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Asia Pacific Report A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on the Melanesian...
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – …
11 hours ago · ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope vulnerable Pacific nations are walking in the 21st century.. The deal provides Nauru with direct budgetary support, stable banking services, and policing and security resources.
US on target in Guam with first Marine redeployment and missile …
1 day ago · The United States is advancing the fortification of its territory closest to China with the arrival of the first Marines from Okinawa and its first interceptor missile test in Guam last week. About 100 Marines from Japan landed on Saturday, the vanguard of about 5000 due to be relocated to Guam ...
West Papuan leader praises People’s Tribunal ruling as proof of …
Dec 10, 2024 · Asia Pacific Report. A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Melanesian region colonised by Indonesia for the past 63 years. “Indonesia knows they have lost the political, legal, and moral argument over West Papua,” said United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) interim president Benny Wenda.
UN overwhelmingly backs immediate Gaza ceasefire – but 3 Pacific ...
5 days ago · Asia Pacific Report. The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip — but three of the isolated nine countries that voted against are Pacific island states, including Papua New Guinea.. The assembly passed a resolution yesterday demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, which was adopted with 158 ...
Nauru-Australia Treaty: Strategic gain or ‘corrupt arrangement’?
6 days ago · By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific journalist Refugee advocates and academics are weighing in on Australia’s latest move on the Pacific geopolitical chessboard. Canberra is ploughing A$100 million over the next five years into Nauru, a remote 21 sq km atoll with a population of just over 12,000.
COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit
Nov 30, 2024 · As the curtain fell at the UN climate summit in Baku last Sunday, frustration and disappointment engulfed Pacific delegations after another meeting under-delivered. Two weeks of intensive negotiations at COP29, hosted by Azerbaijan and attended by 55,000 delegates, resulted in a consensus decision ...
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic ...
Nov 25, 2024 · The figure was well short of what developing nations were asking for — more than US$1 trillion in assistance. ‘Failure of leadership’ Campaigners and non-governmental organisations called it a “betrayal” and “a shameful failure of leadership”, forcing climate vulnerable nations, such as the Pacific Islands, “to accept a …
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Dec 13, 2015 · Pacific Media Centre's 10th anniversary in pictures. Video: Kendall Hutt/PMC By Kendall Hutt in Auckland The Pacific Media Centre kicked off its 10th anniversary celebrations last...
COP29: Pacific countries cannot be conveniently pigeonholed
Nov 10, 2024 · In endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and leading the World Council of Churches to do the same, Pacific faith communities are joining their governments and civil societies to ensure the entire blue Pacific voice reverberates clearly into the spaces where the focus on finance is dominant.