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Relief After Temporary Ceasefire: Immense Scale-up Of Life-saving Aid Must Flow Into Gaza Now
Sunday, 19 January 2025, 6:46 am | Medicines Sans Frontiers
The Israeli government, Hamas, and world leaders have tragically failed the people of Gaza, by not agreeing and imposing a sustained ceasefire sooner. More >>
Samoa Political Saga: Challenge To Party Removal Reported
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 7:31 pm | RNZ
Samoa's prime minister and the five other ousted members of the ruling FAST Party are reportedly challenging their removal. More >>
Smell A Rat? Not On Cooks' Palmerston Island
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 7:30 pm | RNZ
A Cook Islands atoll is totally rat-free after recent monitoring confirmed the success of an eradication programme. More >>
Gaza Ceasefire Could Boost Aid Deliveries To 600 Trucks Per Day: WHO
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 7:11 pm | UN News
Amid reports that Israel’s security cabinet has given the green light to a ceasefire deal with Hamas, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) expressed cautious optimism on Friday over the potentially major boost to aid relief in the devastated enclave. More >>
Joe Biden’s Decision To Delete Cuba From US Terrorist List Is Welcome News
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 7:09 pm | HCIF-PFS
The decision to delete Cuba from US terrorist list is an encouraging sign that the courageous actions of the Cuban Government, the United Nations General Assembly and friends of Cuba worldwide will not be in vain. More >>
Sudan Conflict Taking More Dangerous Turn For Civilians
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 6:59 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“As the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces battle for control at all costs in the senseless war that has raged for close to two years now, direct and ethnically motivated attacks on civilians are becoming increasingly common,” ... More >>
How Archaeologists Can Solve The Earth’s ‘Wicked Problems’
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 6:52 pm | Human Bridges
Wicked problems are deeply entangled with one another, meaning that any solution to one problem may exacerbate other problems elsewhere. Climate change and social injustice are a well-known example of this entanglement. More >>
United States In 2025: Social Problems Denied Via Rhetorics Of Refusal
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 6:43 pm | Independent Media Institute
The record levels of government, corporate, and household debt alongside abundant signs that such indebtedness is worsening do not help project the United States as an economic model. More >>
Lebanon: Signs Of Hope Amid Immense Challenges, Says Türk At End Of Visit To Beirut
Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:20 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
The ceasefire in Lebanon must transition into a durable peace, and civilians must be able to return safely. More >>
UN Experts Urge All Parties To Accept Gaza Ceasefire, Deliver On Justice, Aid & Palestinian Self-Determination
Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
"This ceasefire agreement follows 15 months of terrible suffering in Gaza. We are dismayed that shortly after the deal was announced, Israel continued bombing Gaza indiscriminately, killing Palestinian civilians despite expectations of calm until ... More >>
Vanuatu One Month On: Aftershocks, A No-Go Zone And Anxiety
Friday, 17 January 2025, 8:55 pm | RNZ
Downtown Port Vila remains a no-go zone; Star Wharf is still out of action and some areas have not had their water supply reconnected. More >>
Call For PNG Govt To Properly Resource Porgera SOE
Friday, 17 January 2025, 8:53 pm | RNZ
Despite continuing tribal violence a business leader in Porgera is happy more supplies are coming through. More >>
Fire-resistant Design Saves LA House
Friday, 17 January 2025, 8:12 pm | RNZ
The simple gable roof house is still standing after wildfire teared through the neighbourhood. More >>
HMNZS Aotearoa Departs On Resupply Mission To Antarctica
Friday, 17 January 2025, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Commander Rob Welford, Aotearoa’s Commanding Officer, says he and his ship’s company are excited to be travelling to a part of the world few people get to experience. More >>
Gaza Ceasefire Fragile - Struggle For Freedom Continues
Friday, 17 January 2025, 12:05 pm | Justice for Palestine
We urge all supporters of justice and human rights to continue to stand up for Palestine and maintain pressure on our government and institutions until Palestine is free. More >>
Economic Outlook For 2025 Weighed Down By Fragmentation, Debt And Political Uncertainty
Friday, 17 January 2025, 11:51 am | World Economic Forum
The global economy is set to face significant challenges in 2025, with 56% of chief economists surveyed expecting conditions to weaken, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook from the World Economic Forum. More >>
