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The Best Way to Remove Bad Governments is not the Fiji Way

The following is the viewpoint of the writer, director of the Saskatchewan office of the Frontier Centre. We need governments, the argument has long run, to protect the weak and restrain the nasty. Meanwhile, the jus…
United Nations Peacekeeping Day Speech by Susan Rice

The following information was released by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Susan E. Rice U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, NY May 29, 2010 FOR…
Australia Strengthen Sanction Regime for Fiji Islands Military Regime

26 May 2010 The following information was released by the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia: I move that the Bill be now read a second time. Autonomous sanctions are a key tool in Australian d…
Willie the Private Sector Can Only Engage in Peace Building within a Democracy

May 10 2010 - A private sector representative may not quite be the person one would expect to find at a peace building workshop. However, Willie Kwansing, the General Secretary of the Fiji Chamber of Commerce and Indust…
Fiji Press Freedom Decline Noted again with Afghanistan & Sri Lanka

WASHINGTON - The Freedom House issued the following news release: Global press freedom declined in 2009, with setbacks registered in almost every region of the world, according to a Freedom House study released today.…
USA African Union Historic Meet Discuss Fiji's Unconstitutional Government

Opening Speech by Dr Jean Ping on The Occasion of The First Annual US-African Union Level Meeting African Union Deputy Secretary Of State Jacob Lew, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carlson, Ambassador Battle, Distinguished…
The Truth of Businessmen in FIJI Never FORGET THEM FIJI NEVER FORGET THEM

HILL: The last time I was in Fiji Mr Sayed-Khaiyum you very kindly invited me to a meeting of the Nadi Chamber of Commerce, and you gave a speech in which you outlined your plans to hold the elections in 2014 and the Pre…
Human Rights Watch Calls for UN Engagement with Fiji Junta

The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: UN members should press Fiji's military government during a review of its human rights record to end arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment in detention, and inter…
Amnesty International Slams Fiji Military Junta

The following information was released by Amnesty International USA: The Fiji Government has misrepresented its human rights record in a report to the United Nations, Amnesty International said today. The government ha…
Australia DFAT Statement to Human Rights Council in Geneva

The following information was released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Australia played an active role at the thirteenth session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva (1-26 March), engaging on…