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Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, leaves New Zealand today to attend the 10th meeting of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group, CMAG, in London 8-9 October.

New Zealand has joined seven other countries in calling for greater action by nuclear weapons states to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon is to chair a meeting on biological weapons (23 Sept NY time) while he is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon leaves today for a seven-nation visit to the Caribbean before attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Career diplomat Nick Hurley will be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, Foreign Affairs Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

"There are encouraging signs of a new openness in East Timor and a real chance to make progress towards a settlement.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, today warmly welcomed the release of 21 Nigerian activists who have been held in detention since 1994.

Former Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, Don McKinnon said today that he was very sorry to lose the portfolio of Pacific Island Affairs.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon leaves on Sunday for the South Pacific Forum in Micronesia.

New Zealand nominations are being taken for the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade said today.

Health Minister Bill English and Pacific Island Affairs Minister Don McKinnon announced today that $1 million had been allocated to a Pacific Providers Development Scheme, which will extend the bus

A team of New Zealand officials will visit East Timor from 7-12 August to assess the political situation and review New Zealand's aid programme there, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon is seeking further reports from New York on Iraq's decision to stop cooperating with United Nations weapons inspectors.

Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, leaves New Zealand tomorrow (6 August) to visit Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and Fiji.

Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, today commended the contribution made by New Zealanders who were part of the Joint International Observer Group which monitored the recent elections in Cambodia.

A new High Commissioner to Australia was announced today by Foreign Minister Don McKinnon.

Speaking at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference in Manila, Foreign minister Don McKinnon today congratulated ASEAN for its commitment to be drug-free by 2020.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon, today declared New Zealand's support for the formation of a regional group to address the social impact of the Asian economic turmoil.

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon, US Secretary of State Madeline Albright and other foreign ministers today sought answers from the Government of Myanmar on human rights issue.

"Controlling capital movements, and halting or stalling on financial liberalisation is no answer to Asia's economic problems," said Foreign Minister, Don McKinnon, at the ASEAN Post Ministerial Con

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon is heartened by reports that Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalam Abubakar has announced a new plan to return Nigeria to civilian rule.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, departs tomorrow for meetings in the Philippines and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The Minister of Pacific Island Affairs, the Rt Hon Don McKinnon urges all Pacific people to ensure that they are correctly enrolled for this year's local authority elections and that they are on th

"Offers of help from the New Zealand public to the tsunami stricken region of Papua New guinea have been very encouraging," Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said this afternoon.