AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTransit Without Visa: Australia’s Home Affairs published its 2026 Transit Without Visa list of 70 nationalities, with strict conditions like arriving by air and holding a confirmed onward ticket within eight hours. West Papua & Kanaky: Vanuatu urged renewed UN attention to alleged human rights violations in West Papua, backed Kanaky New Caledonia decolonisation, and called on France to accept ICJ jurisdiction over the Matthew and Hunter Islands dispute. Pacific media & climate: Pacific editors pledged stronger reporting on climate loss and damage, pushing coverage of cultural and social harms, while Pacific journalists wrapped the 8th Media Summit in Savusavu on reaching the remote with digital innovation and gender equity. Women, water, and climate decisions: Research highlighted that excluding women from water decision-making drives wider gendered impacts of climate change across the Pacific, including in Vanuatu. Health in Vanuatu: John Margerison partnered with the Esesson Foundation to deliver Vanuatu’s largest health outreach this September, providing free care to more than 2,600 people. UK returns to the Pacific Community: The UK re-joined the Pacific Community after 17 years, citing shared priorities like climate, human rights, and marine protection.
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