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28 July 2021

UN congratulates Vanuatu on 41st Independence Day Anniversary

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a reminder that we can never lower our guard. Gender-based violence is present in all human activity, including emergency response.

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30 November 2021

No one is Safe unless Everyone is Safe: Making Emergency Response Safe for Women and Girls

Our investment in infrastructure and the partnership we share with the Pacific people has changed the pace at which island communities can now recover from disasters and reduces the cost of building back better.

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13 December 2021

Smart Islands Initiative: An affordable, accessible digital future for Pacific communities

The natural disasters were a major blow to 74-year-old Fangupō Lātū, from the village of Pātangata. His fishing boat was sunk and destroyed during the tsunami, leaving him unable to make a living.

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16 March 2022

Tonga's devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami leaves fishing communities additionally vulnerable.

The financial impacts of extreme weather events in the Pacific region are driving the development of new innovative products and the formulation of national climate and disaster risk finance and insurance (CDRFI) strategies.

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17 May 2022

Empowering the Vulnerable: Experts Call for Equitable Access to Climate and Disaster Risk Insurance

Young representatives of the Sahalu customary landholding group, Guadalcanal Province before chupu [celebration of the handover]; Photo credit: UNDP Solomon Islands.

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30 May 2022

Empowering Landholding Groups and Building Peaceful Societies

Students at the Selwyn College, Honiara

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31 May 2022

Where Every Voice Matters

UN Resident Coordinator, Sanaka Samarasinha and Staff meeting with the Journalists from Solomon Islands

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27 July 2022

UN to Expand Support and Assistance to the Government and People of Solomon Islands

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21 September 2022

Beneficiaries share experiences with UN Resident Coordinator through talanoa session

A market vendor in Vanuatu displays necklaces to tourists in Port Vila.

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20 October 2022

Creating climate financing opportunities for Pacific SIDS through the Joint SDG Fund

In Tuvalu and other Pacific nations, investing in gender-sensitive responses to shocks, especially initiatives that build partnerships between governments and civil society, will help women better cope with uncertainty.

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24 October 2022

Op-Ed: Reclaiming a Lost Decade

Members of the Pacific UN Communications Group and the Pacific Disability Forum pose for a photo following a field trip to the Fiji Vocational Technical and Training Centre for Persons with Disabilities.

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16 November 2022

Pacific UN Communicators Participate in Disability Inclusive Training