Tag: UN

RNZ Pacific The United Nations says Indonesia must immediately drop charges and look into threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defender Veronica Koman and...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The French government’s decision to press ahead with the third and final referendum vote for self-determination in Kanaky New Caledonia was...

RNZ Pacific A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed. A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...

RNZ Pacific Malaita province in Solomon Islands is planning to poll people on self-determination. It comes two weeks after a Malaitan-led protest against the national government...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Nations has glaring problems in Samoa where the government is calling for the UN's role in the...

By Filipe Naikaso of FBC News Five Fijians who are based in Afghanistan say they are safe and well. Speaking to FBC News, one of them...

RNZ News The climate is changing, faster than we thought - and humans have caused it. Last night, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Liljeblad, Australian National University Since the coup in Myanmar on February 1, the international community has struggled to agree on coherent action...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Green Climate Fund is a beacon of rich-poor cooperation on tackling the climate crisis, reports Climate Change News. A newly reengaged...

Amnesty International is calling Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on drugs a "systematic campaign of killing". It wants the United Nations to investigate what...

Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein By Dan McGarry...

UN Webcast reports on the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Fiji. By RNZ Pacific The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong...

By Michael Andrew Older generations are failing to address climate change and they need the world’s youth to lead the way, says United Nations Secretary-General...

AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand's Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne...

Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it. Climate Home...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A New Zealand-based West Papua advocacy group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other leaders meeting at the Pacific...

By Warief Djajanto Basorie Three hundred schoolchildren from the greater Jakarta area sat on a red carpet covering the cavernous Soedjarwo auditorium—named to honour the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk West Papua has experienced a "significant aggravation" of the human rights situation in the past two years compared to previous years,...

By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila Vanuatu’s Prime Minister, Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas, says some South Pacific leaders at this month's Forum in Samoa backed off...

By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila United Nations Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has slammed the P1000 (NZ$26) budget that the House of Representatives voted to...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A Wansolwara second-year student journalist from the University of the South Pacific has been included among 10 Pacific journalists who have...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila Former Vanuatu Prime Minister and the country's first Roving Ambassador, Barak Sope, has expressed his personal tribute to the...