Press Release – PICS

The progress so far in the implementation of the Cairns Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination will be the major item of discussion at a meeting of Pacific Island Countries and development partners which got underway in Nadi, Fiji today. Read more »

Press Release – Islamic Sciences and Human Development

Grass-roots community organisations in Australia and New Zealand are networking for good humanitarian causes in the Australia-Pacific region. The Sydney-based Al-Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences & Human Development and the Rasheed Memorial Trust in … Read more »

Column – John Minto

Ask most people about Cuba and they’ll tell you it’s a socialist country with Fidel Castro as head, big Cuban cigars, old 1950’s cars and great music courtesy of such groups as the Bueno Vista Social club. Except for Fidel, who has been replaced … Read more »

Press Release – Scoop Coverage of West Papua

Indonesian plainclothes police arrest Johan Teterisa (third from left) outside the Merdeka Stadium in Ambon on June 29, 2007. Teterisa led Alifuru nationalists in unfurling the banned RMS flag while performing the traditional cakalele dance before President … Read more »

Press Release – Council on Hemispheric Affairs

Evo Morales Ayma, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, has many promises and expectations to fulfill as viewed by his fellow indigenous. During his two terms in office, he has created many new opportunities for Bolivia’s native people, by enforcing the … Read more »

Press Release – Asian Human Rights Commission

Asian NGOs Urge the New Asian Member States of the Council – Malaysia, the Maldives, Qatar and Thailand – to Strictly Comply with the Highest Human Rights Standards Read more »

Press Release – Vanuatu Utilities Regulatory Authority

Port Vila, VANUATU 23 June 2010 Following on from the release of the URA’s Final Decision as part of its Electricity Tariff review UNELCO had agreed to cut tariffs voluntarily for small households using less than 60 KWh a month. These customers … Read more »

Press Release – Solomon Islands Government

Solomon Islands’ Minister of Planning and Aid Coordination, Hon. Steve Abana on Tuesday signed the Second Revised Cotonou Agreement in a historic event in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at the close of the 35th Session of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers. Read more »

Speech – The Maori Party

In November 2006, a group of Malaysian nongovernmental organisations came across to Aotearoa, with the explicit purpose of being able, and I quote: “to learn how the Maori people of New Zealand have brought their culture back from the brink of … Read more »

Press Release – The Maori Party

This is probably not the best time to be considering a bilateral trade agreement between New Zealand and Hong Kong. Read more »