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Foreign Affairs: UN Moves Against North Korea With Sanctions List
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Auditor General's Report: Cullen Talks Retrospective Legislation On Agenda
Transport News: Stinky Old Motor-Bombs On The Way Out!
Bizarre News: Spareroom.co.nz Reports Why You Should Never Trust Beta Technology!
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Video-Doco: Sustainability? What We're Thinking
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UN News: Ban Ki-moon Appointed As New United Nations Secretary General
Asia-Pacific: UN Creates Expert Panel To Oversee Timor-Leste 2007 Elections
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Foreign Affairs: UN Moves Against
North Korea With Sanctions List
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The United Nations Security Council’s [1] resolution
on North Korea passed this morning (NZT) is a decisive
response to Pyongyang’s claims of having conducted a
nuclear test, says Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
Resolution 1718 imposes a range of measures to curb the
further development of North Korea’s nuclear weapons
programme. It was adopted under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter,
which all member states, including New Zealand, are obliged
to follow. See... Peters
welcomes decisive Nth Korea UN resolution [2]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00259.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00259.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00336.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00330.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00163.htm
[6]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00172.htm

NEW ZEALAND LEAD:
Auditor General's Report: Cullen Talks Retrospective Legislation On Agenda -
[1] Finance Minister Michael Cullen says legislation to
retrospectively validate election campaign spending found
illegal by the auditor general will be a confidence measure.
Speaking on TV One’s Agenda programme, Dr Cullen said he
had a report from Treasury which said the Government had to
pass validating legislation because Treasury's clear advice
was that refunding the money by itself would have no impact
on the original conclusion of unlawfulness by the Auditor
General. See... Agenda
Highlights: Michael Cullen & Rodney Hide [2]
ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00199.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00199.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00198.htm
Transport
News: Stinky Old Motor-Bombs On The Way Out!
- Associate Transport Minister Judith Tizard and Climate Change Minister David Parker today announced measures to improve the fuel economy of the country's vehicle fleet, in order to reduce emissions that contribute to climate change and pollution. See... Vehicle imports need to lift their game [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00266.htm
Bizarre
News: Spareroom.co.nz Reports Why You Should Never Trust
Beta Technology!
- Sharing your personal information online is one thing, but sharing images of yourself frolicking about naked on a dating website is a risk that singles should consider very carefully. A member of NZ Dating.com says a problem occurred last week when a beta version of this dating site was uploaded to the web. When people started to use it, they found that they could see everybody’s restricted photos. See... Spare Room Lifts Lid On NZ Dating Shocker! [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0610/S00196.htm
MORE
HEADLINES:
[1] -
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00153.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0610/S00149.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00296.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00267.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0610/S00139.htm
Video-Doco:
Sustainability? What We're Thinking
- The
Sustainable Business Network is a forum for businesses that
are interested in sustainable development practice to get
together and make it happen. This short doco (duration: 8
mins) asks people in the street what they think of
sustainability. See... SBN Video: Sustainability – What
We're Thinking [1] ALSO:
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00280.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0610/S00277.htm
[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00252.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0610/S00254.htm
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS:
UN News: Ban Ki-moon Appointed As New
United Nations Secretary General
[1] - The United Nations General Assembly is set today to
officially appoint Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the
Republic of Korea as the world body’s next
Secretary-General, to succeed Kofi Annan when he steps down
on 31 December. Mr. Ban, who earlier in his diplomatic
career served in his country’s mission to the UN and in
2001 was Chef de Cabinet to then-General Assembly President
Han Seung-soo of the Republic of Korea, is expected to be
appointed by acclamation by the 192-member Assembly. See...
Appointment
Of Ban Ki-Moon As Secretary-General [2]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00328.htm
[2]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00328.htm
Asia-Pacific: UN Creates Expert Panel To Oversee
Timor-Leste 2007 Elections
- United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed a team of high-level experts to verify next year’s presidential and parliamentary elections in Timor-Leste, part of the world body’s continuing assistance to the tiny South East Asian nation Timor Leste. See... Team Of Experts For Timor-Leste Elections [1]
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00324.htm
UN
AUDIO NEWS:
UN Audio: [1] Ban Ki-Moon
Appointed New Secretary-General - UNICEF Concerned about
Impact of Sanctions on North Korean Children - SPECIAL
FEATURES: Palestinian Child Deaths Nearly Double That of
2005 - Secretary-General Designate Ban Ki-Moon Meets the
Press.
[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00337.htm
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WORLD HEADLINES:
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- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00329.htm
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[3]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00325.htm
[4]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00323.htm
[5]
- http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0610/S00319.htm