Expert Dismayed By Continued Misuse Of Counter Terrorism Law To Keep Human Rights Defenders In Long-Term Detention
Friday, 17 January 2025, 11:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur noted that since the start of her mandate in May 2020, she has written twice to the Turkish authorities about the case of the human rights defenders. More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Hails ‘Signs Of New Beginnings’ In Lebanon And Syria
Friday, 17 January 2025, 11:14 am | UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed solidarity with the people of Lebanon and Syria on Thursday, acknowledging the traumas both nations have endured over decades. More >>
Increase In Climate-driven Wildfires Calls For More Investment In Prevention
Friday, 17 January 2025, 11:01 am | UN News
The deadly wildfires that have swept through the Los Angeles area, destroying whole communities and causing billions in damage, reveal why countries must invest more in stopping these devastating blazes before they start. More >>
World News In Brief: Libya, Mozambique, Tanzania & Türkiye
Friday, 17 January 2025, 10:40 am | UN News
The UN Security Council on Thursday passed a resolution to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) of the 1970 Libya Sanctions Committee which also extends measures related to the illicit export of petroleum from oil-rich Libya, initially authorised ... More >>
The Carbon Footprint Of A Genocide
Friday, 17 January 2025, 10:17 am | Jeremy Rose
The International Court of Justice heard, last month, that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have emitted 52 million tonnes of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. A figure equivalent to the annual emissions of ... More >>
WHO Launches $1.5 Billion Appeal To Tackle Global Health Crises
Friday, 17 January 2025, 10:14 am | UN News
The world is facing an extraordinary convergence of crises that has left 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. More >>
VANUATU: 12,610 Children Face Disrupted Start To School Year One Month On From Devastating Earthquakes
Friday, 17 January 2025, 9:29 am | Save The Children
At least 80,000 people have been impacted by the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck on December 17, 2024, according to the latest figures from the Vanuatu Government. More than 200 people were injured, with 14 confirmed deaths, including two children. More >>
How To Educate The Parliamentarians On Justice Reforms
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 6:45 pm | AHRC
The third letter to the Honorable President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on How to Educate the Parliamentarians on Justice Reforms More >>
UNDP Supports Vanuatu's Snap Election While Continuing Earthquake Recovery Efforts
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 6:37 pm | UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji
UNDP’s technical support to the Vanuatu Electoral Office comes via Phase Three of the Vanuatu Electoral Environment Project, generously funded by New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. More >>
Global Risks Report 2025: Conflict, Environment And Disinformation Top Threats
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5:58 pm | World Economic Forum
Misinformation and disinformation remain top short-term risks for the second consecutive year, underlining their persistent threat to societal cohesion and governance by eroding trust and exacerbating divisions within and between nations. More >>
Samoan Women’s Cricket Team Looking Forward To World Cup Debut
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5:39 pm | RNZ
Samoa's Under-19 women's cricket captain is excited about her team's debut appearance at the ICC Under-19 Twenty20 World Cup. More >>
New Lava Lobe On Tonga's Home Reef Volcano
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5:38 pm | RNZ
Thermal anomalies have continued to be detected on Home Reef Volcano. More >>
UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk Statement At The End Of His Mission To Syria
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5:33 pm | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
This is really a seminal moment for Syria after decades of repression. My most fervent hope is for all Syrians to be able to thrive together, regardless of gender, religion or ethnicity and to build a common future. More >>
DAWN On Ceasefire In Gaza: Accountability, Reparations, And The Path To Justice
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 5:04 pm | DAWN
"Israel bears primary responsibility for the devastation it has wrought, and it should bear the primary cost of reconstructing and rehabilitating the Gaza Strip, including reparations to the people whose lives have been destroyed," said Sarah Leah Whitson, ... More >>
Investigate Military Killing Of Two Youths In Masbate!
