I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of New Zealand.
New Zealand thanks Norway for choosing to focus on women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace and security processes as today’s theme. We fully support Norway’s commitment to elevating participation during its Coun…
At the outset, New Zealand would like to thank the facilitators of the draft resolutions (A/76/L.23, A/76/L.24, A/76/L.26 and
A/76/L.27) for their diligent work to find consensus under trying circumstances. New Zealand is pleased to co-sponsor the humanitarian draft resolutions up for adoption.
In…
Aotearoa New Zealand is pleased to co-sponsor the draft resolutions on oceans and the law of the sea (A/76/L.20) and on sustainable fisheries (A/76/L.18). We wish to convey our sincere gratitude to the coordinators, Ms. Natalie Morris-Sharma and Mr. Andreas Kravik, for their hard work. We also thank…
I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important high-level meeting.
New Zealand welcomes the adoption of the Political Declaration on the implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons (resolution 76/7). A strong, cooperative, …
New Zealand thanks President Hofmański for the report (see A/76/293) of the International Criminal Court and welcomes this opportunity to discuss the International Criminal Court’s contribution to the international rule of law and its relationship with the United Nations.
We commend the progress ma…
I am pleased to deliver this statement today on behalf of Canada, Australia and my own country, New Zealand (CANZ).
On behalf of CANZ, I would like to congratulate the co-Chairs on their appointment to the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Revitalization of the Work of the General Assembly. The CANZ coun…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of Australia, Canada and my own country, New Zealand (CANZ).
At the outset, I would like to congratulate the co-facilitators, Ambassadors Mimouni and Hermann, the Permanent Representatives of Algeria and Denmark, and their teams on the successfu…
I have the honour and the pleasure to introduce a pre-recorded statement by Her Excellency Ms. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister and Minister for National Security and Intelligence, Child Poverty Reduction, and Ministerial Services of New Zealand.
Today I have the honour of speaking on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand (CANZ) at this general debate on the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy.
Terrorism remains an urgent threat that can best be addressed through collective action. However, the nature of that threat is ch…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this important meeting.
New Zealand aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the representative of Portugal on behalf of the Accountability, Coherence and Transparency (ACT) group. Let me therefore make a few additional comments in my national capacity.
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Aotearoa New Zealand welcomes this opportunity for the General Assembly to focus on an important matter. As the
Assembly convenes, the deadly violence and bloodshed in Israel and Palestine persists. By day’s end, more civilians will have tragically and needlessly lost their lives, some of them infa…
I would like to start by thanking Ms. Catherine Marchi-Uhel, the Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Today we honour the memories of the women, men and children, especially those of African descen…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the Group of Western European and other States on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Today’s meeting is an important reminder that more than 50 years after the adoption of the International Con…
We thank President Eboe-Osuji for his report (see A/75/324 and A/75/324/Corr.1) and welcome the opportunity to discuss the International Criminal Court’s contribution to the international rule of law and its relationship with the United Nations.
We commend the progress made by the Court in 2019 and…
Allow me to begin by thanking President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for his statement today and for the submission of its annual report (A/75/276). I have the honour today of speaking on behalf of Canada, Australia and my own country, New Zealand (CANZ).
CANZ woul…
E ngā mana, e ngā reo, Rau Rangatira mā o te Ao, Ngā māngai o ngā whenua ake, Huri rauna I te Ao, Tēnā koutou katoa mai Aotearoa.
My opening remarks were in Te Reo Māori, an official language of New Zealand and the language of the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. While geographically remo…
The global humanitarian context is increasingly challenging. The adverse effects of climate change, natural disasters and a lack of political will to prevent and end conflicts are driving humanitarian need.
Respect for international humanitarian law remains paramount for New Zealand. We are appalle…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child has had a profound influence over the past 30 years on the way we work with children and, in turn, develop our policies and practices, from our work here at the United Nations, to classrooms and in communities across the globe. New Zealand joins in celebrati…
We thank President Chile Eboe-Osuji for his report (see A/74/324) and his ongoing service to the International Criminal Court. We commend the Court’s recent achievements, as reflected in the President’s report, and its ongoing relationship with the United Nations. We note with appreciation the Court…
