Coincidentally the New Zealand Prime Minister's daughter Neve Te Aroha Ardern-Gayford was born at 4.45pm on the day of the Solstice.
Also at that moment in geopolitics the United States Authorities announced their resignation from the UN Human Rights Council.
My paper concentrates on one matter, the public right to know what is being done in our name. Through my efforts in the democracy I comprehend that it is futile to flail in the branches, rather it is effective to strike at the root of any problem.
The problem of New Zealand's complicity in criminal behaviour is effectively covered-up by the Government's ability to hide behind Sec 6 of the Official Information Act (OIA 1982) Grounds for Withholding Information. I explain my experience and the results of various OIA requests refused under Sec 6. I've offered some of these to NZ's Parliament select commitees, particularly in many papers I have placed before the Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade (FADT) for it's treaty examinations and legislative suggestions.
The UN brief for the Periodic Review is Domestic matters. The OIA is domestic legislation and has implications for access to official information of both a domestic and foreign nature. The mere fact the UNHRC is investigating NZ involves a foreign relationship.
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21
June 2018
Greg
Rzesniowiecki
To:
UN Human Rights Council
Subject:
UN Periodic review 32nd
Session New Zealand – Greg Rzesniowiecki
Greetings
and happy Solstice,
Introduction
– New Zealand in the world of nations.
Politics
and geopolitics are fascinating subjects which engage my interest -
as sustainability, equity and social wellbeing rely on peaceful
relations between people and nations.
It
is evident the unsustainability of life in a war zone. The cost is
immeasurable and we have many wars.
Where
geopolitics
is based in neorealism
power is the major determinant of policy settings.
Where
power is the major determinant, rights
based law is shredded.
New
Zealanders value human, ecological, and social rights and have
repeatedly acted to protect these. The NZ Government asked the people
about their values in 2015. It was a component of the Flag
Referendum process.
New Zealanders were also asked,
“what they stand for?”
The people offered 10,292 flag designs. They offered 43,000
individual contributions of what they stood for.
Image
is word cloud of most frequent values expressed with largest word
representing its popularity.
It
is evident that the people of this nation want a political
economy that is based in freedom, egalitarianism
and with a mind to wise tradition.
Where
New
Zealand is in alliance with nations who use power in a self
interested manner, New Zealand's Government finds itself torn
between the will of the people and the oppressive foreign power or
hegemony.
This
is repeatedly bourne out in NZ's relations with the US
and the powers that drive that nation's foreign policy,
particularly in respect to NZ's
anti nuclear legislation and in respect to differences
over weapons of mass destruction as the justification for the
criminal war on Iraq from 2003 to present.
The
fact that then NZ
Government elected initially not to participate in the Iraq carnage
in March 2003 is telling irrespective of the pressure
brought to bear by domestic and foreign interests with converging
desires to maintain New Zealand an active participant in the War Pig
party.
New
Zealand as home on our home planet Earth
I
am an immigrant from Australia residing in Aotearoa New Zealand since
November 1995. I've found the country and its people to be very
welcoming and friendly. Generally I find that most people are
friendly, social, and interested in a quality life for themselves,
their families and broader communities.
Earth
is a generic name for one who provisions Earthlings through her
glorious abundance - the cornucopia.
Has
the UN thought of renaming the Earth through a global competition
with the winning entry voted on by the UN General Assembly? I
recommend you consider that project. The UN could commission Sir
John Key ex New Zealand Prime Minister
to run the promotion for the Global planet naming referendum, or
maybe current PM Jacinda Ardern might be a better role model as top
mum.
Earth
– mother, home and sustainer: myth and reality converge
We
refer to Earth as the mother. Coincidentally Russia
refers to herself as Mother Russia. The Germans view their land
as Fatherland.
In
Aotearoa the indigenous Maori refer to Earth as Papatuanuku
or Earth Mother who balanced Sky
Father Rangi.
