South Pacific Forum. The small island states of the Pacific were newly independent, and soon more would join as new nations formed from the rapidly diminishing colonial presence in our part of the world. Today we are 18 full members, plus associate members and partner states. Our success, however, is not just measured by our membership, because this is not a club; it is measured by our accomplishments, because we are a forum of sovereign nations confronting serious challenges in our region. With the support from the larger countries of Australia and New Zealand and other partner states and organizations, Pacific Island states have boldly and unashamedly asserted our interests and exercised our rights as sovereign nations through this forum. We have never assumed that our size should relegate us to a back seat in determining the future of this region—or indeed, the world. And we never will. So as we mark our golden anniversary this evening, we must take the opportunity to reflect on what we have achieved together, as one collective through the Pacific Islands Forum—and celebrate those achievements. Together, we fought for a nuclear-free Pacific and committed to the Rarotonga Treaty. Together, we negotiated and advocated what became the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea—and we are asserting our rights under that convention. Together, we have refined and committed to a region of democracy, peace and strengthened regional security.
December 15, 2020

Towards a fully Nuclear Free Blue Pacific- Forum SG at Rarotonga Treaty meeting

Opening remarks by Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor The first meeting of States Parties to the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (“Rarotonga Treaty”) […]
December 3, 2020

Stronger health systems, equitable vaccine access after COVID-19: Dame Meg ahead of UNGA Special Session

PARTNERING AT THE REGIONAL-LEVEL TO BUILD BACK BETTER AFTER COVID-19: STRENGTHENING HEALTH SECURITY SYSTEMS AND ENABLING EQUITABLE VACCINE ACCESS IN THE PACIFIC   High Level side […]
November 24, 2020

Do more with less, keep to multilateralism: Dame Meg to UN, global orgs

SUVA, FIJI, NOV 24, 2020— Forum Secretary General Dame Meg Taylor joined a global session of 24 heads of regional and international organisations in a virtual […]
April 4, 2020
Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Hon. Kausea Natano.

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers to Consider Regional Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

9:30am (Fiji Standard Time), Saturday 04 April 2020 SUVA, Fiji: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the implementation of unprecedented response measures and restrictions by Governments across […]
June 14, 2019

People’s Republic of China Provides Annual Development Cooperation Funding to PIFS

10:30am (Fiji Standard Time) Friday 14 June 2019 Suva, Fiji – The Government of the People’s Republic of China today confirmed support of US $1.2million to […]
February 12, 2019

Keynote address by Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General “The China Alternative: Changing Regional Order in the Pacific Islands”