Oceania Solomon Islands Speaking at COP29, Minister Manemahaga underscored the vulnerability to climate change, saying the impacts are not abstract future threats but real stories of loss, displacement, erosion of culture and heritage
Oceania Solomon Islands The first Solomon Islands coin issue bearing the effigy of King Charles III, a $1 coin dated 2025, has been recently unveiled by the Royal Australian Mint ; Governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands struck the first coin
Oceania Solomon Islands A new regional fisheries surveillance centre will soon be built at the Forum Fisheries Agency in Honiara, whose foundation stone-laying ceremony was held in the presence of Prime Minister Manele
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands rugby has received a donation of training kits from British charity SOS Kit Aid, thanks to a partnership with the British High Commission
Oceania Solomon Islands Saudi Arabia and the Solomon Islands have formalised an agreement to exempt holders of diplomatic, private and official passports from short-stay visa requirements
Oceania Solomon Islands The country officially acceded to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation with the instrument of accession deposited by the Permanent Mission of Solomon Islands to the United Nations in New York on 4 October 2024
Oceania Solomon Islands Head of delegation to the UN General Assembly reaffirmed the country's support for the implementation of the United Nations Fourth Decade for the Elimination of Colonialism
Oceania Solomon Islands The World Bank Country Office is working with the Ministry of Health and Medical Services to review procurement processes and evaluate the effectiveness of supply chain management
Oceania Solomon Islands Solomon Islands signed a MoU for Humanitarian Mine Assistance with the United States; the HMA program provides assistance to civilian populations plagued by landmines, explosive remnants of war and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordinance
Oceania Solomon Islands The Solomon Islands Water Authority, operating under the name Solomon Water, has been removed from its position as a state-owned enterprise
Oceania Solomon Islands The Commodities Export Marketing Authority urged farmers to produce quality cocoa beans and not to resell the discarded cocoa beans to other buyers authorised to export quality cocoa
Oceania Solomon Islands The region's largest locally-led climate adaptation project was launched in Honiara under the name Solomon Islands Knowledge-Action-Sustainability for Resilient Villages
Oceania Solomon Islands Prime Minister James Marape returned from Tokyo, Japan, where he attended the 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting and bilateral meetings with the Japanese PM