Tag: Global Affairs

"The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee report on closer economic relations with Australia has been described as 'much too rosy' by Green MP Keith Locke in his minority report.

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has backed a visiting Palestinian diplomat's call for sanctions against Israel.

Green Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the Government decision to impose sanctions on the Mugabe regime, but wants to know whether sanctions against the Sharon Government will follow.

The latest refusal of the Sharon government to call-off its invasion of Palestinian territory makes it imperative that the international community, including New Zealand, does all in its power to pressure Israel to withdraw, Keith Locke said today.

Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke is worried the Prime Minister may be loosening New Zealand's nuclear-free policy.

The Green Party is urging Helen Clark not to sacrifice this country's long-held nuclear-free policy on the altar of free trade.

The growing bloodbath in the Middle East is a tragedy that demands action from world leaders and New Zealand can't sit on the sidelines, Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Keith Locke said today.

KEITH LOCKE (Green): The Greens will be supporting this bill going to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee, but we, too, have some concerns about provisions in it.

The Greens have grave concerns that the counter-terrorism measures mentioned in the Prime Minister's speech will do more to undermine our civil liberties than to catch terrorists. Our prime co