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The World Meteorological Organisation has predicted intensifying El Niño climate conditions will bring exceptionally warmer tropical weather to the Pacific Ocean than is usual over the coming m...
A proposal from the Indonesian government to conduct a new registration of internally-displaced Papuans across their conflict-affected territory has been condemned by the West Papua National Committee...
Kiribati is looking to strengthen food security levels through a program of climate-resilient agriculture, fisheries management and an offshore horticultural estate amid its scarce land, limited fresh...
Saturday will mark 64 years since the New York Agreement, which saw the West Papuan people "betrayed by the international community", the Australia West Papua Association noted this week.
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was marked around the globe on Monday. The United Nations-sanctioned date raises awareness of protecting the rights of the world's Indigenous po...
Prospective police officers from across the Pacific have been welcomed into training at Magandjin / Brisbane's state-of-the-art Pinkeba headquarters on the way to becoming United Nations peacekeepers.
A United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report has found Pacific communities are increasingly in the sights of global scam networks through the use of technology largely involving artificial intell...
Tuvalu has called for stronger United Nations support to address growing security threats facing Pacific-island countries. The tiny state which consists of three reef islands and six atolls told the U...
A delegation of Aboriginal women from Western Australia's Kimberley region is travelling to Geneva on Wednesday, determined to champion the rights of Indigenous women and girls on the world stage.
The Albanese government has come under fire after rejecting key United Nations recommendations aimed at improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with the Australian Human R...
Ten Australians have filed a legal case with the United Nations claiming Australia' federal government is violating their human rights by continuing to support coal and gas companies to fuel climate e...
Tuvalu has distributed its first inclusive climate-risk insurance solution payouts for extreme tidal weather events which exceed predefined safeguard thresholds.
Two Pacific disability leaders have been elected to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, giving Samoa and Palau representation on the global human rights body.