Pacific Islands Association of Non-governmental Organisations
Date: 13 July 2016 Suva – More than 1000 people are expected to gather today at a rally organised to show solidarity with the United Liberation Movement for West Papua as they bid for full membership at the Melanesian Spearhead group meeting in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Organised by the Solomon Islands Solidarity Movement for Free […]
Suva – Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) executive director, Emele Duituturaga has welcomed a call made by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for a solidarity visit to West Papua by an international ecumenical delegation. Duituturaga said the call made by the WCC for a solidarity visit to be organized as soon as possible, […]
Suva – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association, Maina Kiai must be commended for highlighting West Papua’s human rights plight with the UN Human Rights Council says PIANGO executive director, Emele Duituturaga. Duituturaga who was reacting to media reports on Kiai’s speech at the 32nd session of […]
Suva – Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) has sent legal representatives to the Asia Climate Justice Expert meeting organised by Greenpeace. PIANGO’s senior technical adviser, Laitia Tamata and PIANGO Legal Adviser Makereta Waqavonovono are currently in Bangkok, Thailand attending the second Asia Climate Justice Expert meeting alongside other climate justice experts from the Asian […]
Suva – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s (PIFS) award will support Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) Executive Director, Ms Emele Duituturaga was shocked to learn that Papua New Guinea (PNG) had not allowed West Papuan campaigner, Octovianus Mote to enter the country last Sunday (29 May, 2016). Ms Duituturaga was […]
Suva – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat’s (PIFS) award will support Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) Executive Director, Ms Emele Duituturaga was shocked to learn that Papua New Guinea (PNG) had not allowed West Papuan campaigner, Octovianus Mote to enter the country last Sunday (29 May, 2016). Ms Duituturaga was […]
Suva Declaration
Date: 25May 2016 Suva – UN secretary general, Ban Ki Moon has been presented with the West Papua Fact Finding Mission Report titled “We Will Lose Everything” by PIANGO’s Executive Director, Emele Duituturaga. Duituturaga presented the report to Ban Ki Moon during day two of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey. The report was […]
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Suva – A report on a human rights fact finding mission to West Papua launched this morning reveals human rights violations by Indonesian security forces has not declined. And the economic and social status of Papuans has not improved. The report, authored by the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, titled, […]
Suva – The humanitarian system needs to be reformed so that it strengthens local leadership and community resilience says Pacific Islands Association of NGOs director, Emele Duituturaga. Duituturaga who will be representing PIANGO at next week’s World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul says she hopes that localization of aid would be prioritised as a summit outcome. […]
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Ekta Singh is the Finance and Projects officer at the PIANGO Secretariat. In addition to her Finance duties, she is currently assisting in the Self Determination and Decolonization project which she finds really interesting as this project works towards assisting Pacific CSOs to effectively articulate self-determination and lobby for decolonization in the Pacific which includes […]
Suva – Reports that assess the extent of regional government’s cooperation and their efforts to enable environments for Civil Society Organisations (CSO) is currently being compiled by Pacific Islands Association of NGOs affiliates says Executive Director, Emele Duituturaga. Ms Duituturaga said 8 PIANGO affiliates are expected to compile reports as part of the Busan Partnership […]
Decolonization is an interesting concept as it requires an understanding of the next generation transformational thinking to be engaged personally in the process of decolonizing one’s mind, realizing that most of what we now have as our values, traditions and cultures were actually imposed on us by our Colonizers. The ability to and the process […]
Country: Tuvalu Current Time in Tuvalu: NLU Name: Tuvalu Association of NGOs – TANGO Location: Tamaga Tahi Building, Seimeana Postal Address: P O Box 136, Funafuti, Tuvalu Telephone: (688) 20759 Fax: NA Email: tango@piango.net Vision: Our vision for TANGO is to become an efficient organisation working for the betterment of the […]
Country: Guam Current Time in Guam: NLU Name: Payu’ta Inc. Contact Details: Ms Sarah Thomas-Nededog Location: Hagatna, Guam 96910 Physical Address: 173 Aspinall, Suite 203, Hagatna, Guam 96910 Postal Address: P.O. BOX 326374 HAGATNA, GUAM 96932 Telephone: (671) 472-5424 OR (671) 777-0300 Fax: (671) 477-5873 Email: payuta@piango.net Website: http://payu-ta.org Officials: Chair – Sarah M. Thomas-Nededog , […]
Country: Fiji Current Time in Fiji: NLU Name: Fiji Council of Social Services – FCOSS Contact Details: Mr Neil Maharaj Location: 256 Waimanu Road, Suva Postal Address: P. O. Box 13476, Suva, Fiji Islands Telephone: (679)3312 649 Fax: (679)3302 936 Email: fcoss@piango.net Organisational Structure: Yes Governance Structure: Yes Number of Members: 500 members Vision: Our vision […]
PRNGO Pacific Regional Non-Governmental Organisations (PRNGOs) meet regularly to discuss issues of common concern. There are currently 13 organisations within the PRNGO group. Council of Pacific Education (COPE) Pacific Disability Forum (PDF) Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre (FWCC) Foundations of the People of the South Pacific (FSPI) Greenpeace Pacific Foundation for the Advancement of Women (PACFAW) […]
PIANGO’s membership is made up of national bodies called National Liaison Units (NLUs). These are organisations or networks of NGOs which are broadly representative of NGOs in their country. With one NLU per country or territory, each NLU has one vote in the PIANGO Council. Where there is no NLU, interim membership may be issued […]