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Barack Obama Joe Biden Free Fiji from Fear and Want

We had followed Barack Obama’s election campaign trail with much enthusiasm seeing that this was going to be an unstoppable train of Change for America and for the first time it put the greatest country on earth in the…
United States Smart Power and Why it will Fail

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs issued the following remarks: Good morning, and thank you to the organizers of ComDef 2009 for this opportunity to talk to you about smart powe…
Germany appeal to Security Council on U.N. Peacekeeping

As the UN prepares to mark its seventh International Day of Peace on Monday, one expert says the organization is relatively powerless to stop human rights violations by its own workers deployed on peacekeeping mis…
NEW ZEALAND TELL FIJI BUSINESSES LIKE IT IS

Thank you for the opportunity to address members of the NZ Fiji Business Council today. Last year two-way trade between New Zealand and Fiji totalled $434 million, with New Zealand exports to Fiji accounting for $3…
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO SCRUTINIZE FRANK BAINIMARAMA

The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): The Human Rights Council this morning heard an update from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on salien…
Emerging Invocation of Biketawa Declaration RAMFI

Australia cannot not intervene to restore stability and democracy in Fiji in the same way it was able to in east Timor, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. Fiji is too big, too complex and has too many Australian i…
Australians have Pacific Islanders at Heart

The following information was released by the office of the Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs of Australia:The Australian Institute of International Affairs provides an important forum for debate and d…
Frank Bainimarama's Exclusive Interview with Maori TV

Getting an interview with Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama is one thing - getting him to answer questions without being thrown out of the country is another. Maori Television reporter Carmen Parahi gives an insight into m…
The Price of Tyranny on the People
Fiji United Nations Vote side with our New "Family"

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 9 -- The United Nations issued the following news release:General Assembly Adopts Text Recognizing Right of Return of Internally Displaced Persons Throughout Georgia, Including Abkhazia and South O…