AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoPre-COP31 Diplomacy: Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo has invited Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to attend the Pre-COP31 Leaders’ Event in Funafuti in October, aiming to boost direct Pacific engagement on climate change, resilience, and climate finance, alongside cooperation on fisheries, transport, digital connectivity, and renewable energy. Climate Politics in the Region: Australia’s A$20m bill to host a major UN climate meeting in Fiji has sparked a political fight in Canberra, with the Opposition arguing taxpayers shouldn’t pay while households face cost-of-living pressure. Pacific Digital Governance: Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers backed new AI rules and safer digital spaces, including principles to guide a regional AI governance framework and a phased approach to protect young people online. Security and Missile Transparency: As Pacific unity is tested ahead of the Palau PIF leaders’ meeting, ministers remain divided over how to respond to China’s recent missile test; meanwhile, Australia has joined a US-led call for at least 24 hours’ advance notice for long-range missile launches. Tuvalu in UN Peacekeeping: Tuvalu has deployed its first police officers to a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
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