New Zealand extends its deepest sympathy to the families and colleagues of those United Nations humanitarian personnel who lost their lives or were injured in the course of their duties this year. We applaud the dedication of all national and international humanitarian personnel working in and with …
New Zealand aligns itself with the statement to be delivered shortly on behalf of the Pacific Islands Forum by the representative of the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
My delegation is pleased to join many others in sponsoring draft resolution A/68/L.18, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”,…
New Zealand commends the President of the General Assembly for taking up the challenge of Security Council reform, the need for which was again strongly emphasized in many statements from our leaders in the general debate earlier in the session.
There is little doubt that structures designed in the…
New Zealand thanks President Song for his report (see A/68/314), and pays tribute to his ongoing service and that of his fellow judges on the International Criminal Court.
New Zealand has traditionally been a very strong supporter of the Court. We have invested in the success of international judic…
Australia, Canada and New Zealand thank the President of the International Court of Justice, Judge Tomka, for introducing the report on the work of the Court over the past year (A/68/4).
Universal adherence to the international rule of law is crucial for the peaceful settlement of disputes and the …
I will give a somewhat shortened version of the distributed statement. We thank the delegation of Azerbaijan for organizing today’s very important debate and we welcome the
Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2122 (2013). New Zealand also associates itself with the statement to be d…
I am mindful of the clock, and therefore a full version of my comments will be available at a later stage.
New Zealand welcomes this opportunity to review efforts to achieve the objectives of the Monterrey Consensus and Doha Declaration — objectives that remain very relevant as work begins on the …
I have the honour of introducing draft resolution A/67/L.79 on behalf of Australia, Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and the Marshall Islands, the current Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, whose warm ho…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate, which is so significant. Today’s briefings by the Secretary-General, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and the reprentative of the Intern…
We welcome your initiative, Madam President, in bringing truly relevant and innovative briefers to the Security Council. Journalists reporting on situations of armed conflict, like the briefers we have heard today, deserve credit for bringing to Headquarters the grim reality of armed conflict.
Toge…
New Zealand welcomes the presence of Foreign Secretary Hague, and the attention paid to this important issue by the Group of Eight and the United Kingdom in particular. We also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General and Special Representative Bangura, who has been a
fearless advocate on sexu…
I thank the Secretary- General and Special Representative Bangura for their statements. I will deliver an abridged version of my statement in the interests of time; the full text will be distributed in the Chamber.
New Zealand congratulates Rwanda, in particular its Minister for Foreign Affairs, wh…
New Zealand is pleased to associate itself with the statement delivered this morning by the representative of Mexico on behalf of 98 States Members of the United Nations.
The General Assembly gave an exceptionally difficult task to what it described as the Final United Nations Conference on the Arm…
New Zealand welcomes the fact that Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary has chosen to be present for this debate, and we join Luxembourg and others in applauding the fact that Pakistan, one of the principal troop-contributing countries (TCCs) of the United Nations, is taking the initiative to bring this deb…
We thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate. We also wish to thank the Secretary-General for his commendably brief and focused report (S/2012/746) and recommendations, and Ambassador Momen, Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission, for his briefing.
However, as we read that Secretary…
Let me begin by offering New Zealand’s sympathy to the families and colleagues of the United Nations humanitarian personnel who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their duties this year. We applaud the dedication of all United Nations staff who work in dangerous and difficult cir…
My delegation is pleased to co-sponsor draft resolution A/67/L.21, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, which has just been introduced by Trinidad and Tobago, and we particularly compliment Ambassador Eden Charles on his careful stewardship of that particular draft resolution. New Zealand had t…
New Zealand appreciates the opportunity to mark the twelfth anniversary of resolution 1325 (2000) and thanks both last month’s President, Guatemala, and now India for organizing this very important debate.
It is appropriate that this particular debate should focus on the role of women’s civil socie…
New Zealand thanks India and you, Sir, personally for convening this debate and for the concept note (S/2012/853, annex), and we compliment the Ambassador for Portugal on his presentation.
This is an important debate. It is vital that the Council be both efficient and effective in discharging its r…
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and to join others in thanking the President for convening today’s debate and the Secretary-General for his report (A/67/280).
The two years since our last debate on this agenda item have been significant for …
