Our debate today takes place just two weeks after the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction was opened for signature in Ottawa. Over 120 countries have already signed this instrument, including New Zealand. We …
This has been a special year for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). At the time of its fortieth anniversary we had the opportunity to look back on the Agency’s very considerable achievements since 1957 and look forward to the future. In New Zealand’s view, the IAEA has established itself…
The scale of the problem caused by landmines is well documented, including in the Secretary-General’s report (A/51/540). More than 110 million landmines have been laid in more than 60 countries. Only some 100,000 are removed annually, while at the same time millions of new ones are still being laid.…
New Zealand supported the resolution we have just adopted under agenda item 73. We did so because of our concerns about the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East. We share the concern that other States parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) expressed at t…
New Zealand is pleased to have the opportunity to participate once again in the debate on the report of the Security Council.
As the report in document A/50/2 makes clear — and the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic gave us some very good examples a few moments ago — the year under cons…
