Jenny Shipley Quotes
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I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.
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By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress…
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Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and…
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It is important to remember that the Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the world's surface and that each Pacific country has its own cultural,…
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NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
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New Zealand's taken some very significant decisions in relation to defence in the last two years.
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On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations'…
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Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.
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The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin.
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The decision by France to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific has destroyed this hope and raised a storm of protest at home, in…
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The Pacific had great hope that when the former President Mitered decided to halt nuclear testing, we had put behind us the issue of nuclear…
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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…
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The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve…
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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…
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The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something…
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With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence…
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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.
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We know that when women have access to voluntary family planning services, supplies and information, society sees enormous gains in each of the three pillars…
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The serious problems facing the world... will only be solved if women have a seat at the table and are listened to as to what…
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I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the…
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