Parliamentary Motion Proposed On Disarmament
Parliament is presently debating the following motion...
1. Rt Hon. Helen Clark to move, That the Parliament of New Zealand resolves, relying upon:
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
the final document of the first UN special session devoted to disarmament;
the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act 1987;
the unanimous finding of the International Court of Justice and its advisory opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons that, "there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiation leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control";
the unanimous report of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons; the (Eight) Foreign Ministers Joint Declaration 1998; and
the
Nuclear-Test-Ban Act 1999;
as a mark of the
dawning of the year 2000, to appeal to all fellow member
states of the United Nations, and especially the nuclear
weapons states, to join with New Zealand in fulfilling the
obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion
negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its
aspects under strict and effective international control and
that the text of this resolution be conveyed by the
Government to each and every member state of the United
Nations by the most effective diplomatic means available;
and copies of the resolution be simultaneously communicated
by the Government to the UN Secretary-General, the President
of the UN General Assembly, the President of the UN Security
Council, the Chairman of the Conference on Disarmament, and
the President of the International Court of Justice; and
that the Government of New Zealand would work for the
fulfilment of the obligation in all appropriate
international
forums.
ENDS