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PI Govts called to reiterate human costs of nuclear weapons
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:29:50 +1300 | femLINKPACIFIC
Ahead of the UN General Assembly First Committee in New York next week which will address the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons it is hoped that Pacific Island Governments who are State Parties to the Treaty on the Non- Proliferation of Nuclear ...More >>
PI Governments called to amplify call to ban nuclear weapons
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:23:39 +1300 | femLINKPACIFIC
Campaigners have welcomed the joint statement New Zealand will deliver in the coming week and FemLINKPACIFIC as a member of the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) says ...More >>
Daily Press Briefing - October 15, 2013
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:13:22 +1300 | US State Department
We, of course, have all been focused on the impacts of the shutdown. I know you all have been writing and reporting on it frequently. No one should mistake the fact that the shutdown is damaging to the State Department today and destructive to our ...More >>
Death of Peacekeepers in Darfur
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:08:11 +1300 | US State Department
On Sunday morning, unidentified gunmen attacked and killed three Senegalese peacekeepers participating in the joint United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). One other peacekeeper from Senegal was injured.More >>
U.S. Seeks Confidence-Building Measures with Iran
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:04:56 +1300 | US State Department
The Obama administration is encouraged by Iran’s stated desire to improve relations with the international community, and it is seeking to “test those assurances” in talks taking place in Geneva.More >>
Charles Taylor Transferred to UK for Enforcement of Sentence
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:23:43 +1300 | Special Court for Sierra Leone
Charles Ghankay Taylor, the convicted former President of Liberia, was transferred today from the Netherlands and the custody of the Special Court to the United Kingdom, where he will serve the remainder of his 50-year sentence for war crimes and crimes ...More >>
Benny Wenda Concerned at Tomorrow’s Events in West Papua
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:13:49 +1300 | Free West Papua Campaign
Tomorrow, 16th October 2013, marks the 5th anniversary of the founding of two important groups in the struggle for West Papuan self-determination: International Parliamentarians for West Papua, and International Lawyers for West Papua.More >>
Christchuch East Candidate: End all Foreign Aid From NZ
Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:45:36 +1300 | Adam Holland
Foreign Aid allocations for 2011/2012 totaled at a whopping $815,000,000 in addition to The New Zealand Defence Force spending more than $300,000,000 dabbling in the affairs of the US lead war in Afghanistan, whilst thousands of people in Christchurch ...More >>
Violence in Syrian Refugee Camp Kills Seven Palestinians
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:38:34 +1300 | UN News
The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees today called on all parties in Syria to stop the violence in refugee camps and other civilian areas, following violence near the Dera’a camp which killed seven Palestinians.More >>
Kosovo: UN Urges Cessation of Violence in Wake of Bombing
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:36:40 +1300 | UN News
The head of United Nations mission in Kosovo strongly condemned a bombing earlier today in northern Mitrovica and called for a swift and thorough investigation. “These cowardly acts of violence are reprehensible, and they gravely jeopardize security ...More >>
UN Condemns Latest Attacks in Iraq Ahead Of the Eid Holiday
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:24:29 +1300 | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned in the strongest terms a string of bombings which have killed or wounded scores of Iraqis ahead of the Eid Al-Adha holiday. More >>
Ban Condemns Attack That Killed Three Peacekeepers in Darfur
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:13:24 +1300 | UN News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the attack in Darfur on an African Union-United Nations convoy, which resulted in the death of three Senegalese peacekeepers. More >>
Joint Press Availability With Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:43:58 +1300 | US State Department
Afghan and international media, the United States media, welcome to our today’s press conference. And we apologize for making you waiting from morning up to now. Thanks for being so patient. And I’m very happy that today, His Excellency John ...More >>
Background Briefing on Bilateral Security Agreement
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:42:26 +1300 | US State Department
Okay. So we're just going to do a quick backgrounder on the meetings that Secretary Kerry just had in Afghanistan, and a readout of those. And we have Senior State Department Official One, Senior Administration Official One here. And if I have anything, I'll ...More >>
François Hollande’s Missteps put France on Levant sidelines
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:36:05 +1300 | Franklin Lamb
In modern times, France has done far better diplomatically when it has advocated against impetuous military involvement in the internal affairs of other countries. French standing in international politics has been highest when its government was ...More >>
Two Kinds of Countries: Israel's Dangerous Path
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:29:36 +1300 | David Swanson
There are two kinds of countries or societies or places to live. In the first kind, decent, fair, kind, and respectful treatment of every person takes precedent over anyone's preferences for how a culture changes or how much effort is expended trying ...More >>
DR Congo: Attack on Peacekeeping Helicopter 'Unacceptable'
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:25:05 +1300 | UN News
The United Nations Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region has condemned the armed rebel attack on a UN helicopter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) calling the act "unacceptable."More >>
New bill to support veterans introduced
Mon, 14 Oct 2013 14:50:23 +1300 | New Zealand Government
New legislation to better support current and future veterans was introduced to Parliament today by Veterans’ Affairs Minister Michael Woodhouse. The Veterans’ Support Bill follows a Law Commission report that provided the most comprehensive review ...More >>
TAIC opens inquiry into Antarctica flight safety incident
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:18:35 +1300 | Transport Accident Investigation Commission
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has today (11 October 2013) opened an inquiry into a safety incident which involved a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 landing in Antarctica on Monday (7 October 2013) in weather below minimum standards ...More >>
The Poor People of Egypt
Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:54:42 +1300 | John Chuckman
How is it that the people of Egypt, after a successful revolution against the repressive 30-year government of President Mubarak, a revolution involving the hopes and fears of millions and a substantial loss of life, have ended up almost precisely where ...More >>
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