UN Archive

  • Kennedy Graham

    National Loyalty and the Global Interest - by Kennedy Graham



    Yesterday I was sworn in, for the second time, to the NZ Parliament – a solemn and significant moment in any person’s life. The Oath (Affirmation) I took was to the Head of State of my country.  I solemnly, sincerely and truly declared to be: “…faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth [...] read more
    December 21, 2011 12:24 pm - 8 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    Double double-standards on internet termination? - by Gareth Hughes



    Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maryan Street is criticising National for their double standard of supporting strong statements at the UN against internet termination whilst bringing in the ‘Skynet’ Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Act that allows it locally, an issue I blogged on earlier in the week. Labour says: [the Act]…allows the Government by Order in [...] read more
    June 17, 2011 1:23 pm - 5 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Need for War Crimes Investigation in Sri Lanka - by Keith Locke



    It’s pleasing to see Foreign Minister Murray McCully has responded positively to my Parliamentary Question asking if he would support the call by a UN Secretary General’s Panel calling for an independent international investigation into credible allegations of human rights violations during the Sri Lankan civil war, “some of which would amount to war crimes [...] read more
    May 16, 2011 8:55 am - 3 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    NZ should support UN Mediation in Thailand - by Keith Locke



    New Zealand shouldn’t stay silent as Thailand descends into chaos and potentially a bloodbath. We should be backing the Red Shirts’ call for UN mediation. read more
    May 17, 2010 4:56 pm - 43 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Both National and Labour must improve their Nuclear-free Act - by Kennedy Graham



    Successive NZ Governments, under both National and Labour, have been ambivalent in their voting patterns at the United Nations on resolutions calling for a nuclear-free world. read more
    May 10, 2010 4:40 pm - 18 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    UN Human Rights Committee picks up key issues - by Keith Locke



    So far, the National Government has gotten off fairly lightly following a critical report on its record by the UN Human Rights Committee released last weekend. read more
    March 31, 2010 12:10 pm - 23 Comments
  • Catherine Delahunty

    Sign Language Sabotaged - by Catherine Delahunty



    Last year the Minister of Education was repeatedly asked in the House if there would be cuts to New Zealand Sign language education during the night class debacle. If you read the Manawatu Standard yesterday, it has started to happen, in that region at least. read more
    February 5, 2010 9:22 am - 7 Comments
  • frog

    How the IPCC works - by frog



    In some circles the IPCC is dismissed as “alarmist” or fuelling a left-wing conspiracy to “de-industrialise” modern society. I would have thought that the world’s largest collection international experts would have been the a pretty reliable place to get hard facts from, but maybe that’s just me… Perhaps some insight into how the IPCC works will [...] read more
    November 12, 2009 5:51 pm - 6 Comments
  • frog

    An update on climate change, from the UN - by frog



    As an update to the latest IPCC report from the UN, they’ve released the Climate Change Science Compendium 2009. It “is a review of some 400 major scientific contributions to our understanding of Earth Systems and climate that have been released through peer-reviewed literature or from research institutions over the last three years”. A lot [...] read more
    October 19, 2009 2:20 pm - 32 Comments
  • frog

    Ban Ki Moon adopts our Green New Deal - by frog



    A bit tongue in cheek perhaps, but there is no doubt that the principles of the Green New Deal spelled out by Russel at last week’s Picnic for the Planet resonate widely as the real solution to the world’s economic woes. Ban Ki Moon, the UN Secretary General, called on all governments at Davos to [...] read more
    January 30, 2009 3:53 pm - 5 Comments
  • frog

    60th Anniversary of Universal Declaration - by frog



    On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rights seem so simple and so obvious that we in New Zealand quite easily take them for granted. The document is not legally binding in the way a treaty is, but it does formally [...] read more
    December 10, 2008 10:58 am - 34 Comments