08/19/2024 | Press release | Archived content
Ministry Statements & Speeches: 19 August 2024
Thank you, President.
I congratulate you on the chosen theme for this Conference. New Zealand agrees that Interagency Cooperation is critical for implementing ATT provisions and we are grateful for this platform to share insights and lessons learned.
New Zealand's Export Controls Regime is managed by my own agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We regularly engage with the New Zealand Police, the New Zealand Customs Service, and the New Zealand Defence Force in fulfilling our obligations under the ATT.
Your working paper encourages the sharing of "information on challenges and solutions for establishing and maintaining interagency cooperation arrangements to effectively implement ATT provisions".
I would like to share three examples of this from the New Zealand context, with the express acknowledgement that "no one size fits all":
We believe that sharing insights through the ATT is one of the practical ways we can all support effective implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty and deliver on its Object and Purpose.
Thank you.