Any United Nations’ role in negotiating the territory’s self-determination aspirations is rejected by France.

The 185 passengers disembarked in Aceh province but 30 other people had died at sea, survivors told a local fisherman.

Tensions are high ahead of the 171st anniversary of French colonial occupation of New Caledonia next week.

President Hilda Heine says all nations must be accountable “without exception or double standard.”

Brazil’s Leticia Carvalho promises a return to “transparency, accountability” at organization perceived as aligned with mining interests.

UN remains very concerned over increasing recent reports of violent incidents and civilian casualties involving security forces and pro-independence groups.

Nuclear weapons test legacy is felt across the Pacific, notably in Marshall Islands and French Polynesia.