Tag: UN
Global outrage continues over Israeli defiance of World Court Rafah order
Asia Pacific Report
International outrage continues to reverberate as Israel ignores the International Court of Justice's order to immediately cease its attack on southern Rafah,...
UN to vote over reviving Palestine’s bid for membership as Biden...
Pacific Media Watch
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote later today on a resolution that would grant new “rights and privileges” to...
DAWN calls on UN to set up global protection force for...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) should act urgently to establish an international protection force to safeguard Palestinian civilians and ensure...
Muslim Americans decry Biden’s support for Gaza ‘genocide’ – Palestinian envoy...
Palestine's UN envoy Riyad Mansour speaking at the International Court of Justice on Monday. Video: Dawn News
Pacific Media Watch
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)...
NZ legally obliged to step up and speak out after World...
New Zealand’s commitment to the international rule of law means it must also go beyond the UN court’s genocide case findings on Gaza, writes...
Amnesty chief calls UNRWA funding cuts ‘heartless’, ‘sickening’
Asia Pacific Report
Agnes Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International, has called the funding cuts to the UN's Palestinian humanitarian relief agency a “heartless...
Wenda calls on Euro politicians to sign Brussels Declaration on West...
Asia Pacific Report
A leading West Papuan advocate has welcomed this week's launch of the Brussels Declaration in the European Parliament, calling on MPs to...
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail
Asia Pacific Report
South Africa has accused Israel of "genocidal intent" over its war on the besieged enclave Gaza Strip, and pleaded with judges at...
OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan...
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has called for the establishment of a "United Indigenous Nations" for global justice and...
Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage
By Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila
Vanuatu is in celebration mode after winning a significant battle on the world stage over climate change.
In a United...
NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine – the tragedy of...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The humanitarian aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, who has dual New Zealand and British citizenship, has been missing in...
Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers
RNZ Pacific
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies' decision to halt operations in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged...
New review aims to ensure education is ‘a right’ across the...
By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist
A new initiative has been launched in 15 Pacific Island countries to improve educational standards.
The Pacific Regional Inclusive Education...
Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region
By Victor Mambor and Alvin Prasetyo in Jayapura
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is warning in a new report that mass killings of civilians could...
Timor-Leste journalist faces probe after exposing child abuse case
By Sirwan Kajjo in Dili
In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in...
To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...
Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
With the Australian general election largely done and dusted, and with a clear (if still-to-be-quantified) mandate, Anthony Albanese faces...
Fiji ‘making mockery of UN’, says Rabuka on Russian ship Amadea
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...
Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’
RNZ News
Deeper and and more rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to limit the worst effects of global warming, a climate scientist...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
UN warns Indonesia to stop reprisals against human rights defender
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...
Pacific civil society groups slam New Caledonia ballot as ‘unjust …...
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...