Ireland’s former prime minister, Bertie Ahern, is in the country to be briefed on the progress of the Bougainville referendum. The referendum is scheduled for June 15 next year. Ahern, who has been appointed chairman of the Bougainville Referendum Commission,…
New York, Jubi – Presiden Palau telah bergabung dengan rekannya dari Kiribati dan Nauru, untuk meminta PBB akui Taiwan. Perjuangan Taiwan untuk mendapatkan pengakuan internasional telah melemah tahun ini, dengan tiga negara beralih untuk mendukung Beijing. Hanya 17 negara – sebagian…
Radion NZ News – The Governor of Indonesia’s Papua province wants West Papuans to be able to connect more with people in neighbouring Papua New Guinea. The call from Lukas Enembe comes as he is visiting PNG’s capital Port Moresby.…
Hague, Jubi – Untuk pertama kalinya dalam sejarah Vanuatu, pekan lalu Pemerintah Vanuatu mengajukan dukungannya pada sebuah kasus di hadapan Mahkamah Internasional (ICJ), peradilan utama PBB. Hal itu dilakukan untuk memberikan pendapat yang tidak mengikat (Advisory Opinion) sehubungan dengan Konsekuensi Legal…
Jayapura, Jubi – Seperti diduga sebelumnya, dukungan formal dari Forum Kepulauan Pasifik (PIF) minggu ini di Nauru masih belum beranjak dari posisi tahun sebelumnya. Namun Vanuatu akan melanjutkan inisiatif untuk menjadikan West Papua terdaftar kembali sebagai wilayah yang tidak berpemerintahan sendiri…
One of the regionalism priorities mentioned in the Final Communique of the Pacific Islands Forum Summit in Nauru this week was the engagement by Forum countries on issues affecting West Papua. Item 33 on the Forum Communique states, “Leaders recognised the…
The Netherlands Honorary Consul to Vanuatu, Elisabeth van Vliet who has been in the country for the last three weeks suggests that the West Papua Issue should be examined from all angles available to get their demands through. She says…
They’re the custodians of what some Australian politicians rather patronisingly call “our backyard” — a vast swathe of the Pacific Ocean. Key points: Pacific Island leaders will want climate change to be front and centre They are likely to seek…
AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): A New Zealand-based West Papua advocacy group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other leaders meeting at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru next week to support Vanuatu’s United Nations initiative. Vanuatu has…
BY Islands Business correspondent Nic Maclellan at the Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru Pacific leaders will consider a new Biketawa Plus declaration on regional security, as they gather in Nauru for the 49th Pacific Islands Forum. The draft statement describes climate…
