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UN Alarmed After Warning Shots Fired At Foreign Diplomats In The West Bank
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 9:07 am | UN News
Israel forces opened fire on a diplomatic delegation near the Jenin camp in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, drawing condemnation from several governments and the UN. More >>
Champions For Change: World Football Teams Up With UN Development Goals
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 9:00 am | UN News
Football unites fans worldwide – but on Wednesday it matched the sport’s global reach with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the lead-up to World Football Day, marked on 25 May. More >>
UN Experts Urge Immediate Human Rights-Based Action To Tackle Forced Criminality In Southeast Asia Scam Centres
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 8:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts noted that the victims were deceived and fraudulently recruited from all over the world. They are held in facilities primarily located in Cambodia, Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Malaysia. More >>
Historic Shifts Offer Syria A Path Forward
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 8:31 am | UN News
After years of stalemate and suffering, Syria is beginning to see renewed international engagement. More >>
New Caledonia, French Polynesia At UN Decolonisation Seminar In Dili
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 8:00 pm | RNZ
New Caledonia and French Polynesia are both in the UN's list of non-self-governing territories to be decolonised, respectively since 1986 and 2013. More >>
Report Highlights Widespread Abuse Of Logging Permits In Papua New Guinea
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7:58 pm | RNZ
The community advocacy organisation ACT NOW is calling for action on illegal logging in the country. More >>
Rising Military Operations In West Papua Spark Concerns About Displacement Of Indigenous Papuans
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 7:56 pm | RNZ
The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua says women and children are being forced to leave their villages because of escalating conflict. More >>
Greenpeace Analysis Reveals Almost Half A Million Blue Sharks Caught As ‘bycatch’ In Central And Western Pacific In 2023
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 12:55 pm | Greenpeace
The international waters between New Zealand and Australia are globally renowned precisely because of the range and variety of ocean life that lives there, from deep sea corals growing on seamounts to sharks, seabirds and migrating whales. More >>
‘Keep The Lights On’ For Women And Girls Caught Up In Crisis
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 11:25 am | UN News
Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable. More >>
Aid Instrumentalised, Health System Under Fire: Gaza Is Being Deliberately Asphyxiated By Israeli Forces
Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 11:21 am | Doctors Without Borders
“The Israeli authorities’ decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving”, ... More >>
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Helen Clark Applaud Historic Pandemic Agreement
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 8:41 pm | The Independent Panel
Starting today, the agreement must become the foundation for a safer world. More >>
Singapore Airlines Victims Suffering One Year After Tragedy - $1m Plus Payouts Expected
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 6:50 pm | Carter Capner Law
The final accident report from the Singaporean Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) is expected to be released mid-year. More >>
Israeli ‘Nine Truck Photo-Op’ Doesn’t Slow Gaza Genocide
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 5:59 pm | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
The UN estimated that 600 trucks a day are required for minimum food, medicine and fuel supply. This was before Israel destroyed food production in Gaza itself. Nine truckloads – even if a few more follow – will make no difference. More >>
Israel Reinforces Humanitarian Commitment Amid Renewed Hostilities
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 3:24 pm | Embassy of Israel in Wellington
Director General Bar Tal concluded: “Everyone in the international community must decide: are they on the side of Israel, or on the side of Hamas?” More >>
Six Dead After Landslide In West Papua, More Missing
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 2:40 pm | RNZ
Authorities will resume their search on Tuesday. More >>
New Caledonia's Political Future 'Not A Pacific Problem' - 'It's Our Own', Says Ponga
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 2:37 pm | RNZ
The president of the government of New Caledonia says that "meddling in our domestic political affairs" is not welcome. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 20 May
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 2:34 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including Solomon Islands' prime minister warning government workers off Taiwan. More >>
Nine Aid Trucks Are Not Enough: The Occupying State’s Token Gesture In Gaza Must Be Condemned
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 12:00 pm | Palestine Forum of New Zealand
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza demands immediate, full, and unhindered access to food, water, medical supplies, and shelter for all areas of the Strip. More >>
Mali: Curbs To Political Rights Risk Further Deepening Human Rights Concerns
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:12 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Reports indicate members of the Mali Armed Forces, allegedly accompanied by foreign military personnel commonly referred to either as “Wagner” or as “Africa Corps”, also killed dozens of people last month. More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Syria
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 11:03 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Every victim and affected community have the right to truth, justice and reparations, and the assurance that past violations and abuses will not be repeated. More >>
