Last night Parliament unanimously adopted my resolution calling on New Zealand to support the UN Secretary-General’s Five Point Plan for Nuclear Disarmament which endorses the goal of a Nuclear Weapons Convention. This comes on the back of Obama’s leadership on this issue and the current NPT Review Conference being held in New York.
It’s great to see cross-party support for this resolution. I’ve been frustrated by the Government’s footdragging on this issue over the last month. In Paul Hutchison’s speech last night we finally see the Government starting to make the right noises on nuclear disarmament. I hope now Minister te Heuheu will use this resolution to add New Zealand’s voice to the growing call for the Nuclear Weapons Convention. You can watch my speech here.
Congratulations, Phil!
They’re probably feeling a little confused as their nuclear hero, the great USofA, starts talking about disarmament.
The $300 billion a year military industrial complex will not be pleased.
Who in our govt has shares in the complex web or has affiliations.