The following are the Office Holders of UNANZ following the AGM on Saturday 19 May 2012

President: Graham Hassell

Vice-President: Mary Davies-Colley

Vice-President: Lachlan Mackay

Treasurer: Robin Halliday

SO UN Renewal & SO WFUNA Liaison: Gray Southon

SO Peace & Security: Helena McMullin

SO Human Rights: Lachlan Mackay

SO Model UN Program: Scott Bickerton

Ordinary Members of National Council: Joy Dunsheath, Lucas Davies, John Morgan

Affiliate representative (Baha'i): Izola Kazemzadeh

Affiliate representative (WILPF): Helena McMullin

Affiliate Representative (Esperanto): Bradley McDonald

On 8 March UNANZ in conjunction with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade ran a one day seminar on RIO+20.  lookingn at progress to date and the governments response to the Zero Draft document and input from various sectors of civil society.

 

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"We know that the world of tomorrow is shaped by the decisions we make today. A world free of nuclear weapons is a concrete possibility," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said at the high-level conference commemorating United Nations Day co-organized by the EastWest Institute, the Global Security Institute and the James Martin Center for Non-Proliferation.

The conference marked the three year anniversary of the release of the Secretary-General's Five Point Proposal, a comprehensive agenda for eliminating nuclear weapons.

Tomihisa Taue, Mayor of Nagasaki Mainichi Japan, August 8, 2011   Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa TaueSince the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant began, I have wondered constantly, "What mistakes did we make, where did we make them, and why?" I have thought not just about factors directly related to the nuclear plant, such as its location or safety, but also about possible causes in our society or ways of thinking. One of them is the problem of myths. The myth that nuclear plants are completely safe has crumbled because of the Fukushima plant disaster. However, Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been fighting with a different myth for over half a century: that the United States was justified in dropping the atomic bombs because they saved more lives than they took. Journalist Akira Naka shows that this myth is not based in fact in his book "Mokusatsu" (Ignore by silence), but it is nonetheless still vigorously propagated. Even in America, when you present the facts, many people agree that nuclear...

 The following is a message from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivered on Aug. 6, 2011 by Sergio de Queiroz Duarte, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, on the anniversary of the Aug. 6, 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110808p2a00m0na001000c.html

Throughout the world, the arrival of the sixth of August offers a solemn occasion for remembrance, respect, reflection and recommitment.

Today, we remember the great human tragedy that occurred in this beautiful city on that fateful day in 1945. We pay our respects to the memory of the tens of thousands of men, women and children who perished that day, and to the hibakusha who have survived to tell their stories to future generations so that such a catastrophe will never again occur.

Today, we also reflect on the world as it has been, the world as it is now, and the world as it can and should be -- a world free of nuclear weapons. And we recommit ourselves to pursue this goal with all the reason, passion and imagination we can summon.

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 Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 9:51 am Speech: New Zealand Government 

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 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit New Zealand in September, just before the Rugby World Cup begins.

He will be one of the high-profile visitors at the 40th anniversary meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum

It is a remarkably extensive and detailed report analysing the global transformations needed to move towards a sustainable society. It deals with energy, agriculture, security, innovation and policy framworks, both national and international, with many economic issues address along the way. It is particularly senseitive to the needs of developing countries, but addresses also developed.

Major progress towards Millennium Development Goals, but the most vulnerable are left behind, UN report says

Significant strides have been made towards the Millennium Development Goals, yet reaching all the goals by the 2015 deadline remains challenging, as the world's poorest are being left behind

Watch or read the statement of the Secretary-General for the launch of the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2011 in Geneva on 7 July 2011.