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"United States Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, will visit New Zealand on 1 August," Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced from Washington DC today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton and Fisheries Minister John Luxton today condemned Japanese plans to begin experimental fishing of the depleted Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) stocks from this Frid

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon departs New Zealand tonight to join a high level Commonwealth mission tasked with promoting the interests of smaller states.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has welcomed UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's announcement that all political prisoners in Nigeria were to be released.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

"New Zealand is providing additional financial support for the programme to wind back North Korea's nuclear weapons potential," Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand has responded to the humanitarian crisis in Sudan with a series of grants announced today by Associate Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Upton.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today that, in light of the improved security situation, there is no reason to discourage New Zealanders from visiting Indonesia.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Minister of Commerce, John Luxton and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon today held joint discussions with the Portuguese Minister of the Economy, Dr Pina Moura.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has welcomed media reports of the release of political prisoners in Nigeria as a positive signal of a renewed commitment by the new Nigerian leader, General Abdulsalam

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand is participating in a major new international initiative to give fresh impetus to the nuclear disarmament process, Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand is to make a special one-off contribution of $500,000 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton announced today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today that New Zealand had made a strong call for the United Nations Security Council to continue to act decisively and effectively to defuse the developing

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will provide $50,000 to assist international relief efforts in earthquake-hit north-eastern Afghanistan, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Upton said today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, officially opens New Zealand's new Embassy in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, on Friday 5 June (Saturday NZT).

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today he was delighted that the initiative by New Zealand and Australia in calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva has s

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Brazil is forming the new frontier for New Zealand Investment in Latin America, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon said today after a busy three-day visit in powerful Latin America

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

"Papua New Guinea's decision to withdraw its Defence Force personnel to create a neutral zone in Bougainville township of Arawa, is welcome news," Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinno

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today that special meetings being held in Geneva and Vienna will provide another opportunity for the international community to express its condemnation of

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said he was appalled at Pakistan's further nuclear testing. "Pakistan may have been seriously provoked by India.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said that he is dismayed and disappointed that Pakistan has exploded a nuclear device.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today that since news broke of Pakistan's nuclear tests, New Zealand missions have been active in United Nations organisations in seeking to increase intern

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand's relationship with Peru will strengthen as dialogue becomes more regular in the future, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Don McKinnon, said during his visit to Peru.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton welcomed political and economic measures announced earlier this week by the Indonesian Government as an encouraging step towards peaceful and constitutional refo

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Don McKinnon will become New Zealand's first Foreign Minister to officially visit Latin America when he makes a five-nation visit to Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile from May 26 to June 1

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade