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New Zealand’s next Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran will be Niels Holm, Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff expects to have wide range of issues to discuss with India’s Minister for External Affairs and Defence, Jaswant Singh, who is visiting New Zealand this week (24-26 June).

New Zealand has taken another step to protect the ozone layer by signing up to the latest amendment to the Montreal Protocol, Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Phil Goff and Environment Minister Marian Hobbs announced today.

Justice Minister and Acting Attorney-General Phil Goff, has announced the appointment of the additional judge to the Environment Court, aimed at helping reduce the case backlog.

20 July 2001Speech Notes

Kia ora koutou, talofa lava and good morning to you all.

New Zealand will follow the United Nations in imposing sanctions against Liberia, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff announced today.

New Zealand will sign today (1pm NZ time) an international agreement to protect petrels and albatrosses in what the Foreign Affairs and Conservation Ministers describe as "an important advance for seabird conservation".

Justice Minister Phil Goff says high levels of reoffending revealed in a Ministry of Justice report he released today highlights the need for the measures introduced by the government to target various areas of crime.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff welcomed the release of Maire Leadbeater and acknowledged the efforts of the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta made on her behalf.

Justice Minister Phil Goff launched a scheme today to make people's homes safer against burglars.

New Zealand will contribute $250,000 to the organisation of East Timor's first legislative elections in August and New Zealanders will also serve under the UN Volunteer programme as district electoral officers Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said tod

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff has completed his four-day visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) having raise long-standing concerns held by New Zealand and much of the international community regarding human rights issues.

Phil Goff becomes the first New Zealand Foreign Minister to visit Tibet when he leaves for the region tomorrow.

Justice Minister Phil Goff and Corrections Minister Matt Robson today announced an extra $22 million as the first instalment for reforms to ensure the public will be better protected from dangerous offenders.

Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff and Trade Negotiations Minister Jim Sutton today welcomed the extra funding in the budget for diplomatic and trade efforts.

New Zealand will tonight sign up to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Phil Goff, and the Minister for the Environment, Marian Hobbs, said today.

Foreign Affairs Minister, Phil Goff has urged both sides to the Middle East conflict to implement immediately the key recommendations of the Mitchell Commission Report.

Justice Minister Phil Goff will support the Law Commission recommendations that contingency fees be given legal status in New Zealand with appropriate safeguards.

One year on from the coup Fiji faces a crucial phase of its history following the crippling effects of the events of last May 19, Foreign Minister Phil Goff said today

New Zealand will provide assistance to Fiji to help ensure that its General Election in August takes place as scheduled in a free and fair manner, Foreign Affairs Minister Phil Goff said today.

The Bougainville Peace Process is poised to take a major step forward once a plan to hand in weapons used in the fighting is agreed, said Foreign Minister Phil Goff.

The problems we confront in the 21st century have one thing in common – we can't solve them by national action or legislation. Nor can we solve them solely through traditional patterns of government relations and diplomacy.

Justice Minister Phil Goff said officials are looking at the issue of the protection of the identity of police officers who in the course of their duty are involved in the death of an individual.

Social Services and Employment Minister Steve Maharey, Justice Minister Phil Goff and Youth Affairs Minister Laila Harré today released officials advice on issues to do with the physical punishment of children.