The Asia-Pacific region "continues to be the most disaster prone part of the world in 2015" and needs a risk-sensitive development approach, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Thursday.
The Marshall Islands has officially declared a state of health emergency, pushing the pacific island country's disease response into high gear following the confirmed diagnosis of Zika in a 25-year-old in the early stages of pregnancy.
The region in the year of 2016 will brace for growing economic opportunities, China's bigger role and the uncertain security environment.
Aid agencies across the Pacific are gearing up for months of weather-related crises as a result of a "super-charged El Nino" weather pattern.
It's been a record year for powerful hurricanes and typhoons in the Pacific Ocean, and they just keep coming.
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Monday defended the "redirection" of at least 720 million U.S. dollars of aid to help fund climate-change schemes for Australia's less affluent Pacific neighbors.
The number of adolescents aged 10- 19 officially estimated to be living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific has trended upwards over the past decade, reaching 220,000 in 2014, said a report released here on Monday.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting concluded here on Thursday, with the 21-member economies issuing a joint declaration focusing on inclusive economic growth and a wider free trade area in the entire region -- the Free Trade Area of Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) .
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2015 CEO Summit on Wednesday concluded here, with over 800 delegates, including regional economic leaders, entrepreneurs and businessmen from small and medium enterprises discussing various ways to seek better regional economy growth.
Against the backdrop of fragile global recovery and potential challenges facing Asia-Pacific development, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday expounded on his suggestion for regional growth and expressed confidence in China's economy.
The 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting kicked off here Wednesday afternoon, with Chinese President Xi Jinping joining hands with other leaders to boost regional cooperation.
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Tuesday to attend the 23rd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting at a time when the region expects more "China opportunities" for economic integration.
The New Zealand government Tuesday announced a program to improve aviation safety at airports in eight Pacific island nations over the next two years. Foreign Minister Murray McCully said the government would invest 2.4 million NZ dollars (1.6 million U.S. dollars) in the Pacific Aeronautical Charting and Procedures Project to enhance safety and make commercial air travel in the region safer.
Small Pacific island nations have a crucial role to play in efforts to advance a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said here on Thursday.
It is already a worldwide consensus that China and the United States, the two giants sitting on the opposite end of the Pacific Ocean, play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the vast region between them, whose eminence in global affairs is growing each and every day.
A strategic alliance between New Zealand's national carrier Air New Zealand and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has received government approval for a four-year extension, Transport Minister Simon Bridges said Tuesday.
In the ongoing battle against obesity, heart disease and diabetes in the Pacific region, a new study reveals that allocating sufficient tuna for local consumption and keeping it affordable could significantly improve health outcomes, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community said Monday.
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