Where Aotearoa Currently Stands with Global Involvement and The US Pacific Leaders Summit w/ Nanaia Mahuta: October 2, 2023

We are at the halfway point for the sustainable development goals, which were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 and are predominantly aimed to be met by 2030. Minister for Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has just returned from the United States, where she addressed the UN general assembly, outlining Aotearoa’s commitment to a variety of global issues, and urged other states to do the same. 

US President Joe Biden also held a 2-day pacific leaders summit last week, which the Minister attended. The summit strengthened ties between the Pacific and the United States, while the US and China remain in tense diplomatic relations. The Prime minister of the Soloman Islands was noticeably absent from the summit, after signing a security pact with Beijing last year. 

The Minister and Rosetta had a korero about her address to the UN, as well as the Pacific Leaders Summit, and where Aotearoa currently stands in our engagement in global issues.