Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York

07-10-11
New Zealand's General Debate Statement at UNGA66

New Zealand's Ambassador H.E Jim McLay to the United Nations presented New Zealand's General Debate statement at the United Nations 66th General Assembly.  To view the UN webcast of the speech click here .

18-06-11
Address by Hon. Jim McLay: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Responsibility to Protect

E te manukura, e te karea topuni o tenei Whare Pukapuka, tena koe; Ko te manu e kai ana I te miro, nona te ngahere; Ko te manu e kai ana I te matauranga, nona te ao.

I pay a tribute to President Harry S Truman, for whom this place is named; a tribute best conveyed in Mäori proverb, in the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people, which speaks of a great man’s legacy to the world: The bird which partakes of the fruits off the trees owns the forest; the bird which partakes of the fruits of knowledge owns the world.

15-06-11
New Zealand UN Security Council Candidate 2015-16

New Zealand is seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2015-16.  Elections are in 2014.

16-05-11
Address by Ambassador Jim McLay to Juniata College, Pennsylvania

Making a Difference: The Role of a Small State at the United Nations

27-04-11
ANZAC Day Dawn Parade Service - Speech by Ambassador H.E Jim McLay

The chapel at the secondary school I attended stands as a memorial to former pupils who fought in the First World War; and many of its stained-glass windows are dedicated to those who fell in that conflict.

As a schoolboy, if my attention was ever diverted from the sermon, I’d look up at two of those windows, one depicting “The Good Samaritan” and the other “The Pharisee and the Publican”, and wonder why the phrase “And in their death”, beneath the first, could only be completed by the words under the second “they were not divided”.

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