US seeks abolition of UN decolonisation committee, mocks Pacific visits

THE US has explicitly called for the UN Fourth Committee’s mandate to end, saying it has “outlived its original purpose”, and has

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Regional diplomacy on West Papua ramps up

WEST Papua was first included on the agenda at a Forum leaders meeting in Kiribati in 2000, but the issue has been an ongoing

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Guam seeks full PIF membership

GUAM Governor Lou Leon Guerrero has called for Guam to be granted full membership of the Pacific Islands Forum, saying the island’s political status should not determine whether its voice is heard in the

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