Greetings! Let me begin by congratulating President Ashe on his election to the presidency of the General Assembly. He is taking the reins at an important time. We wish him every success, and he has New Zealand’s support.
The recent events in Kenya, Iraq and Pakistan show how troubled the world can…
New Zealand joins the consensus on resolution 68/2 but regrets that we were
not able to conclude the intergovernmental process during the sixty-seventh session.
We believe that the draft text annexed to the co-facilitators’ report presents a good package of measures to ensure a robust and effectiv…
I have the honour of introducing draft resolution A/67/L.79 on behalf of Australia, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands, the current Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, whose warm ho…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate, which is so significant. Today’s briefings by the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and the reprentative of the Intern…
We welcome your initiative, Madam President, in bringing truly relevant and innovative briefers to the Security Council. Journalists reporting on situations of armed conflict, like the briefers we have heard today, deserve credit for bringing to Headquarters the grim reality of armed conflict.
Toge…
New Zealand welcomes the presence of Foreign Secretary Hague, and the attention paid to this important issue by the Group of Eight and the United Kingdom in particular. We also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and Special Representative Bangura, who has been a
fearless advocate on sexu…
I thank the Secretary- General and Special Representative Bangura for their statements. I will deliver an abridged version of my statement in the interests of time; the full text will be distributed in the Chamber.
New Zealand congratulates Rwanda, in particular its Minister for Foreign Affairs, wh…
New Zealand is pleased to associate itself with the statement delivered this morning by the representative of Mexico on behalf of 98 States Members of the United Nations.
The General Assembly gave an exceptionally difficult task to what it described as the Final United Nations Conference on the Arm…
With close to 1 billion people suffering from malnutrition, including one third of all children in the developing world, and with rapid population growth, soaring food prices and climate change threatening to intensify those challenges, the imperative to identify viable options for sustainable agric…
New Zealand welcomes the fact that Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary has chosen to be present for this debate, and we join Luxembourg and others in applauding the fact that Pakistan, one of the principal troop-contributing countries (TCCs) of the United Nations, is taking the initiative to bring this deb…
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. We also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his commendably brief and focused report (S/2012/746) and recommendations, and Ambassador Momen, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his briefing.
However, as we read that Secretary…
Let me begin by offering New Zealand’s sympathy to the families and colleagues of the United Nations humanitarian personnel who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their duties this year. We applaud the dedication of all United Nations staff who work in dangerous and difficult cir…
My delegation is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/67/L.21, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, which has just been introduced by Trinidad and Tobago, and we particularly compliment Ambassador Eden Charles on his careful stewardship of that particular draft resolution. New Zealand had t…
New Zealand appreciates the opportunity to mark the twelfth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000) and thanks both last month’s President, Guatemala, and now India for organizing this very important debate.
It is appropriate that this particular debate should focus on the role of women’s civil socie…
New Zealand thanks India and you, Sir, personally for convening this debate and for the concept note (S/2012/853, annex), and we compliment the Ambassador for Portugal on his presentation.
This is an important debate. It is vital that the Council be both efficient and effective in discharging its r…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and to join others in thanking the President for convening today’s debate and the Secretary-General for his report (A/67/280).
The two years since our last debate on this agenda item have been significant for …
In September 1999, Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Auckland, New Zealand, for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Less than two weeks earlier, the people of Timor-Leste had overwhelmingly chosen independence in a United Nations-supervised popular referendum, following which …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). We reiterate our strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the critical role it plays in ensuring accountability for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. States of cour…
I bring greetings from the South Pacific. For the past year, New Zealand has had the privilege of chairing the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional body that represents some of the smallest and most vulnerable States on this planet. For us that has been an important responsibility.
Because we are a sm…
In early June, the Secretary-General told the General Assembly that Syria was at a critical moment, and called on us to act with unity and a collective will. Yet here we are, two months later — the violence escalates, the death toll continues to rise, and many parts of Syria lie in ruins. The Syrian…
