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New Zealand will provide assistance to Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) the Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he deplores the attack on a UN facility in East Timor today, but he hopes the growing UN presence in East Timor will deter further attacks.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon today welcomed the appointment of Neil Walter as the new Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon said he was very pleased to hear that an agreement between NATO and Serb Military  Forces had been signed this morning (NZT).

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand has sent tarpaulins to provide temporary accommodation for people forced from their homes by ethnic tensions in the Solomon Islands, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Lockwood Smith sa

  • Dr Lockwood Smith
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Five New Zealand Defence Force personnel will join the United Nations Mission in East Timor (UNAMET) as Military Liaison Officers, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Minister of Defence, Max Bradfor

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand's response to Japan's recommencement of experimental fishing for southern bluefin tuna is to pursue legaloptions.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon welcomed the peaceful elections held in Indonesia yesterday as a good sign for the upcoming consultation with the East Timorese.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Rt Hon Don McKinnon, and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hubert V édrine, signed the New Zealand-France Working Holiday Scheme Ag

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

"New Zealand is contemplating international legal action over Japan's decision to conduct a second unilateral experimental fishing programme for southern bluefin tuna", Acting Foreign Minister Simo

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has described the inauguration today (Nigerian Time) of new democratically elected Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo as a major turning point in the his

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

An informal gathering in Johannesburg of New Zealand and South African business people, traders and sports professionals has decided to establish a networking group, encouraged by Foreign Minister

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will contribute a further $950,000 from the overseas aid programme to assist refugees who have fled Kosovo, Acting Foreign Minister Simon Upton said today.

  • Simon Upton
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon will attend the inauguration of the new democratically elected Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, in Abuja on 29 May.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will contribute over NZ$500,000 to support UNICEF's complimentary feeding for infants (CFI) programme in Indonesia, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton anno

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

"The agreement on East Timor signed today by the Indonesian and Portuguese Foreign Ministers represents a significant political breakthrough in the future of East Timor," said Foreign Minister Don

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will provide technical expertise to assist Indonesia's preparations for the forthcoming national elections Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced tod

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon signed a Joint Declaration of Relations between the European Union and New Zealand in Strasbourg yesterday.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel began two new initiatives this weekend to assist the Bougainville peace process, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Government has renewed its commitment to the Asia 2000 Foundation, pledging $1.74 million each year for the next three years, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

New Zealand will make an initial contribution of $380,000 to a newly established UN Trust Fund for East Timor, Foreign Minister Don McKinnon and Associate Minister Simon Upton announced today.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon honoured some of New Zealand's lesser-known war dead in the unfamiliar surroundings of Red Square on Sunday (ceremony starts 2000 NZT).

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon has welcomed the signing of the 'Matakana and Okataina Understanding' by key Bougainville leaders and the Papua New Guinea Government.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade

Foreign Minister Don McKinnon heads to Europe on Friday morning for meetings focused on Nigeria, APEC and the New Zealand-Europe relationship.

  • Don McKinnon
  • Foreign Affairs and Trade