At the outset, New Zealand would like to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report entitled “International Year of Volunteers: outcomes and future perspectives” (A/57/352), which is a useful overview of what was achieved both during and since the 2001 International Year of Vol…
New Zealand was pleased to vote in support of resolution 57/49, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).
For many years, we have advocated at the United Nations the importance of a comprehensive Test…
Mr. President, allow me to join the others who have expressed appreciation to you for holding this open meeting of the Council, and also to Sir Kieran Prendergast for the very comprehensive and, in our view, very accurate reflection of the situation on the ground in Bougainville.
My delegation is, …
At the outset, I should like to thank Ambassador Sharma for his introductory comments on the report (S/2002/1223) and also to compliment Ambassador Guterres on his first statement before the Council.
The Secretary-General’s report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) is …
I have the honour today to speak on behalf of the delegations of Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
Our delegations strongly support reform. We do so, not for the sake of change itself or because we equate change with savings. We support change because we believe this Organization must be strengthe…
May I add my delegation’s condolences to the families of the victims of last weekend’s appalling terrorist attacks in Bali, which has left many killed and many more injured. This a very tragic reminder of the global nature of the terrorist threat and the need equally of global responses, something i…
Sir, let me first offer my delegation’s congratulations on your election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. We look forward to working with you over the coming months.
My delegation will address particularly the second item in this joint debate — that is, the report …
Mr. President, may I begin by congratulating you on your assumption of the presidency and assure you of New Zealand’s cooperation during your term of office.
The opening of this, the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly, came just one day after the anniversary of the terrorist attack of 11…
Let me express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, and to the other members of the Council for acceding to the request of Member States, including ourselves, for an open meeting on the item on Bosnia and Herzegovina. The broader issue in this item is of course the linkage being drawn with the ju…
I should like, on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States, to congratulate Deputy Prime Minister Jan
Kavan on his election as President of the fifty-seventh session of the General Assembly. He will undoubtedly bring to that post a wealth of experience and skills and a diverse backg…
I should like to begin by saying how much we welcome these opportunities for non-members of the Council to comment on important political and security issues before the Council. To that end, I will be very brief.
We think that the political, security, economic and social dimensions of the situation…
May I, at the outset, echo the comments made by others about our pleasure at seeing you, Sir, here in the Chair today. It is appropriate not only because of Singapore’s role in the region and as a member of the Association of South- East Asian Nations (ASEAN), but also, as others have said, because …
New Zealand was pleased to support the draft resolution in document A/56/L.38 today. For many years, we advocated, within the United Nations, the importance of a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Its adoption in 1996 and the establishment of the Preparatory Commission marked significant steps f…
New Zealand voted in favour of draft resolution A/56/L.22 today, but not without considerable reservations. We would greatly have wished to have seen a more balanced text, particularly in the sixteenth preambular paragraph,
which might have acknowledged the high number of deaths and injuries among …
New Zealand warmly associates itself with the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Nauru on behalf of the States of the Pacific Islands Forum, of which New Zealand is a member. We would also like to add a few comments to the debate on our own behalf.
The Permanent Representative of Nau…
May I first express my condolences to the families and friends of those who died in this morning’s air crash. This was a tragedy in a city that has already seen more than its share of tragedy in recent times.
We meet in New York at this session of the General Assembly under the shadow of terrorist …
We are pleased to see once again the long list of speakers inscribed for this item. While our attention in the weeks following the events of 11 September has perhaps been largely focused elsewhere, as others have remarked previously, the Security Council’s leading role in the international effort to…
We welcome this debate at an early stage of this General Assembly session, particularly as the general debate has been postponed.
May I again, on behalf of all New Zealanders, express our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims of the attacks of 11 September, and to President George W. Bush…
Thank you, Mr. President, for the opportunity to speak today. May we also express our thanks to Under-Secretary-General
Guéhenno for his excellent briefing this morning on the result of the election in East Timor.
It is indeed with great pleasure that we join with others who have spoken earlier in…
First of all, I should like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on convening this plenary meeting of the General Assembly to consider the Secretary-General’s important report. There is a great deal of wisdom in this document, and we believe it will serve as an essential frame of reference for the Or…
