2020

Honourable Ministers; Your Excellencies, Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Members of Parliament; Distinguished Guests; My Fellow Fijians. Bula vinaka and a very good evening to you […]

Bula Vinaka and a very good afternoon to you all. It is a pleasure to kick-off the week of our 50th Anniversary celebrations here at FBC […]

Mr. President; Excellencies; All Protocol Observed. The Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS)—the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of […]

Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you –– or as we say in Fiji, “Vinaka Vakalevu”. I’m thankful to be with you all for this year’s Climate […]

Secretary-General; Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon Justin Trudeau; Prime Minister of Jamaica, Rt. Hon Andrew Holness. Bula Vinaka from Fiji. COVID-19 is an unprecedented challenge for […]

President of the 75th Session; Secretary-General; Excellencies; Bula Vinaka from Fiji, Your Excellency, the President of the 75th General Assembly, Mr Bozkir, and congratulations on your […]

Thank you, Secretary-General. Bula Vinaka from Fiji. Five years post-Paris, the front of the climate emergency is expanding and its impacts are intensifying. Billions of people […]

Bula Vinaka from Fiji. On the 10th of October, 1970, Fiji became an independent country. Three days later, we joined this Assembly. I recall the optimism […]

Welcome to the Virtual Island Summit 2020. As we say in Fiji, “bula vinaka”. I’d like to extend my gratitude –– and the gratitude of island […]

To my Fellow Fijians, Ni sa Bula Vinaka, Namaste, Ni Hao, Noa’ia ‘e Mauri and a very Happy Constitution Day to you all! As you all […]

Bula Vinaka. Earlier this week we assured the public the arrival of repatriation flight GA7280 from New Delhi to Fiji on the 27th of August was […]

Bula Vinaka. Today we are announcing one new border quarantine case of COVID-19, a 25-year-old female nursing officer. She contracted the virus while treating one of […]

Honourable Ministers; Permanent Secretaries; Heads and Representatives of Civil Societies and the Private Sector; Participants. Bula Vinaka and good morning. I’m pleased to be here to […]

Enhancing individual staff capacities and competencies through language and cultural diplomacy is a fundamental platform to further augmenting the deployment of Fiji’s foreign services. This is […]

Fiji’s seasoned diplomat and former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola has been nominated as Fiji’s candidate for the position of Secretary General of the […]

The United Nations and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have reaffirmed their commitment to assist Fiji and the Pacific region in availing financial, technical assistance, advisory […]

Multisectoral collaboration with global and regional development partners is imperative in the negotiations currently undertaken by the Fijian Government to accelerate the recovery of Fiji’s tourism […]

Bula Vinaka and good afternoon. We all know the impacts of COVID-19 stretch far beyond the health sector alone. Our response requires a whole-of-government approach –– […]

Mister Speaker, I rise to deliver my response to the 2020-2021 National Budget. Mr Speaker, the end of the coronavirus pandemic is no closer in sight […]

Bula Vinaka from Fiji. After another worse-than-anticipated quarter for the world economy, COVID-19 is clearly the job-killer of the century. If we stand any hope of […]

As we announced on the 20th of July, we have so far confirmed nine cases of COVID-19 among a number of our citizens who were repatriated […]

Bula vinaka and a very good afternoon to you all. On the 19th of March, Fiji confirmed our first case of the coronavirus. Finally faced with […]

Intervention​ Dear colleagues, by now most of us have experienced firsthand how the COVID-19 pandemic, impacts our lives – our ability to leave home, work, go […]

On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a pandemic. By now most of us have experienced firsthand how the, COVID-19 pandemic, impacts […]

Bula vinaka from Fiji. I’d like to extend a special “jambo” to my friend, His Excellency President Kenyatta. During my time in Kenya you were an […]