While there is a small decrease from the actual amount of military spending over the past year, it illustrates that the government remains stuck in the same old thinking about ‘security’.
SIPRI has estimated global military expenditure last year was at least $2,443 billion (USD, ±$4,150 billion NZD), an increase of 6.8% in real terms from 2022 and the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009.
Today, 1 March, is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, commemorated as Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day in the Marshall Islands - the 70th anniversary of the 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation by the United States close to the surface of Bikini Atoll, .
“While there has been some progress on the recommendations of the last UPR, the NGO written submissions made in October 2023 highlighted ongoing human rights issues still requiring action. Since the coalition government took office in November there .
This election, let’s get disarmament on the agenda with the help of the Election 2023 resource, which includes information on what good disarmament policy look like, what the political parties say about disarmament, some disarmament questions for .