I thank you, Mr. President, for those kind words as I prepare to leave New York.
New Zealand welcomes these reports from the United Nations counter-terrorism committees. In responding to the threat of global terrorism, the United Nations, through the work of the General Assembly, the Security Counc…
I thank the Secretary- General for his report on the situation in Timor-Leste (S/2009/72). I also thank you, Mr. President, having convened this open debate. We value very highly Japan’s leadership in the Security Council and in the Timor-Leste Core Group.
It is an honour and a pleasure to welcome …
New Zealand welcomes progress made in Afghanistan since this time
last year and is pleased once again to be a sponsor of draft resolution A/63/L.17, prepared and introduced by Germany.
We congratulate the Government of Afghanistan on its efforts to improve the situation, including in the areas of …
I have the honour to present this statement on behalf of members of the Pacific Islands Forum based in New York, namely: Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and New Z…
New Zealand joins others in expressing its appreciation to Ambassador Uhomoibhi for his report on the second cycle of the Human Rights Council (A/63/53). We also thank Ambassador Costea for his work as former President of the Council. New Zealand wishes to see the Council live up to its mandate and …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and my own country, New Zealand — the CANZ delegations. At the outset, Canada, Australia and New Zealand wish to reaffirm their strong support for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Trib…
Sixty-three years after its formation, the United Nations remains the world’s central international body. Only here do all countries come together to devise solutions and to forge collective action on global challenges. And these are particularly challenging times. As the Secretary- General and many…
It is my pleasure to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (the CANZ countries). For time efficiency, I shall deliver a shortened version of our circulated statement.
We are facing an unprecedented challenge. The global food crisis endangers the world’s poorest and most vulnerable. I…
I thank the Secretary- General for his special report on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Special Representative Eide and Under-Secretary-General Holmes for their briefings today, and Foreign Minister Spantâ for his presentation.
New Zealand is pleased with the outcomes…
I thank the Secretary- General for his latest report on the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.
New Zealand has been pleased to see progress in Afghanistan, both on the political front and in terms of counter-insurgency operations over the past year, as the Ambassador of Afghanistan r…
I thank the Secretary- General for his report on the situation in Timor-Leste, Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing and Ambassador Santos for his statement this morning. I join others in expressing New Zealand’s deep concern at the recent attacks in Timor-Leste on the President and the …
New Zealand welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this thematic debate.
At the outset, my delegation wishes to align itself with the statement made yesterday by the representative of the Kingdom of Tonga on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum.
New Zealand was very pleased to see the launch in …
I would like to thank the Security Council mission for the report on their recent visit to Timor-Leste (S/2007/711). New Zealand welcomes the mission’s visit as an important opportunity for the Council to see first-hand the situation in Timor-Leste, a few months after the formation of the new Govern…
Five years ago, the hopes and aspirations that child representatives of many nations brought to the special session on children challenged us all to make a better world for children and young people. I am proud to say that in our delegation, we have with us two young New Zealanders who were present …
Thank you, Mr. President, for calling this open debate. New Zealand welcomes the latest report of the Secretary- General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict (S/2007/643), which provides an important assessment of developments and highlights challenges to the effective protection of civi…
We recognize that Afghanistan faces serious ongoing challenges and that it will require assistance from the international community for some time to come. Considerable effort is being directed to helping with the development of the Afghanistan National Army and Police so that Afghanistan will eventu…
Thank you, Mr. President, for giving me the floor to comment on the allocation of agenda item 65, “Report of the Human Rights Council”. There are important principles that risk being overlooked in this apparently straightforward proposal just put before us, namely, to have the report of the Human Ri…
New Zealand welcomes the introduction of the joint resolution on “Peace, security and reunification on the Korean peninsula (A/62/L.4) to the United Nations General Assembly. This is an important record of the second inter-Korean summit and endorses its central objective of bringing peace and stabil…
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said this year that “We do not accept that there is anything inevitable or unavoidable about tension and conflict between ethnicities, cultures and faiths”. New Zealand considers that tensions arising from ignorance, unfamiliarity and a lack of understanding ca…
As we meet for the sixty-second session of the General Assembly, we look again to the United Nations as the global forum to address the challenges which affect us all.
Climate change is serious and urgent, as many have said in this Hall. We welcome that it has been the theme of our general debate t…
