CoveragePost
September 19, 2019
Op-Ed by Luis Alfonso de Alba – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Climate Action Summit Climate change is not a far-away problem– it is causing huge damage right now in Asia-Pacific and around the world. From air pollution choking many major cities, to more extreme heat and natural disasters, to one million species at ... <a title="Op-Ed: Young people are right about climate change: it’s time to listen" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/op-ed-young-people-are-right-about-climate-change-its-time-to-listen/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Young people are right about climate change: it’s time to listen">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 19, 2019
By RNZ Pacific Vanuatu and Solomon Islands have raised the issue of human rights abuses against West Papuans at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The two governments made a statement which also noted that Indonesia had not yet given access to Papua for the UN Human Rights Commissioner. The statement was delivered at ... <a title="Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/19/vanuatu-and-solomons-raise-papua-at-un-rights-council/" aria-label="Read more about Vanuatu and Solomons raise Papua at UN rights council">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
September 4, 2019
Editorial by Selwyn Manning. It is clear and proper that New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is closely monitoring a concerning situation of deteriorating violence in West Papua. It is also apparent that groups who have long monitored the security situation in West Papua have contacted the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, ... <a title="Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/09/04/selwyn-manning-editorial-new-zealand-government-should-advocate-a-pathway-for-peace-for-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Selwyn Manning on West Papua: New Zealand Government Should Advocate A Pathway For Peace For West Papua">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
August 29, 2019
Op-Ed by – Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations The past five years have been the hottest on record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heatwaves have swept across our region, cascading into slow onset disasters such as drought. Yet heat is only part of the picture. Tropical cyclones have struck new, unprepared parts of our region ... <a title="Op-Ed: Disaster risk resilience: key to protecting vulnerable communities – UN ESCAP" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/08/29/op-ed-disaster-risk-resilience-key-to-protecting-vulnerable-communities-un-escap/" aria-label="Read more about Op-Ed: Disaster risk resilience: key to protecting vulnerable communities – UN ESCAP">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
July 18, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The United Nations in Papua New Guinea is boosting its presence in the Highlands as it works with the government to improve access to justice for tribal communities. The acting resident coordinator said the massacre of 24 women and children near Tari last week has focussed the need for more conflict resolution. ... <a title="UN to have greater presence in PNG Highlands for ‘conflict resolution’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/18/un-to-have-greater-presence-in-png-highlands-for-conflict-resolution/" aria-label="Read more about UN to have greater presence in PNG Highlands for ‘conflict resolution’">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 23, 2019
Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein By Dan McGarry in Port Vila During his visit to Port Vila last weekend, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was confronted with questions about West Papua – but he waffled in his responses. ... <a title="UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/23/un-chief-waffles-over-west-papuan-human-rights-violations/" aria-label="Read more about UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 16, 2019
By RNZ Pacific The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong committed partner in peacekeeping and for taking a leading role in the battle against climate change. Guterres was speaking after formal talks with Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama today. Guterres said it needec to be recognised the battle was not ... <a title="Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/16/guterres-praises-fiji-over-leadership-in-global-battle-against-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 13, 2019
By Michael Andrew Older generations are failing to address climate change and they need the world’s youth to lead the way, says United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Speaking at Auckland University of Technology’s southern campus in Manukau today as part of a two-day tour of New Zealand and the Pacific, Guterres said governments have not ... <a title="UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/13/un-security-general-tells-youth-be-noisy-as-possible-on-climate-change/" aria-label="Read more about UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
May 1, 2019
By Andrew Johnson Since 2004, a number of university papers have raised the question of genocide in the Pacific territory of West Papua administrated by Indonesia subsequent to a 1962 United Nations General Assembly vote to occupy the colony in defiance of the territory’s objections. Although the United Nations claims to be opposed to genocide, ... <a title="West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/05/01/west-papuan-speaker-silenced-when-trying-to-raise-un-agenda-issue/" aria-label="Read more about West Papuan speaker ‘silenced’ when trying to raise UN agenda issue">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
April 6, 2019
AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand’s Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne Ellis and Professor Guy Littlefair talk about innovation. Video: AUT By Alison Sykora Auckland University of Technology is 16th in the world in the newly released Times Higher Education University Impact ... <a title="Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/04/06/times-global-university-sustainability-index-ranks-creative-aut-16th/" aria-label="Read more about Times global university sustainability index ranks ‘creative’ AUT 16th">Read more</a>
CoveragePost
March 8, 2019
Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief | Asia Pacific Report Home Asia Report Philippines ‘drug war’ no model for any country, says UN rights chief POPULAR POSTS EDITOR’S PICKS MOST COMMENTS – Partner Groups – GLOBAL REPORTAGE Article by AsiaPacificReport.nz
CoveragePost
February 23, 2019
The python used to interrogate a Papuan suspect “was a pet snake that was not poisonous and tame”, claim Indonesian police. Image: CNNIndonesia Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big issue out of the use of a ... <a title="‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/23/not-a-big-deal-claim-police-rejecting-un-call-for-papua-snake-investigation/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua snake investigation">Read more</a>
