Pacific

Marshall Islands wins Human Rights Council seat with climate, nuclear justice agenda

President Hilda Heine says all nations must be accountable 'without exception or double standard.'

French Polynesian president asks UN to bring France into decolonization talks

Any UN role in negotiating the territory’s self-determination aspirations is rejected by France.

French PM scraps divisive New Caledonia electoral change after months of unrest

Violence erupted in May leaving 13 dead, the economy crippled and the territory under curfew.

Pacific leaders to meet after China’s ‘concerning’ ICBM missile test

Australia and New Zealand to brief Pacific partners of developments on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands

US told it must consider an apology and remedy its violation of human rights.

UN experts 'alarmed' by New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies

UN Human Rights Committee challenges France on security operations and its attitude to decolonization.

UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands

US told it must consider an apology and remedy its violation of human rights.

Rail service opens between Vientiane and Bangkok