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Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Progress On Pandemic Agreement
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:50 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
While compromises were made to reach this draft agreement, it contains some encouraging elements to lay the ground for a more inclusive and just approach to pandemic prevention. I encourage States to ensure these are now translated into concrete action. More >>
Behind The Wheel, Beyond The Rules: Council Flags Driving School Complaints
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:37 am | Consumer Council of Fiji
Over the past three years, the Council’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) division has handled a total of 57 complaints concerning driving schools, with the total monetary value of these cases reaching $21,430. More >>
Gaza: Alongside Conflict, An Information War Is Still Happening, Warns UNRWA Chief
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:36 am | UN News
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, ... More >>
Gaza: Alongside Conflict, An Information War Is Still Happening, Warns UNRWA Chief
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:31 am | UN News
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, ... More >>
Rise In Violence Against Civilians In South Sudan
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:26 am | UN News
The number of civilians in South Sudan harmed by conventional parties to the conflict and other armed groups increased by 51 per cent in 2024, the UN Mission in the country (UNMISS) said on Thursday. More >>
Universal Declaration Of Human Rights Among New Entries To UNESCO Memory Of The World Register
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:25 am | UN News
The archives of British naturalist Charles Darwin, whose theory of evolution by natural selection revolutionized understanding of nature and humanity’s place within it, are among 74 new additions to a UN list of documentary heritage of universal value. More >>
Maldives: UN Expert Concerned By Suspensions And Proceedings Against Three Supreme Court Judges
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:21 am | OHCHR
“I am concerned about a series of actions which, separately and in combination, appear to be aimed at undermining the Supreme Court’s judicial review of this amendment,” said Margaret Satterthwaite, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges ... More >>
Libya’s Fragile Transition Plagued By Deepening Economic And Political Divides
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:21 am | UN News
Libya’s prolonged political transition is facing renewed strain, with mounting economic pressures and tensions between rival governments threatening the calm that has held since the 2020 ceasefire. More >>
Experts Call Deep-Sea Mining A Hunt For “Fool’s Gold” As US Considers Circumventing ISA To Issue Mining Permits
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 8:54 pm | Burness
Executive order under consideration by the Trump Administration to open up the deep sea to mining would be economic folly and flout international consensus, experts say. More >>
Pacific Briefs For 17 April
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:42 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including former PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi throwing his hat back in Samoa's election ring. More >>
Why NZ needs the United States to stay committed to the Pacific
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:35 pm | RNZ
With concerns over Washington's retreat from the region, geopolitics and security experts say Winston Peters is signalling to the United States "to remain invested in the Pacific". More >>
Vanuatu Meteorology Department Urges Public Not To Spread Rumours
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 6:33 pm | RNZ
In a statement on Thursday, the department said there were "several rumours circulating about earthquakes". More >>
People With Disability Invisible In Election Debates And Housing Promises
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 5:56 pm | People with Disability Australia - PWDA
The PWDA 2025 Election Platform calls for urgent action to increase the supply of accessible housing by mandate the Livable Housing Design Silver Standard nationwide and a developed a targeted national housing action plan for people with disability. More >>
NZ Deputy Prime Minister Recounts Longstanding US-NZ Relationship In The Pacific
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 4:25 pm | East West Center
“New Zealand’s commitment to the Pacific is foundational to who we are as a people,” Deputy Prime Minister Peters said. “It transcends governments, political parties, and the disruptive events and controversies of the moment.” More >>
Security Council Urged To Support Eastern DR Congo Peace Initiatives
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 3:01 pm | UN News
Furthermore, a ceasefire in not yet effectively in force, violations are ongoing, and the humanitarian crisis is deepening – both in the DRC and neighbouring countries such as Burundi, Uganda and Rwanda, which have seen an increase in Congolese refugees. More >>
