Rt Hon Helen Clark
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Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Hon Phil Goff
Minister of Trade
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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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United Nations General Assembly: Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council. Statement by H.E. Rosemary Banks
United Nations General Assembly:High-level meeting on a comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realising the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS. Statement by Hon Trevor Mallard
ECOSOC - Special meeting on the global food crisis. Statement by the New Zealand Permanent Representative, H.E. Ms Rosemary Banks
Item 140 and 147. Financing of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Timor-Leste. Statement by Ms Edwina Stevens, First Secretary Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations on behalf of Canada, New Zealand and Australia
United Nations Security Council: Post-conflict peacebuilding. Statement by H.E. Ms Rosemary Banks, Permanent Representative of New Zealand
United Nations General Assembly Sixty-Second Session: Item: Improving the Financial Situation of the United Nations. Statement by Phillip Taula on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
System Wide Coherence Gender consultations. Statement by NZ Permanent Representative, HE Rosemary Banks, on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Economic and Social Council,Commission on Sustainable Development, Sixteenth Session,
High Level Segment: 'The Way Forward'. Statement by Mrs Jan Henderson, Director, Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand
United Nations - Commemorative Event for the Entry into Force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol: From Concept to Reality. Statement by H.E. Rosemary Banks, New Zealand Permanent Representative
Economic and Social Council, Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), Sixteenth Session, SIDS Day. Statement by Ms Jan Henderson, Director, Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Sixteenth Session, Opening Session. Statement by Ms. Penny Race, Environment Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. (PDF 18KB)
Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Agenda Item 4: Implementation of the UN Millennium Development Goals through the Maori Potential Approach. Statement by Pauline Kingi CNZM, Te Puni Kokiri – Ministry of Maori Development
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (7th Session): Discussion on Indigenous Languages. Statement by Lucy Te Moana, Te Puni Kokiri
Seventh Session of the United Nations, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Discussion on the Pacific. Statement by Kirsty Graham, Deputy Permanent Representative
United Nations GA session 62: Informal review session of the General Assembly on Chapter IV of the Monterrey Consensus, "Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development". Statement by Vicki Poole, Deputy Director, Global Group, NZ Agency for International Development, On behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ)
United Nations General Assembly Session 62 - Informal review session of the General Assembly on Chapter IV of the Monterrey Consensus, “Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development” - Statement by Vicki Poole Deputy Director, Global Group, NZ Agency for International Development On behalf of Canada, Australia and New Zealand (CANZ)
United Nations General Assembly Sixty-Second Session, Informal Thematic Debate of the General Assembly: “Toward a common understanding on management reform”. Statement by H.E. Ambassador Rosemary Banks on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
Human Rights Council (Geneva): 7th session: New Zealand statement on Sudan
Human Rights Council: 7th session: Item 3: General Debate: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development
Human Rights Council: 7th session: NZ/Canada statement: Item 3: Interactive dialogue: Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Human Rights Council: 7th session: Item 3: Interactive dialogue: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression
United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee, Item: Human Resources. Statement by H.E Ambassador Rosemary Banks on behalf of Australia, Canada and New Zealand
52nd Commission on the status of women. Follow-up to the fourth world conference on women, with a focus on financing for gender equality. Statement by the New Zealand Representative, Ms Sonya Rimene
United Nations Security Council: The Situation in Timor-Leste. Statement by the New Zealand Permanent Representative, HE Rosemary Banks
