Roland Seib: archive I

News archive

Human Rights Watch calls for Indonesia to investigate the Death of Papuans
killed during protests across the country; RNZ link 9 Sept 2019

Wut und Armut in Papua; Arne Perras in Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23. August 2019; link

West Papua rebels unite to form new army; RNZ link

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The newly formed United Liberation Movement for West Papua. Photo: RNZ 1 July 2019

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Environmental toll of oil spill still being calculated, Solomon Times 3 July 2019, link

Analysis: The political economy of the Solomon Islands oil spill, by Daniel Evans
DevPolicyBlog, 8 March 2019, link

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The MV Solomon Trader stuck on a reef off Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands is leaking oil into the
ocean. Feb. 2019. Photo: Australian High Commission in Solomon Islands, Radio New Zealand, 4 March 2019

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds talks with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Port Moresby on 16 Nov. 2018 (Xinhua/Ding Lin); Assessments of the APEC summit by the APEC minister Tkatchenko, National link, Nick Bisley, ABC News (US-China tensions leave cooperation in the cold) link, Arne Perras in Sueddeutsche Zeitung (Eine Konferenz wird zur Arena) link und Tagesschau zum APEC Gipfel vom 18. Nov. 2018 link

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Group photo before a banquet held for leaders and representatives attending the
26th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and their spouses in Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea, on Nov. 17, 2018 (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

APEC House POM, Photo: RNZ 26 Oct. 2019 AFP/DOZIER Marc / hemis.fr

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Fleet of Maserati Quattroportes bought by the Papua New Guinea government
for the APEC Summit 2018 (photo and report carscoops, 4 Oct 2021, link)

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Air Niugini`s Boeing 737-800 landing in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Photo: AFP or licensors, Radio New Zealand, 29 September 2018, link

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June 2018
Post-election riots in PNGs
Southern Highlands Province:
first Air Niugini aircraft set alight, link
Photo: Martyn Namarong on Twitter

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Oceans Face Ultimate Threat from Deep Sea Mining
Urgent Need for Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining Exploration and Exploitation

Joint letter of scientists and NGOs to the International Seabed Authority (ISA)
25 July 2018, here

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New Report of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN):
Deep seabed mining: A rising environmental challenge
"We are operating in the dark. Our current understanding of the deep sea does not allow us to effectively protect marine life from mining operations." (Carl Gustaf Lundin) "Stringent precautionary measures to protect the marine environment should be a core part of any mining regulations, yet these remain missing in action." (Kristina Gjerde) 16 July 2018, link

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Stop the Exploitation of the Deep Sea!

POSITION PAPER OF GERMAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS
ON DEEP SEA MINING

AG Tiefseebergbau 14. Mai 2018, deutsch hier, English here

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Jonathan Pryke: What next for Papua New Guinea? A series of papers of Sydney´s Lowy Institute assessing the contemporary state of PNG (local politics, the PNG society, the internal security, the current state of the economy, the infrastructure, the changing nature of geopolitics in PNG, and a summarising paper on future scenarios). 6 December 2017, link

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18 December 2017: Pohiva retains Tonga prime ministership. link
17 November 2017: Akilisi Pohiva´s Democratic Party has won a resounding
election victory in Tonga. Voters continue to back political reform. link

Demonstration of Melanesian solidarity: independence groups from Maluku and
West Papua, German Pacific Society, Hamburg 13 June 2015

Berliner Erklärung von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern
zu den Bedingungen der Demokratie in der DIGITAL-WELT
Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW), Berlin, 29. August 2013, link

Report "No Golden Times. A study tour on mining and its impacts
on the environment and human rights in the Philippines"
1 June 2012, 5 pages, available here

Consultation with the governor of the province South Cotabato,
Arthur `Dodo´ Pingoy, City of Koronadal, Mindanao (photo: Roland Seib)

Women power and good local governance with Mayor Lani Sarillo Candolada and
councilors in Tulunan, South Cotabato, Mindanao (photo: Stephanie Gantert)

Partying after Joint Cultural Solidarity Night with Tri-People Youth
of Columbio, Tulunan, Mindanao (photo: Roland Seib)

Friedensbotschaft auf Campus der Steyler Missionare erneuert
Gedenkplakette in Vorbereitung

Am 13. Juni 2010 trafen sich im Anschluss an die Jahrestagung der Deutsch-Pazifischen Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) Hans-Joachim Brockmeyer, Heide Lienert-Emmerlich und Roland Seib im Garten der Steyler Missionare in St. Augustin bei Bonn, um mit dem Aufhängen eines weißen Tragenetzes (bilum) aus Papua-Neuguinea in der Friedenseiche zur weiteren Vernetzung, Wahrnehmung und Wertschätzung des offenen Blickes auf die ganze Welt zu ermutigen. Die Friedenseiche war am 7. Mai 1987 vom Präsidenten der DPG Dr. Friedrich Steinbauer im Rahmen der Jahrestagung „Der Pazifik im Spannungsfeld der Weltmächte“ gepflanzt worden. In Vorbereitung ist nun eine Plakette, die vor der Eiche an diese Pflanzung des mittlerweile hoch gewachsenen Baums und seine Botschaft erinnern soll. (24 Nov. 2010)