BRUSSELS - The European Union extended sanctions against Fiji on Thursday for another six months to press its military leadership to address human rights abuses and restore democracy to the South Pacific island nation.…
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…
The following information is published on REAL FIJI NEWS to EDUCATE THOSE THAT DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE U.S.A SANCTIONS AGAINST FRANK BAINIMARAMA'S ROUGE FAILED AFRICAN STATE akin to ZIMBABWE aka F…
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…
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…
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Yonhap)The United States will withhold funding for North Korea and several other countries for their poor human rights record involving human trafficking, the White House said Tuesday. In a memoran…
Strengthening the independence and accountability of anti-corruption agencies is key to poverty reduction and sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region, participants at an anti-corruption seminar in Manila h…
The following information was released by the U.S. Department of State:Alcy R. Frelick, Director for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the…
There has been so much talk by the UN pertaining to the promotion of human rights, respect for the rule of law and democracy, just as there is a plethora of criticism on its ineffectiveness when it comes to ‘actively pro…