CAPHRA Condemns WHO’s Outdated Tobacco Reporting
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 1:32 pm | CAPHRA
Loucas stressed that without a shift towards evidence-based policies, WHO risks further eroding its credibility amid growing scrutiny of its governance. “Health leadership requires intellectual honesty,” she concluded. More >>
RARE Albino Wallaby Celebrates First Easter At Symbio Wildlife Park
Thursday, 17 April 2025, 12:48 pm | Symbio Wildlife Park
Born last year and named after the beloved snowman from Disney’s Frozen, Olaf has captured hearts with his snowy white fur, pink nose, and cheeky personality. Olaf has become a firm favourite with visitors young and old — and this Easter, he hopped ... More >>
Empowering West Are'are Communities For Self-Reliance And Sustainable Growth Through CDF
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 7:55 pm | Solomon Islands MRD
Constituency Development Funds Program is a national programme of the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) administered by the Ministry of Rural Development (MRD). It is implemented by the 50 constituencies in the country purposely to improve the socio-economic livelihoods ... More >>
Northern Mariana Islands Lists 29 Species As Endangered Or Threatened
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 3:20 pm | RNZ
The CNMI's Division of Fish and Wildlife is actively engaged in a variety of projects aimed at enhancing the recovery of these species. More >>
Tokelau Turtle Hatchlings Leave Their Young Carers For Big Blue Pacific Ocean Voyage
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 3:19 pm | RNZ
Popo, Uto, Sonic and Shadow, Tokelau's turtle team, have made a dash into the big blue Pacific Ocean, leaving behind their young carers. More >>
Jewish Organisations' Passover Statement, After 40 Days Of Starvation
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 1:36 pm | Global Jews for Palestine
We plead and we work for the end of this needless hunger, for ceasefire, for the justice which underlies real peace. More >>
Pacific Voices Call For Unity, Leadership & Action For Gender Equality At Pacific CEDAW Talanoa
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 8:01 am | Pacific Community SPC
From strengthening women's political leadership to breaking gender stereotypes & advancing the rights of children, youth, & ensuring inclusion of persons with disabilities, each session spotlighted the lived realities of Pacific peoples, and the bold actions ... More >>
Defending America’s Security Through Visa And Travel Restrictions On South Sudan
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 7:52 am | U.S. Department of State
As South Sudan’s transitional government has failed to fully respect this principle, effective immediately, the United States Department of State is taking actions to revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and prevent further issuance ... More >>
EU-STREIT PNG Programme Boosts Livelihoods For 13,000+ Fisher Folks In Papua New Guinea
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 7:47 am | EU STREIT PNG
The EU-STREIT PNG Programme delivered 50 engine-powered boats and 200 durable canoes with essential accessories to 91 fisher groups in Papua New Guinea’s greater Sepik region. More >>
UN Experts Urge Switzerland And Other States To Step Up Climate Action One Year After Landmark Climate Ruling
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In March 2025, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, in charge of monitoring the implementation of the decision, required more information on the action plan submitted by Switzerland to fulfil its obligations. More >>
UN Committee On Enforced Disappearances Clarifies Its Procedure Under Article 34 Of The Convention
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:30 am | United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies
The Committee wishes to highlight and welcome the State party’s reiterated openness to international scrutiny and its contribution to the work of the Committee and other human rights mechanisms. More >>
Duterte Arrest Underscores Urgent Need For Upsurge In Faith Solidarity For The Filipino People’s Struggle
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:23 am | ICHRP
As the ICC proceedings against Duterte unfold in Europe and the human rights situation in the Philippines deteriorates, the need for a unified faith-based response has never been more critical. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani On Continued Attacks In Myanmar Amid Rescue Efforts
Saturday, 12 April 2025, 6:18 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk calls on the military to remove any and all obstacles to the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to cease military operations. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 11 April
Friday, 11 April 2025, 6:36 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including Pacific nations pushing for the International Maritime Organisation to a carbon levy. More >>
Trump Tariffs: Guam's Exemption Could Be Short-lived, Says Former US Delegate
Friday, 11 April 2025, 6:30 pm | RNZ
Guam sits outside the US customs zone, which means items imported into Guam are exempt from the tariffs that are being implemented in the 50 states. More >>
