Tag: United Nations

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...

Talk to Al Jazeera in the Field programme features Tommy Suharto. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Suharto political dynasty is being revived in Indonesia, reports Al...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Philippine authorities to stop hounding Rappler, after officials confirmed that a previously dismissed...

By Sheany in Jakarta The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights plans to send a mission to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua following reports...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Kodao Productions, a Philippine alternative news website, is still down after being the target of a cyber-attack six days ago and...

By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...

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...

A trailer for the controversial Anas investigation into corruption by Ghana's judiciary. Video: AnanseGH TV BOOKS: By David Robie The Ghanaian investigative journalist summed up the...

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...

UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu flags new challenges facing the disarmament agenda in the 21st century. Video: UN News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Timor-Leste and Indonesia...

Campaigning to save threatened Pacific and global fish stocks. Video: UN Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Political leaders from across the Pacific have played a central role...

OPINION: A Pacific World Oceans Day message from Youngsolwara Pacific and MISA4thePacific As regional leaders gather in New York for the week-long United Nations oceans...

EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley Today is a special day. On June 5 every year there is a concerted effort to promote awareness on the importance...

SPECIAL REPORT: It was early November 2016. As I waited for Laura Lyons from Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR), a tall, thin, old-looking man with...

Dr Morgan Wairiu speaking in a clip from the Asia Pacific Report interview. Video: PMC Report by Kendall Hutt and video by Julie Cleaver in...

An unidentified US Navy destroyer launching missiles at a Syrian government air base. Video: TheMozzextras Iran has condemned a United States strike on a Syrian...

A Vanuatu cabinet minister has delivered a stinging condemnation of Indonesia over the "grave situation" on human rights violations in West Papua. Ronald K Warsal,...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Biman Prasad It has been interesting to read about Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama's intentions on COP23 (Conference of Parties 23) in...

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...

The Pacific Islands Forum continues to push urgency towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, putting pressure on the negotiated well below 2 degrees goal of...