Tag: Sovereignty
Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman.
We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International...
Fiji, anchor of Indonesian diplomacy in the Pacific – a view...
Indonesia's commitment to the Pacific continues to be strengthened. One of the strategies is through a commitment to resolving human rights cases in Papua,...
Waitangi Day 2024: 5 myths and misconceptions that confuse NZ’s 1840...
ANALYSIS: By Paul Moon, Auckland University of Technology
When it comes to grappling with the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi, one of the commonest...
Waitangi 2024: how NZ’s Tiriti strengthens democracy and checks unbridled power
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The ACT Party’s election promise of a referendum for Aotearoa New Zealand to redefine and enshrine the “principles”...
OPM accuses Melanesian group of taking Jakarta’s ‘blood money’ at expense...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan leader has condemned the Melanesian Spearhead Group for abandoning the West Papuan cause in favour of a "corrupt alliance"...
‘What are you afraid of?’ Toroama asks PNG about independence vote
PNG Post-Courier
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has called on Prime Minister James Marape to spell out "clearly and honestly" his fears about Bougainville obtaining independence...
Macron in New Caledonia to bolster France’s Indo-Pacific strategy
By Eleisha Foon, journalist
France has deployed Rafale jet fighters during a military ceremony in New Caledonia, marking President Emmanuel Macron's first official day in...
Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame
RNZ Pacific
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has urged her fellow Pacific leaders to stop paying lip service to regionalism and walk the talk...
French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university...
Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’...
Brief reports have surfaced about the separate bilateral meetings of the Kanaky New Caledonia pro- and anti- independence representatives with French Prime Minister Élisabeth...
Both sides ‘satisfied’ with Paris talks on New Caledonia’s political future
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's rival pro- and anti-independence factions both say they are satisfied with the week of separate talks with...
New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
The leader of New Caledonia's Pacific Awakening party has presented his vision on the territory's development to the French...
Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing...
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith
In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory...
Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's declared support for...
Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining.
Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...
Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the...
Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute...
RNZ Pacific
Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at...
US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region
RNZ Pacific
United States Vice-President Kamala Harris has assured Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting in the Fiji capital Suva that Washington will "significantly deepen" its...
FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) movement and five other small nationalist parties have agreed that they will only...
Gomes calls for ‘consensus’ in charting Kanaky New Caledonia’s future
RNZ Pacific
A New Caledonian member of the French National Assembly says a consensus needs to be found on Kanaky New Caledonia's future statute after...
Wenda blames nurse’s death on Indonesian military crackdown for Papuan mining,...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has blamed the Indonesian military over the attack at a hospital in Kiwirok, near...