In September 1999, Asia-Pacific leaders gathered in Auckland, New Zealand, for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. Less than two weeks earlier, the people of Timor-Leste had overwhelmingly chosen independence in a United Nations-supervised popular referendum, following which …
I have the honour to speak on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ). We reiterate our strong support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the critical role it plays in ensuring accountability for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community. States of cour…
In early June, the Secretary-General told the General Assembly that Syria was at a critical moment, and called on us to act with unity and a collective will. Yet here we are, two months later — the violence escalates, the death toll continues to rise, and many parts of Syria lie in ruins. The Syrian…
New Zealand welcomes the adoption today of resolution 66/288. The outcome document (resolution 66/288, annex) of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) was the product of weeks of work by States, major groups and the Secretariat, both here and in Rio de Janeiro, and we pay…
Last September, when we met a decade on from the 9/11 attacks to take stock of our collective efforts to combat international terrorism, it was clear that those efforts had already met with some success. Progress had been made in disrupting and dismantling international terrorist networks and in est…
We thank Under Secretary-General Ladsous and Ambassadors Tanin and Fedotov for their briefings.
Although we welcome recent developments in Afghanistan, which give room for cautious optimism,
we remain mindful that it continues to face many serious challenges. For example, while there is an encour…
Slavery is an abomination. It always has been an abomination and, regrettably, in the twenty-first century, it still is.
As an expression of solidarity with all victims of slavery, New Zealand has decided to contribute the sum of $10,000 to the United Nations Trust Fund for Partnerships — Permanen…
New Zealand joins the Secretary-General in thanking Special
Representative Staffan de Mistura for his leadership and service in Afghanistan, and looks forward to working with Mr. Ján Kubiš. We also welcome the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and thank him for his statement to the…
New Zealand is fully committed to the international humanitarian system. The massive demands on that system over the past year involve us all — Governments, the United Nations, the Red Cross and Red Crescent, non-governmental organizations, civil society and, of course, individuals. Some people, in …
New Zealand welcomes this opportunity to review efforts to achieve the objectives of the Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration — a debate that takes place against a challenging economic backdrop. Last year’s concern was that economic recovery was fragile and uneven. This year has presented ne…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the members of the Pacific Islands Forum that are represented at the United Nations. As a group connected by the Pacific Ocean, we have a collective depth of understanding of ocean issues and a
strong shared interest in ensuring that those issues receive due …
I would specifically like to address the March 2011 report of the independent Senior Advisory Group on Civilian Capacity in the Aftermath of Conflict (A/65/747), which, as many previous speakers have made clear — most recently the representative of Switzerland — makes a compelling case for urgent me…
New Zealand welcomes the presence today of Foreign Ministers Portas and Da Costa and Vice-Minister Machado, and also Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ameerah Haq, not only for her sterling work in Timor- Leste itself but also for her report here today.
That report highlights the fact…
New Zealand joins you, Mr. President, in expressing its condolences on the death of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. Our sympathy goes to the royal family, to the Government and to the people of Saudi Arabia.
New Zealand welcomes the launch of the International Year of Cooperatives and supports th…
As we say in Maori, to all peoples and to all voices, greetings, greetings, greetings to all.
I speak at the end of a period of intense United Nations dialogue and engagement. This year’s general debate provides unparalleled opportunities to reaffirm the unique multilateral role of the United Natio…
New Zealand thanks the President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Dupuy Lasserre of Uruguay, for presenting the Council’s sixth annual report (A/66/53 and Add.1). We also thank her predecessor, Ambassador Phuangketkeow of Thailand, for his excellent work. New Zealand remains a committed suppo…
To all peoples and to all voices, greetings, greetings to all!
I have the honour to introduce the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Pacific Islands Forum” under this agenda item on behalf of members of the Pacific Islands Forum based here in New York. Austral…
New Zealand thanks the Secretary-General for his latest report (S/2011/250), Ms. Coomaraswamy for her outstanding work as his Special Representative and Germany for organizing this debate during the month of its presidency, thus giving us an opportunity to influence the Council’s consideration of th…
When I last addressed the Council, I found myself expressing appreciation for the many statements of support that had been made in the aftermath of the then-recent Christchurch earthquake. I now find myself speaking immediately after the Permanent Representative of Japan. I would like to express New…
New Zealand has watched with concern the grave developments that continue to unfold in Libya. We therefore applaud today’s adoption of resolution 65/265. We express solidarity with those courageous Libyans who are seeking an end to a totalitarian regime. We strongly condemn the actions that have sla…