World News In Brief: Russia-Ukraine Talks, Sudan Exodus Worsens, Colombia Displacement Rises
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:59 am | UN News
The United Nations has welcomed talks between Russia and Ukraine held on Friday in Türkiye. More >>
UN’s Türk Criticises ‘Draconian’ Decree Limiting Dissent In Mali
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:46 am | UN News
The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political participation, drawing sharp condemnation from the UN’s top human rights official on Friday. More >>
Gazans ‘In Terror’ After Another Night Of Deadly Strikes And Siege
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:41 am | UN News
Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade. More >>
World Health Assembly Opens Amid High-Stakes Pandemic Treaty Vote, Global Funding Crisis
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:35 am | UN News
The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to confront mounting health, climate, and financial challenges – and finalise a global treaty to head off the ... More >>
International Criminal Court: Deputies Take Over Amid Prosecutor Misconduct Probe
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:32 am | UN News
The Deputy Prosecutors of the International Criminal Court have assumed leadership of the Office of the Prosecutor following Karim Khan’s decision to take a leave of absence amid an ongoing UN investigation into allegations of misconduct against ... More >>
Pandemic Heroes Stepped Up In 2020 – Now They’re Asking World Leaders To Do The Same
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:29 am | UN News
As world leaders meet in Geneva to negotiate a new UN-brokered agreement on pandemic preparedness, we revisit frontline doctors, community advocates, youth volunteer & a journalist who lived through the storm of COVID-19. Their voices are just a few ... More >>
‘On Thin Ice’: UN Chief Sounds Alarm Over Rapid Himalayan Glacier Melt
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 10:21 am | UN News
The United Nations Secretary-General warned on Friday that Himalayan glaciers are “caving in,” urging immediate action to address the climate crisis, especially in the world’s most fragile ecosystems. More >>
UN Relief Chief Welcomes Limited Gaza Aid Resumption – But It’s A ‘Drop In The Ocean’
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:42 am | UN News
The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israel’s decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks of complete blockade – but significantly more is needed “starting tomorrow morning”. More >>
Trump Is Trying To Reverse The New Deal
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:38 am | Independent Media Institute
Along with several other programs, the New Deal represented a leftward shift of state priorities. For the employer class, worse than those spending shifts were the corresponding changes in federal revenue sources. More >>
UN Faces Deepening Financial Crisis, Urges Members To Pay Up
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:29 am | UN News
The United Nations is facing a worsening cash crisis that threatens its ability to carry out vital work, Member States warned this week, as the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee met to discuss the world body’s financial health. More >>
Home-Bound Syrians Find Few Of The Basics Needed To Survive
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 9:04 am | UN News
Syrians trying to rebuild their lives in their war-torn country urgently need the support of the rest of the world to help them start again, UN aid agencies insist. More >>
UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office Announces Alison Davidian As New Representative
Tuesday, 20 May 2025, 7:18 am | UN Women
Ms. Alison Davidian previously served as UN Women’s Special Representative in Afghanistan and has held roles supporting global and regional policy and programming in peace and security, access to justice, and preventing violence and extremism. More >>
USAID Bears The American Identity
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:45 pm | High Atlas Foundation
Yossef Ben-Meir reflects on the origins of the United States Agency for International Development, its humanist impact, and its challenges as it has grown to remain steadfast at the local level around the world. More >>
First-Ever Gathering: Hundreds Of Indigenous Leaders From Forest Nations To Meet Ahead Of COP30
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:14 pm | Burness
First-ever Global Forest Basins Congress will bring together Indigenous and territorial leaders from Africa, Asia and Latin America to call on governments for increased financing and enhanced rights. More >>
Dominica: UN Expert Recommends Human Rights Approach For Advancing Climate Resilience
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:10 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Dominica’s ambition to become the world’s first climate resilient nation has made significant strides since 2017. More >>
We Reject Human Rights Watch Bias And Libellous Report Against Burkina Faso
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:07 pm | The New African Charter International NACI
Human Rights Watch behaves like any organic intellectual in the imperialist hegemony, fiddling around the edges and adjusting details. It plays approximately the same game as the European-based Cultic Empire. More >>
Certification Of Cuba As A Not Fully Cooperating Country
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:57 pm | U.S. Department of State
In addition to Cuba, Secretary Rubio has also re-certified the DPRK, Iran, Syria, and Venezuela as NFCCs. More >>
Impose Regional Aviation Fuel Embargo On Myanmar Junta
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:55 pm | Fortify Rights
Junta airstrike on school in Sagaing Region kills 22 children, two teachers. More >>
Youth Justice Systems Across Australia In Crisis: UN Experts
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In a letter to Australian authorities, the experts expressed considerable concern about a bill proposed in Queensland that is due to be adopted this week. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 19 May
