The Prime Minister of New Zealand affects her support for Ukraine despite not belonging to NATO

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June 28. () –

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has stressed that her country is on the side of Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, thus aligning itself with the countries of the Atlantic Alliance, despite the fact that the oceanic islands do not belong to the military group.

“New Zealand is not a member of NATO, but we must support Ukraine,” said Ardern in the framework of his speech at the Tech4Democracy convention, held this Tuesday in Madrid, a city that hosts the Atlantic Alliance summit on Wednesday and Thursday. .

At this point, Ardern pointed out that one of the objectives that must be achieved is the “de-escalation” of nuclear weapons, at the same time that he lamented that, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a country is “disrupting the global order by the force”.

“We are here, on the eve of the NATO summit, and we have a war in Europe with a bad actor who is forcibly disrupting the global order,” said Ardern, who considers that the “ramifications” of the war in Europe of the This are “very deep”.

This is why the New Zealand Prime Minister has warned that, despite the fact that the events are taking place miles from her country, New Zealand is included in this “unjustified aggression” against Ukraine.

Regarding the operations carried out by Russia, Ardern considers that from Moscow it is putting the sovereignty of its neighboring country in check, at the same time that it is promoting disinformation campaigns among its own population.

RIGHT TO ABORTION IN THE USA

On the other hand, the Prime Minister of New Zealand has spoken about the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States to suspend the constitutional right to abortion, thus breaking what she herself has defined as an “unofficial agreement” not to interfere in the domestic politics of other countries.

In this sense, Ardern has pointed out that abortion is not only a matter of internal politics, but that it really consists of “a basic right of women” which, today and with what has recently happened in the United States, requires to be defended as a message of “solidarity and justice”.

In fact, Ardern has valued the measures adopted by his Government in this matter. The New Zealand Parliament approved in March 2020 a reform for the decriminalization of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in the first 20 weeks of gestation without the need to argue any reason of greater cause.

Until then, abortion in the island nation was governed by the 1977 legislation, which did not authorize free abortion and meant that, at the time the law was changed, more than 98 percent of those carried out were carried out alleging a serious risk to the mental health of the pregnant woman.

The United States Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion last Friday after annulling the Roe v. Wade ruling, which recognized for the first time the right of women to abortion without restrictions during the first trimester of pregnancy, a legal precedent that had been used in the country since 1973.

TECH4DEMOCRACY CONVENTION

On the other hand, in Ardern he has recognized that technology applied to democracy is one of the “main challenges of today’s world”, even more so in a society that has been affected in recent years by the coronavirus pandemic and that sees how the incessant threat of climate change advances.

“Technology is a source of hope for future generations and an integral part of our social fabric,” said the Prime Minister of New Zealand, who stressed that consolidated democracies and societies must respect and count on all citizens.

Finally, he pointed to the outstanding role that the private sector must play. Thus, Ardern has recognized that governments have a duty to strengthen democracies, but that companies must also row in the same direction.

Ardern’s statements were made within the framework of the Tech4Democracy convention, held this Tuesday in Madrid, a city in which the New Zealand Prime Minister had previously met with the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, with whom she announced the launch of a strategic partnership to promote equality, diversity and the green and sustainable economy in their respective foreign policies.