Oceania Australia Professor Ana Cody, Dean of the School of Law at Western Sydney University, has been appointed as Australia's new Sex Discrimination Commissioner
Oceania Samoa A United Nations Development Programme project, funded by Japan, is exploring the use of electric transport in Samoa; renewable energy experts visited the country in June
Oceania Tonga A national aviation safety culture training for the industry was conducted in Tonga by consultants from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority at the end of June
Oceania Kiribati On 28 June, members of the second Chinese medical team stationed in Kiribati provided free medical services to the residents of Tarawa
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands journalist Charley Piringi has won the Pacific Islands Regional Environment Programme Secretariat's award for best reporting on the environment
Oceania Vanuatu The hospitals of Lenakel on Tanna, Norsup, Lolowai, Quatvaes and the Northern Provincial Hospital on Santo now have new incinerators to safely dispose their medical waste
Oceania Tuvalu The Commonwealth Climate Finance Access Hubhas responded to request of Commonwealth countries to help increase the capacity to access climate finance appointing advisers to Tuvalu and Fiji
Oceania Papua New Guinea Transparency International PNG held its Annual General Meeting to present the report for the year 2022 to its members and to appoint the next generation of executives
Oceania Marshall Islands This year the United Church of Christ sees more than 2.000 participants at its youth conference in Majuro, an event held once every two years for a two-week duration
Oceania Palau Post-pandemic tourism recovery for the country will be more difficult than predicted due to significant policy changes in some of Palau's key markets and to a more competitive global tourism market
Oceania Micronesia Micronesian communities, heavily depending on functional marine ecosystems, have turned towards data science to protect their local coral reefs with the creation of new app that monitors the health of region's coral reefs and protect marine biodiversity
Oceania Australia Bobby Goldsmith Foundation, Australia's longest-running HIV charity, has announced the appointment of Ita Buttrose AC, OBE as patron for her contribution to public health policy and HIV/AIDS response over the past 40 years
Oceania Micronesia Micronesians from Marshall Islands, Palau and Federated States of Micronesia have been serving in US military since WW II; but, for those Care for Compact of Free Association veterans who want to live here, there are still obstacles for health care