AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoADB Crisis Funding: The Asian Development Bank has mobilised a $4 billion package to help Asia-Pacific economies absorb the economic hit from the Middle East conflict, with about $3b for direct government support and $1b in trade finance to keep energy and food imports moving; Cook Islands Governance & Services: Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) attended a Suva workshop on deep seabed sustainable blue growth, focusing on state responsibilities, environmental governance, data management and future capacity building; Public Health: CIFWA and the Ministry of Health are running free cervical screening outreach in Rarotonga, with a clinic at Kavera today and further dates listed across the island; Environment & Plastics: The National Environment Service is supporting development of a National Action Plan to tackle plastic pollution under the Pacific Ocean Litter Project, aiming to cut plastic entering landfill and the marine environment; Water Infrastructure: Former PM Henry Puna has been appointed chair of Rarotonga’s water authority, To Tatou Vai, following Brian Mason’s resignation; Maritime & Security: NZDF supported Cook Islands maritime surveillance with personnel aboard Te Kukupa II for fisheries patrols under Operation Tui Moana, with air reconnaissance later in the month.
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