Tag: Pacific Islands Forum
Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy
By Lydia Lewis
The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed last weekend.
The Micronesian nation experienced...
West Papuan independence advocate seeks NZ support against ‘genocide, ecocide’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News
West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote is in Aotearoa New Zealand to win support...
A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Bahadur Singh and Amit Sarwal in Suva
Given the intensifying situation, journalists, academics and experts joined to state the need for the...
Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation
Asia Pacific Report
A Pacific civil society alliance has condemned French neocolonial policies in Kanaky New Caledonia, saying Paris is set on “maintaining the status...
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the defence pact mean for West Papua?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
Human rights group wants climate mobility justice on COP28 agenda
By Eleisha Foon
A new legal framework to support climate-displaced people and guarantee their human rights is being served up ahead of COP28.
The United Nations...