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Aid organisations like World Vision appreciate the offer of Hercules planes to assist with aid in Afghanistan, Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson says.

Aid organisations like World Vision appreciate the offer of Hercules planes to assist with aid in Afghanistan, Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson says.

Government will provide $7 million new funding to bring court staff salaries up to the public sector average, Courts Minister Matt Robson announced today.

The United States’ announcement today of its withdrawal from the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty, signed between the US and the USSR in 1972, is disappointing, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Matt Robson said today.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has engaged an international executive search agency to find a head for New Zealand’s reformed overseas aid agency to be established on 1 July 2002, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Responsible fo

Under new legislation sentencing judges, Parole Boards and Probation Officers will have more tools at their disposal to keep the public safe, says Minister of Corrections, Matt Robson.

“New Zealand will continue to encourage United Nations members to take a serious look at the failings of the sanctions regime in Iraq, says Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Matt Robson.

“New Zealand will continue to encourage United Nations members to take a serious look at the failings of the sanctions regime in Iraq, says Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Matt Robson.

“’Early intervention works best, costs less’: New Zealand can lead the world in crime prevention if we follow this simple motto,” Corrections Minister Matt Robson said at a Safer Communities Forum tonight in Christchurch.

New Zealand is standing by to send aid teams to Afghanistan, and prepared to add its weight behind a UN led programme to establish stable government , Aid Minister Matt Robson repeated today at the African Focus Conference in Auckland.

New Zealand is standing by to send aid teams to Afghanistan, and prepared to add its weight behind a UN led programme to establish stable government , Aid Minister Matt Robson repeated today at the African Focus Conference in Auckland.

Disarmament Minister Matt Robson welcomed the announcement today that the US will slash its nuclear weapons stockpile by about two-thirds and that Russia will try to respond in kind.

Disarmament Minister Matt Robson welcomed the announcement today that the US will slash its nuclear weapons stockpile by about two-thirds and that Russia will try to respond in kind.

“Ridding the world of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons has long been important to New Zealand.

“Ridding the world of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons has long been important to New Zealand.

Another piece in the jigsaw of an effective prison system is in place after Minister of Corrections Matt Robson launched the Straight for Work guidebook today.

The booklet gives practical advice on switching from crime to work.

“Population and environment pressures may seem far away from New Zealand. But the Pacific, although it makes up only 0.4% of the world’s total land area, shows signs of both,” says Minister in charge of aid, Matt Robson.

The government is exploring with United Nations agencies measures to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

The government is exploring with United Nations agencies measures to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

A New Zealand funded eco-tourism project in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (formerly Laos) won a United Nations Development Award for “significant achievement in the area of sustainable development and poverty alleviation”.

A new approach to the New Zealand Government’s aid programme in Indonesia will see a shift towards direct poverty intervention in the country’s poorest areas, Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Robson announced today.

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"Because of the work that you do, there are people going about their daily lives today who could have been victims of crime, but are not," Corrections Minister Matt Robson told the Psychological Service Conference in Rotorua tonight.

"Whether faced with nuclear weapons, germ warfare, chemical weapons or the illegal trade of guns, all countries need to work together now to keep weapons out of the hands of terrorists," says Disarmament Minister Matt Robson.