The region operates within a history of colonisation and has long been characterised as a group of “underdeveloped” small island states “faced with economic challenges”.
Media Statement KANAKY NEW CALEDONIA AT 55PILFM: FORGING AN OCEANIAN SOLIDARITY FOR DECOLONISATION, JUSTICE, PEACE AND SECURITY As the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
PANG’s call comes as new regional security frameworks, including the proposed Blue Pacific Ocean of Peace Regional Security Treaty (BPOPRST) and Regional Operations Deployment Framework (RODF), move through regional processes.
Fortress or Partner? Analysing Regional Insecurities and Pacific Militarisation Through Regional Compacts Is the Pacific becoming a “fortress” instead of a true partner? Right now,
Undermining Sovereignty: De-Risking the Pacific from Investor-State Disputes in Deep-Sea Mining, a new report by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) and authored by Professor Emeritus Dr Jane Kelsey, examines another growing concern: the exposure of Pacific governments to Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS).
Undermining Sovereignty: De-Risking the Pacific from Investor-State Disputes in Deep-Sea Mining, authored by Professor Emeritus Dr Jane Kelsey, unpacks the risks of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and how extractive corporations increasingly use it to sue governments for hundreds of millions of dollars over government actions.
State of the Pacific Ocean 2026 Report The inaugural State of the Pacific Ocean Convening (SOTPOC) brought together Pacific leaders, parliamentarians, academics, Indigenous knowledge holders,
Pacific Civil Society Calls for a Genuine Ocean of Peace: The Pacific is NOT a battleground Media Statement13 July 2026 The Pacific Ocean is far
The State of the Pacific Ocean Convening 2026 was a strategic regional CSO-led dialogue centred around governance to address the mounting environmental, economic, and geopolitical pressures threatening the sovereignty and resources of the Pacific region. Held in Suva, Fiji, and anchored in the spirit of World Oceans Day, the gathering provides a platform to address external threats such as climate change, blue economy, pollution, and hyper-militarisation.
The United Nations cannot continue to document colonial injustice in Kanaky New Caledonia without using its mandate to bring colonialism to an end.
The Pacific Regional Non-Government Organisations (PRNGO) Alliance, including Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), Fiji Council of Social Services (FCOSS), Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG), Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GPAP), and over 20 Pacific civil society organisations, questioned the agenda of the “blue growth” forum, arguing that the workshop emphasises sponsoring States, but only includes observer engagement with other Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS).
Drawing from the International Court of Justice’s landmark Advisory Opinion (AO) in July last year, the policy review challenges Melanesian Leaders to revisit their commitments under the Udaune Declaration of 2023, to ensure national policies on ocean protection in relation to deep-sea mining are in place to ground the moratorium stance.