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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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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.
Address by Hon Tim Groser, NZ Minister of Trade to the EU/NZ Trade Conference, Auckland (Video 8 minutes)
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
