Tag: Peace and Conflict
Deaths of UN aid workers worsen crisis
The deaths of four UN workers in the military raids on Afghanistan on Tuesday will worsen the humanitarian crisis in the country, Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today.
Justice, not vengeance, must be sought
Green Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke said today a US military assault on a country such as Afghanistan may incite more violence and destruction.
Opportunity missed to extend New Zealand’s nuclear free zone
Green Party Disarmament Spokesperson Keith Locke is disappointed a parliamentary select committee has rejected a Green Party bill seeking to extend New Zealand's nuclear free zone.
From Coalition Warfare to Peacekeeping: The Green View
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Locke praises Peacekeeping School feasibility study
Green Party defence and disarmament spokesperson Keith Locke today praised the Government's decision to investigate the feasibility of establishing a peacekeeping school in New Zealand.
Locke rejects claims that NZ nuclear guinea pigs consented
Green Party Veterans Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke today rejected the British Defence Minister's claims that soldiers consented to being exposed to nuclear test fallout in the early 1950s.
Scrapping of skyhawks a step towards more independent policy
Green Party Defence Spokesperson Keith Locke welcomed today's defence changes as a major step towards a more independent policy.
Re-evaluating our foreign defence policy
Last week Major John McNutt was tragically killed in Kuwait when bombs from an American plane fell in the wrong spot.