2 Nov 2021

Cook Islands PM perplexed by lack of virtual voting at COP26

From , 6:03 am on 2 November 2021

The annual global climate change talks have started in Glasgow but most Pacific leaders can't get there.

Only three Pacific leaders are able to attend COP26 - Fiji, Tuvalu, and Palau - while leaders from 11 Pacific nations remain at home because of Covid-19 travel restrictions.
 
New Zealand's community outbreak has prevented Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown from travelling to Glasgow and he says COP26 organisers should allow virtual voting.

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown Photo: Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Immigration