Bangkok, Thailand: While the Asia-Pacific region is leading the global economic recovery, with the growth rate in 2010 forecast at 6.3 per cent - the highest in the world - considerable uncertainties remain

New York, USA: The United Nations' chief negotiator for the climate change meeting in Copenhagen says a treaty is now more likely to be delivered in 2010.

Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand has been named the World’s least corrupt country by the anti-corruption group, Transparency International.

Sydney, Australia: China's trade with the Pacific has seen explosive growth over the past decade, according to a new study by the ANZ Bank.

Auckland, New Zealand: Agreement was reached last week on a new organisation to manage South Pacific fisheries.

Honiara, Solomon Islands: The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Prog

Singapore: World leaders meeting in Singapore have said it will not be possible to reach a climate change deal ahead of next month's UN conference in Denmark.

Manila Philipines: A recent increase in Australian and New Zealand tourists to Pacific island countries has raised hopes the region's vital tourism industry is recovering

Wellington, New Zealand: It’s hoped that a round of negotiations currently underway in New Zealand will finally establish a regional fisheries management organisation for those

Suva, Fiji: Preparations are underway in the Pacific for a major meeting to map ways to protect the region’s vulnerable from the impacts of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis.