New Ambassador for Disarmament announced
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon Nanaia Mahuta, and Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, Hon Phil Twyford, today announced the appointment of Lucy Duncan to a key New Zealand disarmament position.
View ArticlePacific nations beef up anti-nuclear advocacy under Treaty of Rarotonga
Pacific nations came together yesterday under the auspices of the Treaty of Rarotonga to ramp up diplomatic efforts for nuclear disarmament.
View ArticleCelebrating the Entry Into Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear...
It is a great pleasure to be here this afternoon to celebrate such an historic occasion - the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
View ArticleSpeech to Disarmament and Security Centre
I’m thrilled to be standing here as a dedicated Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, which I hope reinforces for you all – and for our friends and partners offshore – how serious this Government...
View ArticleWorkshop on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - opening remarks
I am so pleased to be able to join you for part of this workshop, which I’m confident will help us along the path to developing New Zealand’s national policy on the issue of Lethal Autonomous Weapons...
View ArticleShaping the future: Autonomous Weapons Systems
It is such a pleasure to be here in Dunedin, and to have this chance to talk with you about key issues within my disarmament and arms control portfolio.
View ArticleWorking together for disarmament
Thank you for joining me here this evening for what is part of an ongoing conversation about New Zealand’s work on disarmament, and how that intersects with New Zealand’s broader approach to peace and...
View ArticleSpeech to AI Forum - Autonomous Weapons Systems
I’d like to start with a thank you to the AI Forum Executive for getting this event off the ground and for all their work and support to date.
View ArticleOpening Address - Launch of Parliamentary Handbook on Disarmament for...
[CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY] Launch of Parliamentary Handbook on Disarmament for Security & Sustainable Development - virtual event
View ArticleRemarks to Diplomatic Corps
Some of you may have been surprised when you received an invitation from the Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, and I would forgive you if you were.
View ArticleRemarks upon 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
76 years ago today, during World War II, the unthinkable happened. As the people of Hiroshima were starting their day, an atomic bomb was detonated above their heads.
View ArticleRemarks at Dialogue on Autonomous Weapons Systems and Human Control
Good evening and thanks so much for the introduction.
View ArticleNuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – what next for the nuclear “grand bargain?”...
(Check against delivery) Kia ora tatou
View ArticleGovernment commits to international effort to ban and regulate killer robots
Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control Phil Twyford announced today that New Zealand will push for new international law to ban and regulate autonomous weapons systems (AWS), which once activated can...
View ArticlePhil Twyford to attend Nuclear Ban Treaty meeting
Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Twyford will lead Aotearoa New Zealand’s delegation to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) First Meeting of States Parties in Austria...
View ArticleRemarks to ICAN Nuclear Ban Forum session "The Ban is the Plan and this is Why"
Let me start by acknowledging the nuclear survivors, the people who lost their lives to nuclear war or testing, and all the peoples driven off their lands by nuclear testing, whose lands and waters...
View ArticleAddress to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons First Meeting of...
Thank you, Mr President. I extend my warm congratulations to you on the assumption of the Presidency of this inaugural meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
View ArticlePhil Twyford to attend Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting
Disarmament and Arms Control Minister Phil Twyford will lead Aotearoa New Zealand’s delegation to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations in New York.
View ArticleStatement to the 2022 Review Conference for the Treaty on the...
In spite of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the nuclear disarmament obligation enshrined in Article VI, we seem as far as ever from a world without nuclear weapons, and in real danger of...
View ArticleRemarks upon 77th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
77 years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Three days earlier, on the 6th of August 1945, the same fate had befallen the people of Hiroshima.
View ArticleDiplomatic sabotage at Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting, says New...
New Zealand is deeply disappointed the 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has failed, with the adoption of the final text blocked by Russia, says Minister for...
View ArticlePhil Twyford to visit Canberra for trade-focussed talks
Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth Phil Twyford will travel to Canberra this week for talks with Australian counterparts on key trade issues.
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View ArticlePopulist leaders and Nuclear Weapons: Disarmament remains the right approach
We come together to discuss the evolving dynamics of our international reality, where numerous shifts and hurdles feature prominently. The theme of this conference is “Populism and Global Politics”.
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