Former Secretary-General of PGA uses maiden speech to promote a nuclear weapons convention

Kennedy Graham , former Secretary-General of Parliamentarians for Global Action, entered the New Zealand parliament following the November 8 election and used his maiden speech as a Member of Parliament to emphasise the responsibilities that citizens, parliamentarians and the government have to creating a secure and sustainable world. He called on the parliament to adopt legislation prohibiting international aggression, and calling on the government to promote a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Graham argued that domestic legislation to prohibit aggression would serve to implement New Zealand’s obligations under the UN Charter and ensure both State and non-State accountability in order to prevent any New Zealander being involved in an act of international aggression.

Graham argued that New Zealand could not rest on its 1987 legislation prohibiting nuclear weapons at home, but that the government needed to demonstrate genuine commitment to a nuclear weapons free world by acting more resolutely at the United Nations especially in promoting a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

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