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 4:35 pm | ICHRP
Fourteen-year-old Jeffrey ‘JP’ Osabel and 18-year-old Redjan Montealegre were shot and killed while walking home alongside each other from a Christmas party in a nearby barangay. JP and Redjan were in Grades 9 and 10, respectively. More >>
Hitting Russia’s Military Industrial Base And Enablers Of Sanctions Evasion
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 4:08 pm | U.S. Department of State
The Department of the Treasury is re-designating under Executive Order 13662 nearly 100 major entities across Russia’s financial, defense, and energy sectors. More >>
Disappointing Response From The Fiji Police Force
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 3:26 pm | Fiji Women's Rights Movement
FWRM research shows that it takes women a total of 868 days (about 2.5 years) before trying to get help, and when they do, their experiences include that, only 50% of the women surveyed feel safe in the station. More >>
New Zealand Takes Command Of International Task Force Disrupting Drug Smuggling In The Middle East
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 2:55 pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Commodore Rodger Ward took command of Combined Task Force 150, accepting responsibilities from Commodore Asim Sohail Malik of the Pakistan Navy at a ceremony in Bahrain on Wednesday. More >>
World Vision Welcomes Ceasefire, But Warns Humanitarian Situation Remains Catastrophic
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 11:47 am | World Vision
Destruction in Gaza and movement restrictions in West Bank have left many unable to access food, water, or health care. In Lebanon and Syria, the displacement of thousands in recent months has compounded the struggles faced by already vulnerable ... More >>
In Wake Of December Earthquake, World Bank Provides $30million Grant To Bolster Vanuatu’s Recovery And Resilience
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 11:44 am | The World Bank
The US$30 million adds to US$12 million in emergency World Bank funding that was disbursed just days after the December 17, 2024 earthquake that devastated the capital, Port Vila. This was made available through flexible, fast access to financing. More >>
PSNA Pleased At Temporary Ceasefire Announcement
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 11:32 am | Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
It’s important to point out the ceasefire has been necessary for Israel because it has failed in its aims to destroy Palestinian resistance groups such as Hamas and ethnically cleanse Gaza for Israeli settlements. Palestinian resistance groups ... More >>
Palestine Forum Of New Zealand Welcomes Temporary Ceasefire Agreement
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 11:23 am | Palestine Forum of New Zealand
While the ceasefire provides an essential reprieve, its sustainability remains uncertain. The current Israeli government faces mounting international condemnation for alleged war crimes and ongoing violations of international law, raising doubts about its ... More >>
A Decade Of Conflict: ‘Almost 40 Million Yemenis Have Waited Far Too Long’
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:41 am | UN News
The UN’s Special Envoy for Yemen and a top aid official briefed the Security Council on Wednesday warning of the grave consequences that could follow if hostilities stemming from its long running civil conflict – which have now spilled across the entire ... More >>
Any Pause Must Become A Definitive Ceasefire To Protect Children & Allow Life-Saving Services For Malnutrition & Disease
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:16 am | Save The Children
Save the Children is relieved that the Government of Israel and Hamas have finally reached agreement on a pause in hostilities after 15 months of siege and bombardment by Israeli forces that followed attacks by Palestinian armed groups in Israel on ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief Expresses Huge Relief At Gaza Ceasefire Announcement, Urges Prompt Implementation
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 10:11 am | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
“My thoughts, right now, are with those who have suffered so much unbearable pain and misery over the past 15 months, and I hope for everyone’s sake that no one will ever have to go through this again,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ... More >>
ICHRP Says No To Marcos Jr. Bid For Seat On UN Security Council
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 9:32 am | ICHRP
In his bid for a seat on the Security Council, Marcos Jr. seeks to crown his ongoing misinformation campaign with further international recognition. Granting this to Marcos Jr. would be a reprehensible award to a regime committing unconscionable crimes ... More >>
Guterres Hails Gaza Ceasefire Deal As ‘Critical First Step’
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 9:10 am | UN News
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed Wednesday’s announcement of a deal to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza following 15 months of war. More >>
UN Rights Chief In Historic Meeting In Syria’s With Caretaker Authority In Damascus
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 8:27 am | UN News
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees under the deposed Assad regime and insisted that he stands with the people of the war-torn nation as they “rebuild a country that works for all ... More >>
Guterres Highlights ‘Hope Through Action’ For 2025, Amid Continuing Turmoil
Thursday, 16 January 2025, 8:22 am | UN News