Orthodox
Christian Mother Russia places the Christ
mother and vessel of the father's seed in the archetype of the
Black
Madonna (in the soil).
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| (Screen capture from https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/b/black-madonnas-origin-history-controversy.php ) |
Can
we stretch the envelope and offer that the Orthodox personification
is accurate where the ancients knew the Earth was a feminine entity?
The
woman shaman worked mysteriously, perhaps in the dark of night
singularly or in groups for important ritual occasions. Occult is
hidden, esoteric is full of hidden meaning available to the seer.
For
most of their time presumably wise women tended to their charges,
family and village. Some
undertook the shelter and security of monastic life in order to study
the arts.
In
fact most people wish to live
caring and modestly prosperous lives – surely this is the societal
middle class objective?
Belief,
reality and implications
Some
folk who have religious belief hold to a supernatural world inhabited
by spiritual beings. Amongst the layers of reality and perception we
see the pattern emerge – most people whether theist or otherwise,
whether Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jew, Hindi and whatever other
cult or faith based system abhor violence.
There
are the deep occult and esoteric traditions such as the Kabbalah that
came from the Jewish mystical and alchemical discoveries. All are
valid as perspectives and if knowledge from these pursuits arises the
findings can only be reflections of the shared reality.
Balancing
is always required in the mundane world of duality as well as the
world of metaphysics. In both worlds there are causative
principles.
Some
cults might have egotistical objects.
The
Bohemian
Grove cult has met in the heart of the US Californian Redwood
country for over a century. The cult has been performing a ritual
during their 2 week hedonistic fraternity gathering - yes only males,
where they cremate
Care.
They
appear to worship an owl who might have the name Moloch. The ritual
is attended by over 2000 men including US Presidents and Secretaries,
Military Generals, Business leaders, entrepreneurs and the culturally
creative. In recent decades the
Grove might be losing it's appeal under the light of public
scrutiny.
Are
they renouncing 'care” for themselves, or on behalf of the World of
people?
Care
is a feminine quality associated with the role of mother and nurture.
What
do they say to their wives and partners about the Cremation of Care,
or don't they care either?
Where
mythical archetypes bend the world to their image
These
are also the leaders of business, finance, politics and science and
all prominently placed in the leading roles in the US
Enterprise. It perhaps is no accident that the result of their
lack of care is well documented in their
plaything 'the global economy.'
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| (From: https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/the-consequences-of-a-leaderless-economy) |
Our Global economy, everyone's global economy.
The
Cremation of Care corresponds with the attitude of the Privileged
Class in relation to the poor in most periods of documented human
history.
An
example of lack of elite care for the plight of others is the US
and Margaret Albright in respect to the 500,000 Iraqi children
officially killed by US led sanctions between the 1991 Gulf War
and the 2003 Operation Enduring Freedom – nice names they give
these horrific adventures which call for the sacrifice of other
people's blood and guts.
Is
the Bohemian Grove ritual, the foundational ethos or principle
advanced by those who worship in the cult of neo-liberalism or
plutocratic capitalism? We
do not care as long as we profit – business is business. Is the
decline
in the Bohemian Grove cult an indication of the turnaround in
business thinking?
Is
Bohemian Grove losing market share to the Council
on Foreign Relations (CFR)? CFR has been the go to think tank and
club for US capitalists. Where the CFR leads US domestic and foreign
policy and the US leads global foreign policy then CFR
and it's think tank prodigies Asia Foundation, Trilateral
Commission, have an enormous
impact on global affairs.
However,
has the CFR suffered a coup and it's plans been upended?
Or
furthered through capricious acts?
The
CFR at the centre of the power hegemony has been joined with
the NeoCon Zionists.
The
NeoCons
in the Project
For New American Century think tank wrote the Rebuilding
America's Defenses report. The CFR
Zionist union is concrete. The Rebuilding America's Defenses
report called for a New Pearl Harbour to enable or bolster the call
to boost US military programs in 4 key areas as identified in the
report. Absent the
New Pearl Harbour catalysing event the military upgrade would be
intolerably lengthy and thus fail the PNAC cult's desires for US
military pre-eminence.
