Tag: United Nations
Te Reo Māori on ‘life support’, says Sharples
The New Zealand Human Rights Commission hosted a discussion on the importance of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)...
West Papua rally: ‘We want to be free people!’
Thousands of people have rallied across West Papua this week demanding independence and their right to self-determination.
The Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC) stated those that...
West Papua leader- ‘it’s time to take this to the UN’
A West Papua leader says he hopes this weeks Pacific Islands Leaders Forum will push the freedom for West Papua movement towards the United...
Solomon Islands, Vanuatu condemn Papuan rights violations at UN hearing
The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have condemned the "unresolved" human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesian security forces, saying they have continued in...
West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papuan leaders, through the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association in Port Vila, have rejected the Indonesian government’s statement...
TPPA prevents action on climate change, claim critics
Does the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership "free trade" agreement between Pacific Rim nations fail to address “the most important issue of our time”? Dominic Pink...
Iwi leaders join UN scrutiny of Treaty, indigenous rights
New Zealand’s performance on the Treaty of Waitangi, indigenous rights, privatisation of prisons and the Trans Pacific Partnership will be raised this week at...
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...