Pacific Academy of Sciences ichaunganidza Kongiresi yekutanga kubva 16 kusvika 18 Kukadzi 2026, zvichiratidza kuungana kwakakosha kwesainzi muPacific uye kutanga kwePacific Academy of Sciences' Young Academy, puratifomu itsva yekutsigira nekusimudzira vaongorori vari kubuda muPacific.
Ichiitwa pasi pedingindira rekuti "Kushandisa Ruzivo rwePacific", Congress iyi ichaunganidza vaongorori, vagadziri vemitemo, vane ruzivo rwechivanhu pamwe nevabatsiri vanobva kumativi ese ePacific nepasi rose kuti vagadzirise matambudziko makuru esainzi nemikana yekusimudzira nharaunda, uye kusimbisa kushandira pamwe kwemasangano akasiyana-siyana uye kugona kutsvagisa kwePacific.
Kongiresi ichavhurwa zviri pamutemo naHon Laʻaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt, Mutungamiriri weSamoa. Mhemberero yekuvhurwa kwayo ichasanganisirawo Mhemberero yeSamoa ʻAva, iyo ichasimbisa kuungana kwetsika dzePacific.
"Musangano uyu unomiririra kuzvipira kusainzi inotungamirwa nePacific iyo inokoshesa huchenjeri hweVanhu veko pamwe chete nekutsvagisa kwemazuva ano uye inoita kuti manzwi ePacific agadzire zvirongwa zvedunhu nepasi rose," akadaro Mutungamiriri wePacific Academy of Sciences Purofesa Teatulohi Matainaho.
Hurukuro yekutanga ichapiwa naDr Saia Ma'u Piukala, Mutungamiriri weDunhu reWHO kuWestern Pacific, zvichiteverwa nekutangwa kweAcademy's 2025. Fellows.
Dr Piukala vakasimbisa kukosha kwehutungamiriri hwePacific muhurongwa hweruzivo nehutano, kunyanya kunharaunda dzePacific.
“Sezvinotaurwa nechirevo chinoti, ‘Hapana chatingaite kana tisina isu’,” akadaro Dr Piukala. “Ini pachangu, ndiri mwana wekuPacific, anobva kuHumambo hweTonga, ndinoziva kuti zvakakosha sei kuti masisitimu ehutano hwePacific, marongero nemapurogiramu asimbiswe mutsika dzedu dzemuno netsika, tichisanganisa ruzivo neruzivo rwemuno nerwekunze kwenyika kuti pave nemigumisiro yakanaka sezvatinotarisira kuwana Hutano hweVese.”
Kongiresi ichacherechedzawo kutanga kwezvirongwa zvakakosha zvakati wandei zvine chinangwa chekuvaka kugona kwenguva refu kwekutsvaga ruzivo rwePacific:
"Zvizvarwa zvedu zveramangwana rimwe zuva zvichava vachengeti vezvatinosiya. Zvakakosha kuti ruzivo nemaonero evatsvagurudzi vatsva vePacific zvisimbiswe muhurongwa hwedu nhasi kuti tisimbise kugona kwedu pamwe chete uye tive nechokwadi chekuti hurongwa huripo huri kugonesa vatsvagurudzi kubudirira. Kutangwa kweYoung Academy kunopa nzira yakakosha yekuti vatsvagurudzi vePacific vabatanidzwe mune sayenzi yepasi rose zvine musoro," akadaro Purofesa Matainaho.
Zvidzidzo zvepamusoro zvevaongorori vari kubuda, hurukuro dzemapoka uye misangano yekushandira pamwe zvichawedzera kutsigira kuchinjana ruzivo uye kudyidzana munharaunda.
Vamiriri vanodarika mazana maviri vanotarisirwa kuCongress, kusanganisira makurukota anobva kuSamoa nePapua New Guinea, vadyidzani vemunharaunda nevekunze kwenyika, vadzidzi vanotungamira, vaongorori vatsva uye vane ruzivo rwechivanhu.
Kugadzwa kwePacific Academy of Sciences neCongress yayo yekutanga kwakaitwa kuti kuvepo kuburikidza nerutsigiro rukuru rwevabatsiri vakakosha vakazvipira kuhutungamiriri hwesainzi yePacific.
Dhipatimendi reHurumende yeAustralia reIndasitiri, Sainzi neZviwanikwa, kuburikidza ne International Science Council Regional Focal Point yeAsia nePacific, yakapa rutsigiro rwekutanga pakuumbwa kweAcademy, kuvandudzwa kwehutongi, uye rutsigiro rweCongress.
Sangano reSasakawa Peace Foundation rakatsigira zvikuru kukokwa kweCongress pamwe nemari yekufambisa.