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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.

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

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

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

Statement by NZ Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Marian Hobbs

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

The Government’s priority is the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction; nuclear weapons in particular, but also chemical and biological weapons.

Launch of a brochure published for the Ministry of Education by the Peace Foundation, Wellington

STATEMENT MADE ON BEHALF OF BRAZIL, EGYPT, IRELAND, MEXICO, SOUTH AFRICA, SWEDEN AND NEW ZEALAND.

On this, the 6th Anniversary of the entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention, we are gathered here to answer a vital question. Is our Convention doing what it needs to do?

Thank you for marching for peace

Thank you for working for peace