The situation in Syria is bleak. Aleppo has fallen. The fate of tens of thousands of civilians is unclear. Despite the strong calls from members of the Security Council and others, civilians continue to suffer.
New Zealand has used strong words in this Chamber to describe the actions of Russia, and…
We start by congratulating Spain on its leadership of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and on our common effort to ensure that the non-proliferation regime that the Committee oversees is able to respond to today’s challenges.
My country has a long and proud record of act…
I would like to start by thanking Minister Selim for convening this open debate on countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism. Today we are dealing with a threat whose
scale and spread requires a global and collective response and surely commands the attention of the Security Council.
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I would like to start by thanking the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and realistic briefing.
Next Saturday, it will be two years since negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians were suspended. In the meantime, violence has escalated, the settlements have continued and trust between …
It is with a sense of dismay that we address the Council today on the lack of progress in relations between Israel and Palestine and the violence that has raged there in the past few weeks. For the nine and a half months we have been non-permanent members of the Council, we have made clear New Zeala…
New Zealand welcomes this Security Council debate on the resolution of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and we welcome the fact that it involves Foreign Ministers from so many members of the Council.
But we do not welcome the fact that today we will adopt no resolution, and not even a…
New Zealand welcomes the ambition contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and we support the substance of the Goals. Indeed, it would be hard not to. As a specific country that places a high priority on the needs of small island developing States, New Zealand regards the achievement o…
New Zealand congratulates China for this initiative. We agree that this is the right time for the Council to undertake a measure of serious self-examination and to assess where we are performing well and where we are not. We agree that the Council needs to do much better. That is clearly the view of…
It is an honour to address the General Assembly today on behalf of the Prime Minister and Government of New Zealand. Our general election took place in the past week. Our Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John Key, is engaged in forming a Government, and that is why he is unable to be in New York…
I bring greetings from the South Pacific. For the past year, New Zealand has had the privilege of chairing the Pacific Islands Forum, a regional body that represents some of the smallest and most vulnerable States on this planet. For us that has been an important responsibility.
Because we are a sm…
It is an honour to lead New Zealand’s delegation this year. The opening of the General Assembly’s new session is the best example there is of the capacity of the United Nations to bring us all together. Our discussions here will be wide-ranging, but inevitably settle on two main issues: global secur…
I welcome the opportunity to review progress towards the
achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and to identify steps we might take that will improve progress.
I come from the South Pacific — a region that according to recent reports sits second only to sub- Saharan Africa in terms…
