Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The 10th Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting (PALM10)
2024-07-16 08:00 - 2024-07-18 17:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
Representatives from the 18 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) members and Japan will attend the meeting
PIF members are the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Australia and New Zealand.

Commonwealth Heads Of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024
2024-10-21 08:00 - 2024-10-26 17:00
Leaders of the Commonwealth countries meet every two years at the CHOGM. The 2024 meeting will take place in October 2024 in Samoa, the first CHOGM to be held in a Pacific small island developing State (SIDS).
Ahead of the meeting, members of parliament, youth and gender activists, and representatives from society and business will meet at special forums to make sure the voices of women, young people, businesses, and other organizations are heard at CHOGM.
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024 will focus on global economic, environmental, and security challenges. Leaders will discuss how the contemporary Commonwealth can work together to build resilience, boost innovation, growth, and trade, and empower the Commonwealth’s young people to build a more peaceful, sustainable future.

53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
2024-08-26 08:00 - 2024-08-30 17:00
The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meet annually to develop collective responses to regional issues and deliver on their vision for a resilient Pacific Region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion and prosperity, that ensures all Pacific peoples can lead free, healthy and productive lives.
From 26-30 August 2024, the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting will be hosted by Tonga and chaired by the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon Hu’akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni.

79th Session Of The UN General Assembly (UNGA 79)
2024-09-10 08:00 - 2024-09-24 17:00
The 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79) will open on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 24 September 2024.
More information will be added to this page as it becomes available.
Dates: 10-24 September 2024
Location: New York City, US

COP 29 - UN Climate Change Conference
2024-11-11 08:00 - 2024-11-22 17:00

80th Commission Session - Leveraging Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
2025-04-22 - 2025-04-26
The eightieth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) will be held from 22 to 26 April 2024 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok.
Guided by the theme “Leveraging digital innovation for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific”, the eightieth session will be an opportunity to strengthen region-wide cooperative action on leveraging digital innovation for the accelerated implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The session will bring together government leaders and ministers from across Asia and the Pacific and other key stakeholders to discuss how digital innovation can more inclusively contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across multiple disciplines.
Moreover, participants will be able to identify opportunities to fully unleash the transformative potential of digital innovations and discuss pathways to strengthen their contribution to sustainable development. A digital innovations fair will provide space to engage with a broad range of partners and stakeholders showcasing digital innovations that are already contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across the region.

2025 UN Ocean Conference
2025-06-09 - 2025-06-13
Nice, France | 9 June – 13 June 2025
The high-level 2025 United Nations Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (the 2025 UN Ocean Conference) will be co-hosted by France and Costa Rica and held in Nice, France, from 9 – 13 June 2025.
The overarching theme of the Conference is “Accelerating action and mobilizing all actors to conserve and sustainably use the ocean”. The Conference aims to support further and urgent action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development and identify further ways and means to support the implementation of SDG 14. It will build on existing instruments to form successful partnerships towards the swift conclusion and effective implementation of ongoing processes that contribute to the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.

80th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80)
2025-09-09
New York, United States of America | September 2025
The 80th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 80) will open on Tuesday, 9 September 2025. The first day of the high-level General Debate will be Tuesday, 23 September 2025.
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) is the main policy-making organ of the Organization. Comprising all Member States, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the Charter of the United Nations. Each of the 193 Member States of the United Nations has an equal vote.

54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
2025-09-25
Honiara, Solomon Islands | September 2025
The 54th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting will convene in September 2025 in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
The Forum meets annually to develop collective responses to regional issues and deliver on a vision for a resilient Pacific Region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion, and prosperity that ensures all Pacific people can lead free, healthy, and productive lives.

2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30)
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-12
Belém, Brazil | Nov 10- 21, 2025
The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) will convene from 10-21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the largest global event for discussions and negotiations on climate change. The meeting is held annually, with the presidency rotating among the five regions recognized by the United Nations.
UN Climate Change Conference are important platforms that brings together delegates from nearly every country on Earth to negotiate global goals for tackling climate change, present their individual countries’ plans for contributing to those goals and report on their progress.
At the United Nations Climate Change conference in Paris, COP 21, governments agreed that mobilizing stronger and more ambitious climate action is urgently required to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Action must come from governments, cities, regions, businesses and investors. Everyone has a role to play in effectively implementing the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement formally acknowledges the urgent need to scale up our global response to climate change, which supports even greater ambition from governments.
