Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests. — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements.… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The government's position was that we have frigates that have got a useful life until 2006. There is no necessity for us to make… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
Men are shameless in selling their story. Women are often reserved. So we do need to encourage women to know their story and then… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years. — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
People often think that people like me don't have ordinary lives. I have the greatest pleasure, and in fact, the greatest success in my… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
In New Zealand, men and women would not take a party seriously if it did not have a good gender - and increasingly racial… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin. — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves,… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've got this… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
The first day you're a leader is the beginning of the end of your political career. — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
