BY LORETTA B MANELE
This year’s 54th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting’s theme “Iumi Tugeda: Act Now for an Integrated Blue Pacific Continent” is a powerful call to action.
Minister for National Planning and Development Coordination (MNPDC), Rex Ramofafia made the statement when he spoke at one of PIF’s Side Events called “Unpacking Resilience- Strengthening Systems, Capacities and Practical Solutions” on Thursday, September 11, 2025.
“It’s a powerful call to action and it reminds us that our survival and prosperity depends on our unity and ability to build coherence across our region,” he said.
Ramofafia added that at the heart of this call to action, lies resilience.
On this note, he said it is not an optional item and it must be the core principle of everything that they do.
“Across our blue Pacific nation leading the way by getting the integration of mixed informed development into governance, planning and service delivery,” said Ramofafia.
He voiced that this is about a transformative shift from merely responding to disaster to proactively shaping a resilient future.
“We are sending a message, especially a proactiveness to our people in bringing behaviour and improving our readiness for vulnerability that we face,” said the Minister.
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