Topic: Geoffrey Palmer

UN orders panel to probe Israel flotilla raid

AFP Global Edition - 556 days ago
UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced a four-member panel, including an Israeli and a Turk, would probe Israel's deadly May raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.He said the panel, which will be chaired by former New Zealand prime minister ...

Deadlocked global whaling talks run aground

AFP Global Edition - 596 days ago
Negotiations on the future of commercial whaling collapsed Wednesday, with pro- and anti-whaling nations unable to break a decades-long deadlock.Since Monday, the 88-member IWC has been debating a draft deal to suspend a 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling for 10 years ...

New Zealand lawmaker backs return of US ships

AFP Asian Edition - 670 days ago
<div><p>One of the architects of New Zealand's nuclear free legislation that led to a rift with Washington believes it is time US warships were allowed to return to the South Pacific nation, a report said Saturday.</p><p>Sir ...

N.Zealand anti-nuclear lawmaker backs return of US ships

AFP Asian Edition - 670 days ago
<div><p>One of the architects of New Zealand's 1986 nuclear free legislation that led to a rift with Washington believes it is time United States warships were allowed to return to the South Pacific nation, it was reported Saturday.</p ...

Sir Geoffrey Palmer

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 915 days ago
Palmer was educated at the Victoria University of Wellington (B.A., LL.B. He worked as a solicitor for a Wellington law firm (1964-66) before turning to teaching, becoming a lecturer in political science at Victoria University of Wellington (1968-69), professor of ...