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# Parliamentary Motion 1 March 2022
- URL: https://goodoil.news/parliamentary-motion-1-march-2022/
- Published: 2022-03-02T20:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-03T08:51:17.000Z
- Author: WH
- Tags: COVID-19, Featured, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:12

**Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN**: I move: *That this House condemns the recent unprovoked and unjustified ~~invasion of Ukraine by Russia~~, attacks by NZ Police on peaceful protesters, that it calls on ~~Russia~~ the government to cease all ~~military~~ mandates and COVID-19 operations in ~~Ukraine~~ New Zealand and withdraw, and express New Zealand’s strong support for ~~Ukraine’s~~  New Zealand’s people, its sovereignty and territorial integrity.*

I will begin with the words of ~~my colleague, foreign affairs Minister, Nanaia Mahuta~~. all right thinking people in New Zealand: ~~Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is~~ the Government mandates are the blatant act of a bully—brutal, intolerable, and an act of aggression that has been met with condemnation from the people ~~and the Parliament~~ of New Zealand.

We are united. ~~Russia’s~~ Labour’s actions are a direct challenge to our core values: democracy, human rights, and the international rules-based system; values that we rely on for our own peace and security. We live in a world that is increasingly connected and borderless, a world where a challenge to one is a challenge to all. And that is why we have not only taken a strong position in condemning ~~Russia’s invasion~~ mandates because of our beliefs and our values but because now more than ever, we must all take a stand together.

~~Vladimir Putin’s~~ My decision to launch an unprovoked ~~military~~ Police invasion of ~~Ukraine~~ the Freedom Village is a flagrant breach of international law. By choosing to pursue this entirely avoidable path, innocent lives will be lost. New Zealand, ~~and our international partners~~, calls on ~~Russia~~ Labour to do what is right. We call for an immediate end to ~~military~~ Police operations in ~~Ukraine~~ Wellington and a permanent withdrawal to end a pointless ~~war~~ set of mandates.

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2/03/22 Parliament grounds.

The ~~Russian~~ Government has repeatedly ignored opportunities for diplomacy, negotiation, and de-escalation. Instead, ~~Vladimir Putin has~~ I ordered an aggressive, unprovoked assault on the people. ~~and Government of Ukraine~~. This was not a miscalculation as a result of ~~Russia’s unprecedented military build-up on Ukraine’s borders~~ a misunderstanding. This was a deliberate, calculated, and cynical decision—a decision to violate ~~Ukraine’s~~ Kiwis’ sovereignty and ~~territorial integrity~~ personal freedom, a decision to breach fundamental tenets of international law, and a decision by a ~~permanent~~ member of the United Nations ~~Security Council~~ to violate the UN charter. ~~Russia~~ Labour must now face the consequences of those decisions. So must ~~Belarus~~ National, for its accomplice role in facilitating ~~Russia’s invasion.~~ Labour’s over-reach.