The world continues to grapple with unprecedented challenges but there are reasons for cautious optimism in 2025 - on a long-awaited Gaza ceasefire, climate action, tackling inequality and harnessing AI for the public good - Secretary-General António ... More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 15 January 2025
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 8:56 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including PNG soldiers destroying properties. More >>
New French PM Wants New Caledonia Talks To Resume This Month
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 8:56 pm | RNZ
"I will invite, this January, (New Caledonia's) political forces to come to Paris and open those negotiations." More >>
Remembering Violent Tonga Eruption Three Years On
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 8:47 pm | RNZ
First Person - RNZ Pacific reporter, Iliesa Tora, reflects on the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption, saying people need to take tsunami warnings seriously. More >>
Sweeping Sanctions On Russia’s Energy Sector
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 5:59 pm | U.S. Department of State
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is concurrently sanctioning more than 150 entities and individuals, including major Russian oil producers Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas, Russian insurance companies, and shadow fleet vessels. More >>
Lotteries And Sweepstakes Competitions Must Be In Compliance With The Law
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 5:19 pm | Consumer Council of Fiji
Lotteries and sweepstakes games in Fiji are governed comprehensively by the Gaming Act of 2009, which provides detailed and specific guidelines for their operation. The Council stresses the importance of understanding and complying with the legal ... More >>
Joint Statement On Cryptocurrency Thefts By The Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea And Public-Private Collaboration
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 4:40 pm | U.S. Department of State
The United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea will continue to work together to counter the DPRK’s malicious cyber activities and illicit revenue generation, including by imposing sanctions on DPRK cyber actors and collaborating to improve ... More >>
Terrorist Designations Of The Terrorgram Collective And Three Leaders
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 4:34 pm | U.S. Department of State
Terrorgram is a transnational terrorist group that primarily operates on the social media and digital messaging platform Telegram and has been connected to terrorist attacks in multiple countries. More >>
Cancel Trumped-Up Charges Of The Financing Of Terrorism Against Three Negros Development Workers
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 3:13 pm | ICHRP
Federico Salvilla, Perla Jaleco and Dharyll Albañez, former and current staff workers of Paghidaet sa Kauswagan Development Group Inc. (PDG), were arrested on January 2, 2025. More >>
Celebrate The Year Of The Snake In 2025 Lunar New Year Concert With The Hong Kong String Orchestra
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 1:59 pm | Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
The Hong Kong String Orchestra, renowned for its fusion of Eastern and Western musical elements, will present several Australian premieres during its tour. The concert will commence with the lively and joyful "Spring Festival Overture" to celebrate ... More >>
Empowering Women Entrepreneurs In APEC: Insights And Pathways Forward
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:55 am | APEC
A recent report produced by the APEC Policy Support Unit (PSU) sheds light on this dynamic, providing a comprehensive analysis of the current state of women-led startups and offering actionable recommendations to foster their growth. More >>
Ensure Smart Spending And Fair-Trade Practices This School Term
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:41 am | Consumer Council of Fiji
Recognising the financial pressures on families at this time, the Consumer Council of Fiji has heightened its market surveillance to ensure ethical trading practices, as a few key issues have been noted in previous years. More >>
6PAC+ Secures Global Alignment On Pacific-led Vision For Maritime Decarbonisation
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:27 am | 6PACplus
This recent support signals a broader recognition of the necessity and fairness of this Pacific-driven approach, which has been a cornerstone of Pacific-led strategy for maritime decarbonisation and demonstrates a global alignment with 6PAC+ Alliance's ... More >>
World News In Brief: North Gaza Under Siege, Aid To Millions In Syria, Tensions In Mozambique
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:11 am | UN News
The UN aid coordination office (OCHA) on Tuesday reported further attacks on displacement shelters in Gaza which have been ongoing since 9 January. More >>
US: UN Rights Expert Welcomes Court Ruling Reaffirming Sex-based Protections In Education
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:09 am | UN News
The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by a federal district court in the United States that reaffirms sex-based protections in education. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Seif Magango On Tensions In Mozambique
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:02 am | OHCHR
"With further demonstrations announced ahead of the presidential inauguration on 15 January, it is critical that freedom of peaceful assembly is upheld and facilitated, and that the security forces refrain from further unnecessary or disproportionate ... More >>