Monday, 19 May 2025, 6:26 pm | RNZ
A round-up of Pacific news from around the region, including an official end to Samoa's whooping cough outbreak. More >>
Environmentalists Question Henry Puna's Role In Deep Sea Mining Firm
Monday, 19 May 2025, 6:17 pm | RNZ
The former Cook Islands prime minister and Pacific Islands Forum head has joined the board of the deep sea mining company Cobalt Seabed Resources. More >>
UNICEF Statement On The Reported Killing Of 45 Children In The Gaza Strip In Recent Days
Monday, 19 May 2025, 3:51 pm | UNICEF
UNICEF is once again urging parties to the conflict to end the violence, and states with influence over parties to the conflict to use their leverage and influence to end the conflict. More >>
PACMAT Service To The Pacific Recognised Through WHO Verification
Monday, 19 May 2025, 1:15 pm | Pasifika Medical Association Group
Debbie Sorensen ONZM, CEO of PMA, says the verification reflects not only PACMAT’s expertise, but also its long-term commitment to empowering Pacific countries. More >>
At Arab League Summit, Guterres Reiterates Call For Gaza Ceasefire
Monday, 19 May 2025, 10:58 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in Baghdad. More >>
Fisheries Officials Meeting Concludes In Niue With Strong Commitments To Regional Cooperation And Sustainability
Monday, 19 May 2025, 10:51 am | Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency
The meeting received updates from the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Secretariat on the review of the FFA Strategic Plan, progress on regional fisheries policies, and the need for strengthened international engagement by the FFA Secretariat ... More >>
In Baghdad, Guterres Affirms UN Will Never Forget Staff Killed In Canal Hotel Attack
Monday, 19 May 2025, 9:34 am | UN News
The United Nations will never forget the staff members killed in the 19 August 2003 attack on its headquarters in Iraq, the Secretary-General said in the capital on Sunday. More >>
3,000 People Gather To Celebrate 6th Commemoration Of International Women’s Peace Day With IWPG
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:13 am | IWPG
This year’s commemoration took place in major cities within Korea, including Busan, Daejon, Seoul, Incheon, and Iksan, and various countries around the world, such as the Philippines, Ethiopia, Australia, Lebanon, the United States, the Czech Republic, ... More >>
Civilians Killed In Drone Strike In Eastern Ukraine: UN Rights Monitors
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:52 am | UN News
A drone strike in eastern Ukraine on Saturday could possibly be the deadliest in recent weeks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, has said. More >>
UN Humanitarian Chief Demands Resumption Of Aid In Gaza
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:35 am | UN News
Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening. More >>
Journalists Being Forgotten On The Frontline, Warns Injured War Reporter
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:32 am | UN News
A war reporter from Lebanon who lost a limb in the line of duty is calling for an end to impunity for attacks against journalists. More >>
Stop Telikom PNG Silencing Journalists, Media Council Appeals To PM Marape
Sunday, 18 May 2025, 7:36 pm | RNZ
This follows reports that the government-owned company sacked radio talkback host Culligan Tanda (pictured) after he featured an opposition MP on his show. More >>
Northern Mariana Islands' Annual Bird Count Highlights Conservation Success
Saturday, 17 May 2025, 3:37 pm | RNZ
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) annual Christmas Bird Count once again showcased the vital role that community volunteers and conservation efforts play in protecting the islands' unique bird More >>
Siege Of Gaza – MSF Denounces Deliberate Humanitarian Catastrophe
Friday, 16 May 2025, 7:00 pm | MSF Australia
Israeli’s plan to instrumentalise aid is a cynical response to the very humanitarian crisis they created. If they wished, Israel and its allies could lift the blockade today and let humanitarian aid reach all those in Gaza whose survival depends on ... More >>
'No Magic Bullets': Can The Papua New Guinea Public And The Police Learn To Get Along?
Friday, 16 May 2025, 5:25 pm | RNZ
A police commander lamented recently that the public no longer respects police officers, who face an increasingly tough environment, are underpowered and unappreciated. More >>
Drug Trafficking In The Pacific Discussed At Dubai Police Summit
Friday, 16 May 2025, 5:22 pm | RNZ
Pacific police chiefs have discussed the region's drug trafficking problems on a panel at the World Police Summit in Dubai. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 16 May
Friday, 16 May 2025, 5:01 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including the Solomon Islands prime minister's call for reforms to the process surrounding motions of no confidence. More >>
APEC Education Ministers Issue Joint Statement
Friday, 16 May 2025, 10:22 am | APEC News
Gathering in Jeju, ministers emphasized the importance of regional cooperation to strengthen digital learning infrastructure, enhance education quality and equip learners with the skills needed to navigate a rapidly evolving technological landscape. More >>
‘We Are Still Waiting For Our Loved Ones’: Families Of The Abducted Speak Out
Friday, 16 May 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken during the Korean War, the other pleading for a son’s return from captivity in Gaza – shared their testimonies before the UN Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Gaza: New Displacement Orders Force Thousands To Flee As Famine Looms
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:35 am | UN News
Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday. More >>
Commander Of US And UN Forces In Korea Discusses Korean War Anniversary In Visit To The East-West Center
Friday, 16 May 2025, 9:31 am | East West Center
Coinciding with the Center’s own 65th anniversary on May 14, the event was attended by approximately 60 invited guests and featured keynote remarks by Gen. Brunson and welcome remarks from Gen. Seo Young Lee, South Korea’s consul general in Honolulu. More >>
