New Zealand welcomes the efforts of Russia, Turkey and others to reduce the level of fighting in Syria. We also welcome the efforts of the presidency, Russia and Turkey, and all other Council members to work for the adoption of a resolution that all Council members could support. That is a demonstra…
Today is a significant day for the Security Council, as the applause ringing around the Chamber earlier this afternoon attests. I was so very pleased that in this last meeting of the year we are able to adopt a very positive step on this most very difficult issue. The applause reflects the pent-up f…
New Zealand voted in favour of today’s draft resolution. For many months, New Zealand has argued that an arms embargo on South Sudan is needed as part of the international response to the continuing conflict. It is also a measure that has been strongly and repeatedly called for by the Secretary-Gene…
New Zealand has made no secret of its frustration that it has been almost eight years since the Security Council adopted a resolution on the Middle East peace process. New Zealand has worked hard over the past two years to try to advance a resolution on this issue, which we consider to be one of the…
I thank Mr. Ging and his team for his briefing.
As this is New Zealand’s last opportunity to address the humanitarian situation in Syria, we wanted to make a few remarks in the open Chamber.
Over the past two years, New Zealand has worked with the Security Council to try to improve the humanitaria…
Let me begin by congratulating the President of the Government of Spain, Mr. Rajoy Brey, and the Spanish delegation for this most timely debate and for the successful adoption of resolution 2331 (2016) today.
Trafficking in persons, like slavery, with which it is closely associated, used to be reg…
I welcome the opportunity to discuss this important and often overlooked aspect of the Council’s work: the work of our subsidiary bodies.
As an elected member for the past two years, New Zealand has been an active participant in the subsidiary bodies of the Council, including as Chair of the Securi…
I thank Special Representative Yamamoto and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for their support of the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011). Close coordination with UNAMA is important to the overall effectiveness of the 1988…
Twenty-three years ago, I sat behind my Ambassador as the Security Council discussed Rwanda. It was the most horrible experience. As I prepared to come here on my posting this time, I was often asked by my colleagues: What will be your Rwanda moment? I think it has probably arrived. Then, as now, th…
I want to thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her report and briefing. I commend her for the candor of her remarks and for the challenge that she has made to the Security Council.
New Zealand has long supported the need for an effective international accountability framework. Our experience on the …
I thank the Spanish presidency for convening this briefing. I also wish to thank our briefers today.
Promoting cooperation has long been an objective of the Security Council’s counter-terrorism efforts. Today’s resolution 2322 (2016), on international judicial cooperation on counter-terrorism, adva…
New Zealand remains a strong supporter of the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. As someone who worked on the Security Council resolutions that established the ICTY and the International Criminal Tribun…
New Zealand is bitterly disappointed that the Security Council was not able to come together today to adopt the draft resolution contained in document S/2016/1026.
The draft resolution, put forward by Egypt, Spain and New Zealand, represented only a small step. In our view, it was the minimum requi…
I thank the Secretary-General for his strong statement today.
New Zealand welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2321 (2016), which strengthens and expands the sanctions in place against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. This year has seen the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s…
New Zealand welcomes today’s briefing on the events unfolding in eastern Aleppo. We thank the briefers and commend them and the brave people that have been working with them in such difficult circumstances.
Over the past five years, New Zealand has been highly critical of the Security Council’s fai…
I wish to thank you, Minister Ndiaye, and your delegation for having convened this important and very interesting debate. I also express my appreciation to the Secretary-General and the other briefers.
The subject of today’s debate is somewhat challenging for New Zealand: on the one hand, we are su…
I thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien and Ms.Elizabeth Hoff for their briefings. I commend them and their staff for their courage and determination in persevering in such difficult and dispiriting conditions.
Mr. O’Brien asked the question as to why the Council is holding this meeting. We could have asked th…
I would like to thank Mr. Ndiaye for convening today’s meeting on an important subject and to acknowledge Senegal’s role as one of the most significant contributors to United Nations peacekeeping forces. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Wane, Ambassador António, Special Representative Menkerios a…
I thank Senegal for organizing this debate and the briefers for their important statements. Presidential statement S/PRST/2013/16 of October 2013, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) provided long overdue recognition of OIC’s growing role in pr…
New Zealand welcomes the forthcoming adoption later today of draft resolution A/71/L.13, which provides a clear reaffirmation of the international community’s ongoing commitment to supporting peace and stability in Afghanistan.
After more than 15 years of international assistance, it is wonderful t…
