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New Zealand is giving $1.6 million to New Zealand non-government organisations for disaster relief projects, Associate Foreign Affairs Minister Matt Robson announced today.

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has welcomed the decision by Serbia's reformist government to extradite former leader Slobodan Milosevic to stand trial before the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Phil Goff will postpone his visit to Papua New Guinea next week at the request of the PNG government.

Otago Foreign Policy School

Opening address

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hon Phil Goff

“The Trans-Tasman Relationship: a New Zealand Perspective”

Foreign Minister Phil Goff has said he was following with concern today’s civil unrest in Port Moresby.

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

New Zealand will contribute $150,000 to the International Red Cross for relief work in Peru following the weekend earthquake there, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs (Official Development Assistance), Matt Robson, 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.

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".

New Zealand will make a one-off $100,000 contribution to the International Labour Organisation’s International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), Associate Foreign Minister Matt Robson and Labour Minister Margaret Wilson announced tod

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.

Address by Hon Matt Robson at Launch of Dev-Zone,
Development Resource Centre, PSA House, 11 Aurora Tce
5.30 p.m., Friday 8 June 2001

Thank you for the opportunity to join you this evening for the launch of Dev-Zone.

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

New Zealand will provide an additional $1.9 million to support East Timor's continuing reconstruction, Associate Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Robson announced today.

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.

New Zealand's current overseas aid level will be maintained in the coming year, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Matt Robson said today.

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.

The Government's new export credit scheme will start operations on 1 July, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pete Hodgson announced today.

The scheme will be run under the banner of the New Zealand Export Credit Office.

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