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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO HOLD FOURTEENTH SESSION FROM 31 MAY TO 18 JUNE 2010

The following information was released by the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG): The Human Rights Council will hold its fourteenth regular session from 31 May to 18 June at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On the m…
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…
President Barack Obama Has Not Changed US Policy on International Criminal Court

7 May 2010 - A pushback from the military and a skeptical secretary of defense have dashed the hopes of some Obama administration officials for closer cooperation with a global war-crimes tribunal that some fear could pr…
STATEMENT BY U.S. AMBASSADOR SUSAN E. RICE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

The following information was released by the U.S. Mission to the United Nations: Today, on World Press Freedom Day, the United States proudly joins the international community in honoring the many courageous journal…
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…
Internally Displaced by 2014
REAL FIJI NEWS SALUTES THE FIJI TIMES

If I were a journalist or a media mogul I would have the understanding to write at length on the persecution of the Fiji Times, but since that is not the area of my expertise as an observer I have very great fears that t…
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…