Tag: United Nations
42 dead and relief focuses on hardest-hit, says Fiji UN...
By Lice Movono-Rova of Newswire Fiji
Forty-two people have died as a result of severe tropical cyclone Winston, says Fiji’s Ambassador to the United Nations Peter...
UN agency to scrutinise Vanuatu’s progress over women’s human rights
By Rita Narayan
Vanuatu's record on women's rights will be scrutinised by a United Nations committee in Geneva from tomorrow.
The committee will review the country's...
Aceh fishermen nominated for UN award for rescuing migrants
Aceh fishermen are nominated to receive the 2016 Nansen Refugee Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) for rescuing hundreds of...
Indonesian anti-terror law change ‘may override human rights’
By Edo Karensa in Jakarta
International human rights advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Indonesia's House of Representatives to reject a draft...
TPP out of step with human rights – don’t sign, says...
From United Nations
Special correspondent in Geneva
United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas has called on governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership without...
‘Donated’ Russian weapons may have dual purpose in Fiji, says analyst
From Evening Report
By New Zealand-based security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan
Last week Fiji took delivery of a shipment of Russian weapons that were “donated” by...
COP21: Top media ‘fail to connect’ climate, migration and food security
Report by Pacific Media Watch
PARIS: Top news media are failing to identify climate change as a contributor to some of the world’s biggest crises...
Fiji Report: Suva Declaration pushes losses, damages issue for COP21 in...
Report from Pacific Media Centre
By Kai Ping Lew in Suva
Recognising losses and damages as a separate issue from adaptation in climate change policy is...
