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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade representatives regularly make speeches to a range of international organisations, primarily the United Nations. The speeches are arranged by date with the most recent first. The subject of the speech and the organisation addressed is contained in the link to the speech.
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Third Committee: Human Rights Day, LGBT Side Event. Opening statement by H.E. Ambassador Jim McLay
United Nations General Assembly Sixty-Fifth Session Item 74(A) And (B) Oceans and Law of the Sea. Pacific Islands Forum statement, delivered By H.E. Stuart Beck, Permanent Representative of Palau
Ninth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court -General debate. Statement on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand by H.E. Jim McLay Permanent Representative of New Zealand
Third Committee: First informal consultation on the Human Rights Council Review. Statement by H.E. Ambassador Jim McLay
Montreal Protocol – 22nd Meeting of the Parties High Level Segment. Statement by Wendy Hinton Head of New Zealand delegation
Agenda item 140: Administration of Justice - CANZ Statement. Statement by Paul Ballantyne on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Statement on Afghanistan. Plenary by H.E Ambassador Jim McLay
Sixth Committee of the General Assembly Agenda item 79. The report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-second session: Chapters VIII (obligation to extradite or prosecute); X (treaties over time); XI (MFN clause); XII (shared natural resources). New Zealand statement by Natalie Ryan, Legal Adviser, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
United Nations General Assembly Agenda item 71 Report of the International Court of Justice. Statement on behalf of CANZ by H.E. Jim McLay, Permanent Representative
Item 134: Human Resource Management - Item 136: UN Common System. Statement by HE Mr Gary Quinlan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand
Sixth Committee of the General Assembly Agenda item 79. The report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-second session: Chapters V (Expulsion of aliens); VI (Effects of armed conflict on treaties) and VII (Protection of persons in the event of natural disasters). New Zealand statement by Natalie Ryan, Legal Adviser, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Security Council: Women, Peace and Security. Statement by H.E. Jim McLay Permanent Representative
Third Committee: Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Ms Gabriela Knaul. Intervention by Felicity Brown, Advisor
CANZ Statement: Agenda item 81 Consideration of Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Substances and Allocation of Loss in the Case of Such Harm. Delivered on behalf of CANZ by Natalie Ryan Legal Adviser, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Third Committee Item 68(a) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:UN General Assembly. Statement by New Zealand on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand delivered by Tara Morton
First Committee Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons. Statement by Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament
First Committee Thematic Debate: Disarmament Machinery. Statement By Dell Higgie Ambassador For Disarmament
Third Committee Item 66a Indigenous Issues. UN General Assembly Statement by Tara Morton Second Secretary
First Committee Thematic debate: Nuclear Weapons. Statement by Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament
Agenda Item 85: The rule of law at the national and international levels: Laws and practices of Member States in implementing international law. Sixth Committee of the General Assembly. Statement on behalf of CANZ delivered by Alice Revell Second Secretary/ Legal Adviser
Criminal Accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission. Statement on behalf of CANZ delivered by Keith Morrill, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Canada
Special Political and Decolonisation Committee (Fourth Committee) - Agenda Item 59: the Question of Tokelau. Statement by Bernadette Cavanagh Deputy Permanent Representative
Items 128 and 139: Activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services and Annual Report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee. UN General Assembly. Delivered by Paul Ballantyne
Agenda items 72 and 73 Report of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia. UN General Assembly. Delivered by Ms Sue Robertson
Agenda item 140, Administration of Justice at the United Nations. Statement on behalf of CANZ by Ms Alice Revell, Second Secretary/ Legal Adviser
Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, CANZ Statement, UN General Assembly. Delivered by Ms Sue Robertson
First Committee General Debate, UN General Assembly. Statement by Dell Higgie, Ambassador for Disarmament
First Committee General Debate, Statement by New Agenda Coalition UN General Assembly. Delivered by Alison Kelly, Ireland's Permanent Mission the the United Nations
CANZ Intervention Human Rights Council – Democratic Republic of Congo. Statement by Canada of behalf of Australia, New Zealand and Canada
Introduction of L27 on Behalf of the Missions of Burkina Faso, Colombia and New Zealand - “Preventable Maternal Mortality and Morbidity and Human Rights: Follow-Up to Council Resolution 11/8”. Statement by New Zealand's UN Deputy Permanent Representative, Wendy Hinton on behalf of the Missions of Burkina Faso, Colombia and New Zealand
Fifteenth Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - Item 2: High Commissioner’s Update. Statement by New Zealand's representative, Dr James Kember
Fifteenth Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - Statement of New Zealand Women’s equality before the law. Statement by New Zealand's representative, Hine-Wai Loose
Fifteenth Regular Session of the Human Rights Council - Statement on Integrating a Gender Perspective into the work of the Human Rights Council. Statement on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand delivered by New Zealand's representative, Hine-Wai Loose
Security Council Statement on Afghanistan delivered by H.E Jim McLay, Permanent Representative
Ministerial Follow-Up Forum to the Paris Commitments and Paris Principles on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups. Statement by Jim Mclay, Permanent Representative
United Nations General Assembly General Debate. Statement by Hon Murray McCully, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand.
