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Asia Pacific Report A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand's ASB Tennis Classic in...
New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million …
1 天前 · An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced by one third because of the French Pacific territory’s current political crisis. The initial French package was endorsed in early December 2024, in an 11th-hour vote at the French National Assembly ...
‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – …
10 小时之前 · Asia Pacific Report. The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend ties with Israel in an act of solidarity with the more than “1000 colleagues of yours” killed in Gaza over the past 14 months.
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2024年12月26日 · By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – …
2024年12月17日 · ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of the geopolitical tightrope vulnerable Pacific nations are walking in the 21st century.. The deal provides Nauru with direct budgetary support, stable banking services, and policing and security resources.
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled ... - Asia Pacific Report
2024年4月21日 · Official enthusiasm During his visit to Washington earlier this month, Peters said New Zealand and the Biden administration had pledged “to work ever more closely together in support of shared values and interests” in a strategic environment “considerably more challenging now than even a decade ago”. In particular, he and US Secretary of …
Nauru-Australia Treaty: Strategic gain or ‘corrupt arrangement’?
2024年12月11日 · By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific journalist Refugee advocates and academics are weighing in on Australia’s latest move on the Pacific geopolitical chessboard. Canberra is ploughing A$100 million over the next five years into Nauru, a remote 21 sq km atoll with a population of just over 12,000.
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic ...
2024年11月25日 · The figure was well short of what developing nations were asking for — more than US$1 trillion in assistance. ‘Failure of leadership’ Campaigners and non-governmental organisations called it a “betrayal” and “a shameful failure of leadership”, forcing climate vulnerable nations, such as the Pacific Islands, “to accept a …
ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case …
2024年12月2日 · A landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate talks is about to be heard in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The court will begin hearings involving a record number of countries in The Hague, in the Netherlands, today. Its 15 judges have ...
‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS ... - Asia Pacific Report
2024年5月6日 · By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist. A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS and says the security deal “raises serious questions for …