Tag: United Nations

Asia Pacific Report Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has released a statement saying “the Israeli government cannot allow the suffering to continue” after the UN’s...

Asia Pacific Report Israel has been accused of "manipulation" and "cynical" circumvention of global decisions calling for unrestricted humanitarian aid access to the besieged Gaza...

RNZ Pacific Australia has launched the world's first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region. The five-week programme, hosted by the Australian...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to...

By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson in New York Claire Charters, an expert in indigenous rights in international and constitutional law, has told the United Nations the...

By Anish Chand in Suva Filipo Tarakinikini has been appointed as Fiji’s Ambassador-designate to Israel. This has been stated on two official X, formerly Twitter, handle...

By Sondos Asem in The Hague, Netherlands The International Court of Justice began hearings today into Israel's obligations towards the presence and activities of the...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Norfolk Island sees its United States tariff as an acknowledgment of independence from Australia. Norfolk Island, despite being an Australian...

By Harlyne Joku and BenarNews staff Residents of an informal Port Moresby settlement that was razed following the gang rape and murder of a woman...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the need for Aotearoa New Zealand to impose sanctions against Israel has...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Patman New Zealand's National-led coalition government’s policy on Gaza seems caught between a desire for a two-state diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian...

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Hagatna, Guam Debate on Guam’s future as a US territory has intensified with its legislature due to vote on a non-binding...

By Sera Sefeti and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Pacific delegates have been left “shocked” by the omission of sexual and reproductive health rights from the...

By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist New Zealand should be robust in its response to the "unacceptable" situation in Gaza but it must also...

Asia Pacific Report A defiant Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair, John Minto, has appealed to Aotearoa New Zealand to stand with the "majority...

The New Arab Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief has told the Security...

Asia Pacific Report The United Nations tasked with providing humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza -- and the only one that can do...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Gunness 'In Gaza, only UNRWA has the infrastructure to distribute aid to scale, such as vehicles, warehouses, distribution centres and staff. However,...

Asia Pacific Report The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope...