Tag: Global Affairs
PM should send Howard a message on human rights
Green MP Keith Locke is urging Prime Minister Helen Clark to raise human rights with John Howard during the Australian Prime Minister's visit.
Govt must investigate Israeli diplomat’s expulsion
Green MP Keith Locke wants the Government to investigate the circumstances surrounding the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat from Australia.
Question for Oral Answer – Overseas Aid – Targets
When will the level of Government overseas aid reach the level of 0.5 percent of gross national income achieved by the 1972-75 Labour Government in 1975?
Consistency in Human Rights, Peace and Aid
The Prime Minister, in her first speech for the year, said that: \"we have forged an independent foreign policy record we can be proud of.
Greens support aid community’s petition for 0.7% aid
The Greens are calling on the Government to increase its foreign aid budget by $60 million a year for the next ten years so New Zealand can fulfil its international obligations to the world's poor.
Alleged bribery on relief flights must be fully investigated
Green MP Keith Locke wants a full investigation into allegations that rich people were bribing their way on to RNZAF Hercules relief flights out of Aceh.
Greens welcome Government’s tsunami package
Green MP Keith Locke has welcomed the Government's tsunami package.