Tag: UN Decolonisation Committee
‘Profound distrust’ in France, says Pacific people’s mission report calling for new Kanaky negotiations
Asia Pacific Report
A Pacific people’s mission to Kanaky New Caledonia was repeatedly confronted with a “profound sense of distrust” in the French state’s role...
French security presence in Kanaky New Caledonia set to remain ‘indefinitely’ after Macron’s failed visit?
By Mick Hall
French security forces sent to quell deadly violence in New Caledonia could remain indefinitely if the country’s decolonisation process continues to stall...
‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots
By Lydia Lewis
Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week’s French Polynesia sitting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of messianic hope, betrayal, tragedy and resurrection
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited this...
‘We carry the voice of the colonised people’, delegates tell UN
By Finau Fonua
France’s grip on its overseas territories in the Pacific may be waning, with pro-independence delegates now claiming to have the support of...