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July 15, 2023
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French humanitarian assistance and disaster relief may offer lessons to inform coordination
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How Australia can partner more effectively with France in the Pacific

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July 15, 2023
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West Papuans rally in support of full membershio of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
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July 13, 2023
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July 13, 2023
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Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping . . . under fire for lack of transparency over nine deals
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PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
Australia

West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta
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July 8, 2023
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July 8, 2023
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A West Papuan mother, Kapusina Gwijangge, was shot by the Indonesian military in Nduga on 25 March 2019
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Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities

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July 6, 2023
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Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara Edmonds
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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