FFA Members Push For Digital Shift In Fisheries Surveillance: MCSWG28 Outcomes
Friday, 11 April 2025, 3:54 pm | FFA
The weeklong meeting, from 31 March – 4 April, brought together over 115 representatives to Honiara from all 17 FFA Members and international observers including SPC, WCPFC, Pacific QUAD, PEW, WWF Pacific, IMCS Network, Global Fishing Watch and NOAA. More >>
Stronger Immunization Policies Needed As Vaccine Confidence Falls
Friday, 11 April 2025, 3:17 pm | APEC News
Gaps in data collection and assessment remain a critical challenge, according to the dashboard. Only one-third of APEC economies currently track the indirect benefits of vaccination, despite growing evidence that adult vaccines can return up to 19 ... More >>
Indigenous Groups From The Pacific, Brazil & Canada Hand Demands To COP30 Presidency To End Fossil Fuels
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:42 am | 350.org
Over 180 Indigenous, youth, and environmental organizations from across the world have signed on to the letter, coordinated by 350.org, to urgently demand that COP30 reaffirms the global commitment, and supports the implementation of a fair and equitable ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Seeks Additional $240 Million To Bolster Earthquake Relief
Friday, 11 April 2025, 10:02 am | UN News
The United Nations is ramping up its response to Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, calling for increased funding and an immediate ceasefire to ensure more aid reaches those in desperate need. More >>
Lustrous Surfaces: Easy On The Eyes, Easy On The Nervous System
Friday, 11 April 2025, 9:39 am | Independent Media Institute
The attraction to luster is rooted in our evolutionary history and has persisted among prehistoric artifacts, ancient civilizations, and consumer culture. More >>
Breaking Free From Carbon With A Clean Energy Shift In The Asia-Pacific
Friday, 11 April 2025, 9:08 am | APEC
APEC economies, which account for a significant portion of the world's energy use, are now leading a shift towards clean energy. Expanding clean electricity is essential to ensure stable and reliable power supply and to achieve carbon neutrality targets. More >>
Bombardment, Deprivation And Displacement Continue In Gaza
Friday, 11 April 2025, 9:01 am | UN News
Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday. More >>
Asia-Pacific Business Forum Opens With Bold Commitments To Private Sector-Led Sustainability Action
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:52 am | UN ESCAP
Delegates at this year’s forum urged businesses, governments and other stakeholders to move beyond just adapting to climate emergencies to actively leveraging sustainability as a source of innovation, resilience and long-term value creation. More >>
Sudan War: UNHCR Chief Stresses Need To Help Refugee Hosts In Chad
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:36 am | UN News
As the brutal war in Sudan nears the two-year mark, thousands of people continue to flee into neighbouring countries, including Chad, UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi said on Wednesday. More >>
UN Expert Calls For Emergency Security Council Action To Address Ceasefire Violations After Myanmar Earthquake
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:30 am | OHCHR
“After refusing to curtail its attacks to allow earthquake relief to reach those in need, the junta finally announced last week that it would suspend military operations,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. More >>
Iran: UN Experts Call For Immediate Halt To Imminent Amputation Sentences For Theft
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The three men were convicted of theft in November 2019 and sentenced to amputation under article 278 of the Islamic Penal Code. Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the verdict in May 2020, despite allegations that their confessions were extracted under torture. More >>
World Court Begins Hearing Sudan’s ‘Complicity In Genocide’ Case Against The United Arab Emirates
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:16 am | UN News
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday began hearing Sudan’s case against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which it accuses of being complicit in acts of genocide against the Masalit community in West Darfur by backing the paramilitary ... More >>
Syria’s Political Transition At Risk Due To Israeli Military Action, Security Council Hears
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:11 am | UN News
Recent military actions by Israel are undermining Syria’s political transition and the chances of a new security pact between the two countries, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Thursday. More >>
Sudan Faces Unprecedented Hunger And Displacement As War Enters Third Year
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:02 am | UN News
The conflict in Sudan has become one of the worst humanitarian crises of the 21st century, leaving millions of women, children and displaced families suffering from violence, food insecurity and the collapse of essential services. More >>
'We Cannot Let This Moment Pass': Palau Leader Is All-In For Australia-led Pacific COP
