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By Graham Tenaen Robinson Papua New Guinea is now seen amongst the international community as practicing Arbitrary Detention prohibited by the United Nations Division for Human Rights. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under Article 9 reads; “NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO ARBITRARY ARREST, DETENTION AND EXILE” Papua New Guinea in its bid to participate under bilateral ties with Australia in providing our land to be used for their offshore processing centre is now seen to have breached article 9 under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under the UN Convention. United Nations and its member states have not commented to date, whilst we conduct our business pertaining to Australia's immigration policy on offshore processing. As a matter of human participation recognized by our membership symbolizing our stand supporting the preservation to freedom of speech, justice and peace we seem to have coherently broken NEARLY ALL articles listed under the Universal Declaratio

By Graham Tenaen Robinson Papua New Guinea is now seen amongst the international community as practicing Arbitrary Detention prohibited by the United Nations Division for Human Rights. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under Article 9 reads; “NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO ARBITRARY ARREST, DETENTION AND EXILE” Papua New Guinea in its bid to participate under bilateral ties with Australia in providing our land to be used for their offshore processing centre is now seen to have breached article 9 under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights under the UN Convention. United Nations and its member states have not commented to date, whilst we conduct our business pertaining to Australia's immigration policy on offshore processing. As a matter of human participation recognized by our membership symbolizing our stand supporting the preservation to freedom of speech, justice and peace we seem to have coherently broken NEARLY ALL articles listed under the Universal

Leading economist Ross Garnaut is calling on the Australian Government to negotiate a deal with Papua New Guinea to prevent the arbitrary use of its immigration powers to disrupt business between the two countries. The call comes after Professor Garnaut was forced to resign as chairman of PNG's largest mining company because of a travel ban imposed on him by the nation's prime minister, Peter O'Neill. The ban on Professor Garnaut travelling to PNG was imposed in November after he expressed an opinion on a spat between BHP Billiton and Mr O'Neill over the control of the PNG Sustainable Development Program (PNGSDP). The PNGSDP is a $1.4 billion charitable trust set up by BHP when it handed over its shares in Ok Tedi to the people of Papua New Guinea. Professor Garnaut says the ban represents a dark day for PNG. "My ban was a low point for Australian diplomacy generally, a low point for PNG development, and a low point for Papua New Guinea democracy," he said Pro

Leading economist Ross Garnaut is calling on the Australian Government to negotiate a deal with Papua New Guinea to prevent the arbitrary use of its immigration powers to disrupt business between the two countries. The call comes after Professor Garnaut was forced to resign as chairman of PNG's largest mining company because of a travel ban imposed on him by the nation's prime minister, Peter O'Neill. The ban on Professor Garnaut travelling to PNG was imposed in November after he expressed an opinion on a spat between BHP Billiton and Mr O'Neill over the control of the PNG Sustainable Development Program (PNGSDP). The PNGSDP is a $1.4 billion charitable trust set up by BHP when it handed over its shares in Ok Tedi to the people of Papua New Guinea. Professor Garnaut says the ban represents a dark day for PNG. "My ban was a low point for Australian diplomacy generally, a low point for PNG development, and a low point for Papua New Guinea democracy," he said P

By PATRICK O'CONNOR PAPUA NEW GUINEAN prime minister Peter O’Neill recently made his first official visit to Australia since his win in August’s national elections. O’Neill’s appearances in Canberra and Sydney demonstrated why the Australian government regards the prime minister as their man. He rejected any suggestion that Papua New Guinea was in danger of developing close strategic and military ties with China, and assured Australian investors in the mining and energy sectors that their interests would be upheld. On Monday, O’Neill participated in the PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference in Sydney. The annual event was this year attended by a record 1,300 delegates, including executives from many of the major transnational giants including ExxonMobil, Rio Tinto, and Xstrata, as well as the multitude of smaller Australian, American, European, and Asian corporations now seeking to exploit PNG’s vast reserves of oil and gas, gold, copper, nickel, and other minerals. These

By PATRICK O'CONNOR PAPUA NEW GUINEAN prime minister Peter O’Neill recently made his first official visit to Australia since his win in August’s national elections. O’Neill’s appearances in Canberra and Sydney demonstrated why the Australian government regards the prime minister as their man. He rejected any suggestion that Papua New Guinea was in danger of developing close strategic and military ties with China, and assured Australian investors in the mining and energy sectors that their interests would be upheld. On Monday, O’Neill participated in the PNG Mining and Petroleum Investment Conference in Sydney. The annual event was this year attended by a record 1,300 delegates, including executives from many of the major transnational giants including ExxonMobil, Rio Tinto, and Xstrata, as well as the multitude of smaller Australian, American, European, and Asian corporations now seeking to exploit PNG’s vast reserves of oil and gas, gold, copper, nickel, and other m

ECONOMIST Ross Garnaut has quit as chairman of Papua New Guinea's biggest-earning company, Ok Tedi Mining, as a result of PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's declaration in parliament two months ago that he was barred from entering the country. Professor Garnaut, who has been involved with PNG for 47 years, said in his resignation letter: "It is undesirable for development in PNG that the government's use of its immigration powers should be seen as having been effective in forcing changes in the board of a major private company. "For this reason, there was value in allowing some time for the Prime Minister to lift the ban should he be of a mind to do so." But now, he said, "it is not possible for me to fulfill my responsibilities as chairman of this large, complex mining company for an indefinite period while the government is preventing me from travelling to PNG" - which he had been doing seven or eight times a year. Mr O'Neill said in Novem