High Level Meeting Of The General Assembly As A Contribution To The International Year Of Biodiversity, Thematic Panel. Statement by H.E. Jim Mclay Permanant Representative
High Level Plenary Meeting Of The General Assembly On The Millennium Development Goals. Address by Hon Murray McCully, Minister Of Foreign Affairs, New Zealand.
Disabilities Civil Society Forum: Opening Speech by Hon Jim McLay CNZM, QSO, New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Tracing our Footsteps; New Zealand and the UN Security Council. Speech by Hon Jim McLay CNZM, QSO, New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
New Zealand Statement to be delivered at the General Assembly’s Special Session on the humanitarian Situation in Pakistan - Delivered by Deputy Permanent Representative: Bernadette Cavanagh
General Assembly – Agenda Item 48: Resolution on the Right to Water and Sanitation.
New Zealand Explanation of Vote - Delivered by Deputy Permanent Representative: Bernadette Cavanagh
Economic and Social Council Substantive Session of 2010: Humanitarian Affairs Segment.
Statement by Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations in New York: Ambassador McNee
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Operational Activities Segment
Statement by Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations: Ms Natalie Cohen
United Nations Security Council - Children in Armed Conflict. Statement by New Zealand Permanent Representative Jim McLay.
Ad hoc open-ended working group of the General Assembly to follow up on the issues contained in the outcome of the conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Strengthening the Role of the United Nations in Global Economic Governance. Statement by Jim McLay, New Zealand Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
CANZ statement, 5th Committee. Statement made by Ms Veronique Pepin-Halle of the Canadian Mission.
Subsidiary Body I, 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Statement by Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament on behalf of Australia and New Zealand
Main Committee I, 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Statement by Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament
Main Committee I, 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Statement by Dell Higgie Ambassador for Disarmament on behalf of Chile, Malaysia, Nigeria, Switzerland and New Zealand.
UN Security Council: Briefings by Chairmen of Subsidiary bodies to the Security Council. Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative, Kirsty Graham.
New Zealand General Debate Statement - 2010 Review Conference of the Parities to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3-28 May 2010. Statement by Hon Georgina te Heuheu, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control.
De-alerting group General Debate Statement - 2010 Review Conference of the Parities to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3-28 May 2010. Statement by Hon Georgina te Heuheu, Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, 4 May 2010 on behalf of Chile, Malaysia, Nigeria, Switzerland and New Zealand.
Fifth Committee, Item 152: Budget for the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste. Statement by Mr David Windsor, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
United Nations General Assembly, Sixty-Fourth Session, Item 129: Financial report and audited financial statements and the report of the Board of Auditors: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Statement by Mr Paul Ballantyne on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Working paper submitted by Australia and New Zealand.
Security Council: Implementation of Presidential Note S/2006/507 (Security Council working methods). Statement by H.E. Jim McLay, Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Ninth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 19 - 30 April 2010. Statement by Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Minister of Maori Affairs.
System Wide Coherence Plenary. Delivered by the Canadian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations on behalf of Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Working paper submitted by New Zealand on behalf of Chile, Malaysia, Nigeria and Switzerland.
2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 3-28 May 2010. Working paper submitted by Egypt on behalf of Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden as members of the New Agenda Coalition.
United Nations Security Council: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding - A Comprehensive Peacebuilding Strategy to prevent the Recurrence of Conflict. Statement by Deputy Permanent Representative Kirsty Graham.
United Nations General Assembly, Sixty-Fourth Session, Item 130: Review of efficiency: Accountability. Statement by Mr Paul Ballantyne on behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Statement by Hon Pansy Wong, Minister of Women's Affairs, New York
United Nations Security Council: The Situation in Timor-Leste. Statement by H E Ambassador Jim McLay.
Informal Consultations of the Plenary - System-Wide Coherence: Governance and Funding. Statement byJim McLay, Permanent Representative on behalf of CANZ.
Security Council Afghanistan Statement by H.E. Jim McLay, Permanent Representative
