Vacancies at the Embassy

Applications are invited from interested candidates for the positions of 1) Consular Assistant, and 2) Political Assistant/Translator. Starting salary is $25, 960 per annum. Deadline for applications is November 13, 2009. (more)

Life/Health Insurance Solicitation

Solicitation Number: SFJ600-10-R-0001 LES Health/Life Insurance Solicitation
The Embassy of the United States of America invites you to submit a proposal for customized insurance services for the employees of American Embassy in Suva. Deadline is 2pm December 4th, 2009. (more)

Grant Opportunity: Cultural Preservation

The Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) is an annual competition which supports projects in the following categories:

A. Cultural sites;
B. Objects and collections of objects from a museum, site, archive, or similar institution;
C. Forms of traditional cultural expression.

Grants may range between US$ 10,000 – 106,300. Deadline for porposals ins December 17, 2009. (more)

Diversity Visa Lottery 2011 Opens for Applications on October 2, 2009

The e-DV (Diversity Visa Lottery) system will be open for applications beginning October 2, 2009, and ending at noon U.S. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 30, 2009.  Entrants for  DV lottery are encouraged to apply early.  In the past, system delays caused by extremely heavy demand in the final days of the registration period have prevented some applicants from registering for the program.   No entries will be accepted after noon EST on November 30, 2009, regardless of whether or not there are system delays during the registration period. (more)

Opinion Editorial - United States’ Efforts to Combat Climate Change in the Pacific

On Tuesday, September 22nd, U.S. President Barack Obama addressed a special UN summit on climate change, where he called on world leaders to come together in pursuing policies that allow economies to grow without endangering our planet.  The nations of the world are working hard right now to negotiate a new international agreement to combat climate change. (more)  

Pacific Partnership Delivers Books, Archival Materials in Tarawa, Kiribati

Pacific Partnership 2009 delivered 16 boxes of historical books and archival materials as part of Project Handclasp to the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart convent Sept. 2.

"A dream has come true with the arrival of these archival materials," said Sister Margaret from the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart convent. The donation includes new and used World War II-related historical, non-fiction books and numerous related DVDs/VHS videotapes and magazines. (more)

United States Views on Democracy and Fiji

On June 4, in a speech broadcast to the world from Cairo, President Barack Obama said:

"No system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by any other...each nation gives life to this principle in its own way, grounded in the traditions of its own people. America does not presume to know what is best for everyone, just as we would not presume to pick the outcome of a peaceful election...all people yearn for certain things: the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed; confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice; government that is transparent and doesn’t steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere... (more)

United States implements WCPFC tuna conservation commitments

The United States Government has published in The Federal Register Proposed Rules with respect to its fishing fleet that implement recent decisions of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).  The regulation (Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species: Fishing Restrictions and Observer Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries for 2009-2011 and Turtle Mitigation Requirements in Purse Seine Fisheries) covers the use of fish aggregation devices, high seas pocket closure, 100 percent observer coverage and other important conservation measures that WCPFC members, including the United States, agreed to at the most recent meeting of the Commission in Busan, South Korea in December 2008. (more)