Pacific Partnership 25
APIA, Samoa — Pacific Partnership 2025 hosted a Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) key leadership symposium, Oct. 23-24, bringing together Samoan national leaders and representatives from partner nations including Australia, Canada, France, New Zealand, and the United States.
This two-day conference...

![Participants in the Women, Peace and Security Symposium pose for a group photo in Apia, Samoa, in support of Pacific Partnership 2025, Oct. 23. Now, in its 21st iteration, the Pacific Partnership series is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster management preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership works collaboratively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increased security and stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships in the Indo-Pacific. [U.S. Navy photo by Mass Comm Specialist Seamen Elijah Webb] Participants in the Women, Peace and Security Symposium](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/peace_symposium.jpeg?itok=ffTNBxpn)