Our foreign policy was released yesterday, and the major new commitment is to a greater role for New Zealand in conflict resolution.  We have a well deserved reputation for our peacekeeping work, and have played a key role in a number of multilateral negotiations, but the policy aims to lift our capacity to work in peacebuilding and conflict resolution.  We are seeking a partnership with government agencies, NGOs, such as the Peace Trust and the academic community to give New Zealand the ability to play a leading role particularly in the Pacific.  I think this is exciting stuff, and we have plenty of international examples to work from.   Other highlights of the policy are

•  a continued commitment to international leadership on disarmament
• progressively moving to the 0.7% target for our Official Development Assistance
• priority for work in the Pacific
• a commitment to New Zealand playing a leading role in negotiations on a post 2012 climate change agreement
• on-going work on a fair, rules based multilateral trading system and quality regional and bilateral agreements.