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The government is contributing $20,000 towards the gift of a sculpture to Japan's Nagasaki Peace Park, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs said today.

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New Zealand, with Japan and the majority of other nations, will continue to strive for the elimination of nuclear weapons from our world.

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty remains alive and essential to our ongoing efforts to achieve the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

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Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs is disappointed a month-long meeting at the United Nations in New York has failed to agree on new steps to accelerate nuclear disarmament.

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New Zealand is committing more than $3 million over the next four years to combat the spread of weapons and materials of mass destruction

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Statement of the New Agenda Coalition - Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden and New Zealand by the Honourable Marian Hobbs,Minister of Disarmament of New Zealand

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Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs has led off the UN's general debate on the review of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

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Citizens must be informed so that governments can be held to account if adequate progress towards disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation is not made.

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Statement by NZ Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs

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Strengthening the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty will be Marian Hobbs' main aim at a world conference in May

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Marian Hobbs' keynote address to the opening session of an international consultation on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs will give a keynote address to the opening session of an international consultation on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the United States next week.

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The work of individual and organizations, such as the Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament and Parliamentarians for Global Action, are key to keeping nuclear disarmament issues alive among civil society and before legislatures and governments, and building support for a future without nuclear arms.

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Parliamentarians can be very effective in pushing for progress towards a more peaceful world, Disarmament and Arms Control Minister, Marian Hobbs said today.

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The Ottawa Convention stands alone as an unprecedented success in the disarmament arena in recent times.

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New Zealand’s goal remains as it has always been: the complete, verifiable, and irreversible elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

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The goal of disarmament is New Zealand's guiding principle, and one we must not lose sight of while we focus on the threat of proliferation, and the insecurity threats that can surround the peaceful use of nuclear power.

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Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs will be in Sydney on Monday for an Australian Government hosted conference focused on reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism.

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New Zealand is taking further steps to help stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

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New Zealand takes up its two-year appointment to the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

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Nuclear weapons pose a potential security threat and are not useful in deterring terrorists. Non-proliferation initiatives must work in tandem with effective disarmament measures as part of a mutually reinforcing process

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Permitting nuclear weapons programmes to continue over long periods of time fosters a permissive environment for the proliferators.

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New Zealand is making a further contribution to the anti nuclear terrorism campaign

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These weapons pose the greatest threat in history to human security.

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