Like my colleague from the United Kingdom, I am also going to shorten my statement. The full version will be available on the website of the Permanent Mission of New Zealand.
Let me begin by thanking Senegal for convening this important discussion, and our briefers for the information and analysis …
Since the United Nations was established in 1945, the world has undergone huge changes. The Organization has grown from 51 Member States to 193 today. Against that backdrop and in the face of unprecedented global challenges, Security Council reform has become more critical than ever. The United Nati…
I begin by thanking my friend and colleague, Judge Silvia Fernández of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for presenting the report on the work of the Court (see A/71/342) and for her ongoing service to the Court. We welcome the opportunity for continued dialogue to discuss the Court’s contribu…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy, Mr. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed; the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Stephen O’Brien; and the World Food Programme Regional Director, Mr. Muhannad Hadi, for their briefings and for their work and for their support of Yemen and it…
I too thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General Bordyuzha, Secretary-General Alimov and Vice-Chair Ivanov for their briefings.
New Zealand strongly supports active and regular cooperation between the Security Council and regional and subregional organizations in preventing and resolvin…
I have the honour to speak today on behalf of the group of countries consisting of Australia, Canada and my own country, New Zealand.
Our group would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Mr. Ronny Abraham, for his report on the work of the Court over the past year. As …
Today’s briefing highlights once again the horror of the situation in Syria. After nearly six years, the conflict gets even more brutal and shocking. The situation currently unfolding in eastern Aleppo, where the presence of a few hundred terrorists is being used as a pretext for indiscriminate atta…
I too thank our briefers and the Secretary-General for his personal commitment to advancing the Women and Peace and Security agenda.
I have four key points to make today, but frankly it is disappointing that I have to make any of them in 2016. It is my personal hope that by the time New Zealand pre…
Let me also like to thank Nickolay Mladenov and Stephen O’Brien for their briefings.
This is the final Middle East open debate of New Zealand’s current Security Council term. We think it appropriate, therefore, to reflect on the Council’s collective response to the grave and intensifying peace-and-…
We too have been following with heavy hearts the reports of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Matthew in the Republic of Haiti. We extend our deepest sympathy to those who have lost loved ones, suffered injury, had property damaged and their livelihoods disrupted.
There is no doubt that the hurr…
I am used to the fantastical reveries of the Syrian representative. Very little of what he says can be relied upon as accurate. But when he tells blatant lies about the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Syrian people, I must speak up. The record is clear. The delays in the delivery of humanitarian…
New Zealand voted against the draft resolution submitted by the Russian Federation (S/2016/847) due to its partial and misleading nature and Russia’s destructive role in the Syrian conflict and because Russia provided no scope for any negotiation on a text on such a sensitive issue — an issue to whi…
The situation in Aleppo is devastating, as Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura made very clear to us yesterday. He warned us that we are facing a situation not dissimilar to those in Rwanda and Srebrenica, atrocities the Council signally failed to prevent. We must learn our lessons; we must stop the de…
It is special pleasure to speak to the General Assembly under the presidency of a Pacific island friend.
The world is facing serious challenges. Borders are closing to people and products, and to investment and ideas. Many States are turning inwards. The politics of fear and extremism are gaining g…
Let me begin by congratulating Malaysia and your team, Mr. President, for conducting the Security Council’s work so well during this past month. We want to thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting and for providing a very useful focus for our discussions, including on conflict- prevention and on t…
I welcome First Deputy Prime Minister Dačić and Ambassador Çitaku to the Security Council today, and I thank Special Representative Tanin for his briefing.
New Zealand welcomes progress in the political situation in Kosovo, as outlined in the Secretary- General’s report (S/2016/666) and in Special …
We thank Malaysia for organizing this important open debate.
The past two years have been troubling ones for efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The threat of the acquisition and use of such weapons by non-State actors is no longer a hypothetical question. We…
I thank Under- Secretary-General O’Brien for his briefing. I would assure him that we remember Khaled Omar Harrah, and we remember and commend all of the humanitarian and search-and-rescue workers who have put themselves at risk as they strive to save and support innocent civilians, both in Syria an…
New Zealand, too, welcomes the adoption of resolution 2304 (2016). It is disappointing that the Council was unable to reach unanimity on the text, but on issues as important as this, sometimes that is just not possible. The Council has nonetheless adopted this resolution under Chapter VII of the Cha…
We congratulate Malaysia on convening this debate and on
its leadership of the Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict. We thank the Secretary-General for his careful briefing, and Ms. Zerrougui and Mr. Lake both for their briefings and for their important work in protecting the interests of c…