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:21 pm | RNZ
President Surangel Whipps Jr fully supports a Australia-led Pacific United Nations climate change conference (COP31) next year. More >>
Kanak Pro-Independence Leader Christian Téin To Remain In French Jail
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:08 pm | RNZ
Téin is the head of a Field Action Coordinating Cell that organised a series of marches and demonstrations that later degenerated into months of civil unrest in New Caledonia. More >>
'Final Hurdle': Bougainville Sets Non-negotiable Terms For Independence
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 5:03 pm | RNZ
The Autonomous Bougainville Government president says the people of Bougainville will not accept any unlawful veto by the PNG parliament of their democratic decision for self-determination. More >>
Children Speak Out: What Tamariki And Rangatahi Really Want From A Safer Internet
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 12:21 pm | Save The Children
The survey, launched in the lead-up to New Zealand Children’s Day in March, asked tamariki and rangatahi aged 6 to 18 about their experiences in the online world, what makes them feel safe, and what they want adults - including parents, teachers, ... More >>
Conservation International Expedition Reveals Ecosystem Recovery In Tokelau
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 11:06 am | Conservation International
Expedition reveals signs of coral reef recovery and thriving seabird populations in Tokelau—local leaders welcome findings and look ahead to new environmental education tools for schools. More >>
East Jerusalem Schools Told To Close, Guterres Saddened By Santo Domingo Deaths, DR Congo And Haiti Updates
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 10:52 am | UN News
Six schools run by the UN Palestine refugee agency (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem have been issued “illegal closure orders” after being forcibly entered by Israeli security forces, according to the agency’s head Philippe Lazzarini. More >>
Fear And Uncertainty Are Daily Staples For Gaza’s Most Vulnerable
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 8:04 am | UN News
In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to daily fears and hardships being faced by those about to give birth in the devastated enclave. More >>
South Sudan: Conflict And Hunger Push Millions To The Brink
Thursday, 10 April 2025, 7:09 am | UN News
Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates, the UN’s emergency food relief agency warned on Wednesday. More >>
UN Expert Urges States To Finance Inclusive And Sustainable Development, Not A War Economy
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 8:39 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
As negotiations preceding the 2025 ECOSOC Forum on Financing for Development and the Fourth Preparatory Committee for the FfD4 unfold, the expert issued a Negotiation Brief, outlining key considerations that should underpin negotiations of the outcome ... More >>
Fiji And Other Pacific Nations Decry 'Unfair And Disappointing' US Tariffs
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 8:05 pm | RNZ
Leaders in Pacific Islands nations are disappointed and trying to wrap their heads around the United States' tariffs. More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 9 April
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 8:03 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including the discovery of an empty bullet shell casing on a Fiji Airways flight. More >>
Samoa's Lelei Lelaulu Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 8:02 pm | RNZ
There are 338 candidates nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. More >>
Myanmar Earthquake: Risk Of Waterborne Disease Outbreak Amidst Devastation Compounded By Weekend Heavy Rains
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 11:04 am | Oxfam Aotearoa
The destruction of roads and bridges, together with the disruption in telecommunications have already slowed rescue and relief operations over the past week. Millions of people in hardest-hit areas remain with limited access to electricity, clean water ... More >>
New UN Report Assesses The Readiness Of Asia-Pacific Economies Amid Climate Change
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 10:18 am | UN ESCAP
Published today by UN ESCAP, the report highlights the complex macroeconomic-climate interplay. It outlines the challenges testing the economic resilience of the region – including slower productivity growth, high public debt risks and rising trade ... More >>
World News In Brief - 8 April 2025
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 10:10 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday warned that when it comes to trade wars, “nobody wins” and “everybody tends to lose.” More >>
Kosovo’s Inclusive And Peaceful Election Marks Progress, But Challenges Remain
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 10:04 am | UN News
Kosovo’s recent parliamentary election – conducted peacefully and inclusively – marked a significant step in its democratic development, the UN’s top envoy said on Tuesday, noting gains in women’s representation. More >>
