UN General Assembly
2006

inequality. We need to secure fairer international trading relationships, and we must work on all of those together. The theme of this year’s general debate is the implementation of a global partnership for development. For New Zealand, collective action is imperative. We need participation, ownership and responsibility from recipient countries. We seek harmonization with larger contributors to align and combine our contributions. We seek partnership with multilateral development agencies in our campaign to eradicate poverty, and we endorse the efforts of the United Nations and those agencies to coordinate better, country by country. New Zealand, as members are aware, has a relationship with the Pacific that is based on history, culture and economic and social linkages. Our bonds with Pacific States are an important dimension of our other relationships. We want nothing less than educated, healthy, well-governed, economically prosperous and safe communities. In the Auckland Declaration of 2004, Pacific leaders committed themselves to a “region that is respected for the quality of its governance, the sustainable management of its resources, the full observance of democratic values and for its defence