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184596
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The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26 was held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 31 October and 12 November 2021. Convened under the presidency of the United Kingdom, the conference had as its main aim the acceleration of action towards achieving the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Following two weeks of intense negotiations, the Glasgow Climate Pact was adopted. Reflecting a delicate balance, it stresses the urgency of enhancing ambition and action in relation to mitigation, adaptation and finance to address the gaps in the achievement of these goals.
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184598
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For New Zealand a common stance to ensure a peaceful, stable, prosperous and resilient Pacific, one in which it is seen as a partner, is essential. As we navigate our engagement in the region, we need to draw on all the tools available in our kete to support our way forward. The time is right for Aotearoa New Zealand's Pacific engagement to move from Reset to Resilience. Resilience takes a Pacific-centric view of our collective interests in the region, shifting us to a strength-based approach which acknowledges that building long-term resilience requires an ecosystem-wide response. Aotearoa New Zealand sits within that ecosystem.
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184600
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Recent on-line tendencies had a profound effect on diplomatic activities worldwide, but perhaps none expanded as much as the foreign affairs of the central Tibetan administration. The unclear international status of the central Tibetan administration has left its leaders without the usual diplomatic tools in earlier decades, but with the arrival of Web 2.0 and with conscious efforts, the central Tibetan administration's reach has expanded exponentially. Apart from affecting its substance, digitalisation has made Tibetan diplomacy more accessible, transparent and accountable. These changes result in a modern, agile and successful on-line diplomatic presence of Tibetan foreign policy.
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184602
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PACER Plus, which came into force in December 2020, is both a trade and a development agreement, which aims to support long-term job growth and sustainable development in the Pacific region. It has the potential to develop the Pacific's capability to take advantage of the wider benefits from trade. Four developments have enhanced its impact - a focus on standing up the key institutional structures to support the agreement, the rollout of a new online customs border management system; the growing momentum of qualifications recognition for the labour mobility project; and a robust discussion on the challenges and opportunities of growing labour mobility opportunities.
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184601
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Geopolitical competition and trade are becoming more and more intertwined and this is threatening the rules-based trading order we value. Increasing protectionism and the weakening of important international organisations are a worrying trend. Promoting New Zealand's overseas trade in this challenging environment is not easy, especially if we adhere strongly to New Zealand's unique values. As our Trade for All agenda makes clear, our trade policy must benefit all. It must be consultative and inclusive, as well as recognising the role, voice and views of Maori as Treaty partners. We came a long way in 2021, but there is still more to do.
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184599
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Several seemingly mutually-disconnected and contradictory processes can be discerned in Kazakhstan. On one hand, relations between Nur-Sultan (Astana) and Moscow have worsened visibly, despite both being part of the Eurasian Union. Some Russian politicians insist that Kazakhstan is an artificial state, created by the Soviet regime, or that northern parts of the country are actually part of Siberia. Nur-Sultan vehemently denied these statements and arrested ethnic Kazakh intellectuals advocating close ties with Russia. At the same time, the Kazakh elite sent a peculiar message, wrapped in historical allusions, that they had no issue with Kazakhstan's Russians, and wanted their peaceful assimilation. The recent violence has sped up the process.
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184603
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Ian McGibbon reflects on his career-long association with diplomats and on the MFAT history project.
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