Tag: Peace and Conflict

The Green Party wants New Zealand to offer peacekeeping troops for service in East Timor.

Australian Switch On Timor Opens Way For ANZAC Initiatives The Green Party has welcomed Australia's recognition of East Timor's right to self-determination and says it opens the way for new ANZAC initiatives.

The Green Party wants the government to investigate the role of the Kiwi members of UN weapons monitoring unit in Iraq, UNSCOM.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has demanded that the Prime Minister dissociate New Zealand from the US and British air raid on Iraq.

Green Party Defence spokesperson Keith Locke has welcomed the decision not to purchase a third frigate, but says his party will campaign to stop New Zealand getting 28 new fighter planes.

Green Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Keith Locke has attacked Defence Minister Max Bradford for welcoming Malaysia back into military exercises with New Zealand under .

Asia and Pacific members of the Greens are committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the peaceful resolution of the nuclear problem.

The Government has sent SAS troops back to Afghanistan, to a war commentators frequently describe as ‘unwinnable’.  Opinion polls in countries that are actively engaged in the war – such as Australia, Britain and Canada – show a majority in favour of withdrawing combat troops.  Going into Afghanistan now in a combat role is akin to deciding to send troops to Vietnam in late 1974.

Action outside of Parliament tomorrow, 1pm, to highlight human rights abuses in China in the lead up to the Olympics. It marks the first day of Ni Yulan's trial. Ni Yulan is a vocal critic of the Chinese government and will appear in court for defending the rights of displaced people in Beijing.