Disarmament adviser appointed
Tuesday, 9 October 2001, 9:59 am
Press Release: New Zealand Government
8 October 2001 Media Statement
Disarmament adviser
appointed
Mrs Pauline Tangiora of Mahia has been appointed
to the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms
Control (PACDAC) Disarmament Minister Matt Robson and
Foreign Minister Phil Goff announced today.
Mrs Tangiora
will bring valuable insight and advice to the Committee
through her involvement in many community based projects,
indigenous and non-governmental advocacy, the Ministers
said.
The Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control chairs
the Committee, which was established under the 1987 New
Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act.
The Committee meets several times a year, and is assisted
by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
and the Department of Internal Affairs. The other members
are Prof Ann Trotter, Mr Stuart McMillan, Mr Cameron
Bennett, Dr Kate Dewes, Dr John Harrè, Dr John Henderson,
and Brigadier Roger
Mortlock
ENDS
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