Cook Islands delegation joins global community at GEF Assembly
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 31 August 2023 - Amidst smoky skies of the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, a Cook Islands delegation joined 1,500 participants from 185…
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Cook Islands elected to Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 31 August 2023 - The Cook Islands has been elected to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Executive Council of the…
MFAI submit draft Immigration policy change proposal to National Labour Advisory Board
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 29 August 2023 - Cook Islands Prime Minister and Minister of Immigration, the Honourable Mark Brown, yesterday endorsed a draft Immigration policy change…
Immigration warrants empowering Pa Enua officials, to be issued on completion of training
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 25 August 2023 - Select government officials from the island of Penrhyn have participated in training delivered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and…
Cook Islands and Saudi Arabia focus on future areas for cooperation
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 24 August 2023 - Cook Islands and Saudi Arabia government officials continue to focus on a forward program of cooperation through diplomatic and development…
Cook Islands look to recalibrate relationship with the United Nations
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 23 August 2023 - Cook Islands Prime Minister, the Honourable Mark Brown, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Ms Tepaeru Herrmann met this week…
Statement by the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, the Honourable Mark Brown on Japan’s planned release of ALPS-treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 22 August 2023 - The Government of Japan has requested the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) begin preparations for the release of treated water from the…
Electric vehicles to be utilised for Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ in-country transportation
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 22 August 2023 - At their meeting hosted by the Government of Fiji in Suva in July 2022, the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders confirmed the Cook Islands to…
Cook Islands delegation attends Pacific Small Islands Developing States High-Level Dialogue on Climate Change
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 21 August 2023 - The Honourable Mac Mokoroa, Minister for Education, Justice, Youth, and Sports, is heading the Cook Islands delegation to the Pacific Small…
Cook Islands present revised submission on Limits of the Continental Shelf
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 21 August 2023 - The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)…