Eight states signed the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty in Manila. Its protocol designated Cambodia, Laos, and the “free territory” under the State of Vietnam for treaty protections,...
Nauru became independent after prolonged Australian administration, first under a League of Nations mandate and later as a UN trust territory. German colonial rule and phosphate extraction had...
Pacific leaders and partners adopted a declaration calling for climate cooperation, action on 1.5°C, finance, resilience and ocean protection. It placed climate-vulnerable island states’ knowledge and...