New
Zealand - sovereign independent nation or slave to empire?
I
have write extensively about the 9/11 false flag production in my
papers to the NZ Parliament's Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade
select committee consideration of NZ's
Intelligence and Security legislation passed early 2017 with the
National Government led Parliament's almost unanimous support.
Since
November 2014 I have provided my thoughts and suggestions to the
Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade (FADT) select
committee consideration of a number of bills; Countering
Foreign Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill 2014, NZ Korea Free
Trade Agreement treaty examination, Trans-Pacific
Partnership
(TPP)
treaty and legislation
examinations, Maritime
Crimes Amendment
Bill 2016, Intelligence
and Security
Bill 2016/17, Comprehensive
and Progressive agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
(CPTPP)
treaty examination 2018.
In
addition I've made representation to a few more NZ Parliament select
committees including in respect to the following bills; NZ
Flag Bill
2015, LGA
2002 Amendment Bill
(No2) 2016 (Note LGA is Local Government Act) and recently the
Child
Poverty Reduction Bill 2018.
I
have also offered evidence, thoughts and suggestions to government in
respect to processes they undertake to inform and engage the
democracy in important matters. On the question of climate change, I
offered in
relation to the Government's public consultation on NZ's
Independent Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the
Paris Climate Accord UNFCCC in May of 2015. I
also offered
in relation to the consideration of New
Zealand’s priorities
in the international climate change negotiations.
From
2013 I have been active
in the campaign to disperse awareness of the Trans Pacific
Partnership (TPP) including its implications for NZ's local government sector, regulated through
the Local Government Act of 2002.
That
might contextualise my interest in the above mentioned LGA Amendment
Bill (No2) 2016, which proposed further Central Government constraint
through forced amalgamation ballots and encouragement of Public
Private Partnerships for the funding of infrastructure as opposed to
using its powers to assist local government attain low interest
government bonds for the development of productive or necessary
infrastructure and public assets.
The
duty of government
GENEVA
(15 March 2018) – Alfred de Zayas the UN’s first Independent
Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international
order, shared his seventh and final thematic report to the Human
Rights Council at an event on the margins of the Council’s 37th
session.
We
suggest that the UNHR Council considers formally supporting the 23
principles offered by Alfred de Zayas in his paper
to the UNHRC (A/HRC/37/63)
in which he "highlights the urgent need to apply human rights
principles systematically and uniformly to all entities and
endeavours."
De
Zayas states “What we see is a financial system rigged in favour of
powerful individuals and corporations, unequal participation in
governments and international organisations, and communities
suffering from a reduction of social services, imposed austerity,
privatization of public utilities, the misplaced priorities of
political leaders and a general absence of genuine representation,”
- UN Human Rights High Commission press
release.
Image
of front matter;
From
the media release;
In
his full report* – based on six years of work on the mandate –
the Independent Expert identifies 23 principles of international
order which should guide all individuals and institutions to achieve
a more just and inclusive world. Among them, he highlights the
supremacy of the UN Charter over all other treaties, the validity of
the human rights treaty regime over commercial and other interests,
and the inviolability of State sovereignty. “Moreover, any and all
exercise of power, especially economic power, must be subject to some
democratic controls,” said de Zayas.
On
the nature of the global order and how it is directed
Alfred
de Zayas' purpose promoting a democratic and equitable international
order is undermined by the actions of those who would hack elections
for sectarian ends. Global news media are reporting the Facebook
Cambridge Analytics scandal through 2018.
Some
investigative journalists highlighted the concern late last year,
notably Dr.
Nafeez Ahmed who offered this prophetic advice in December 2017;
What
do NATO, private military contractors, aerospace firms, wine
merchants, the NSA, Trump, British property tycoons, Russian
oligarchs, and Big Oil have in common? The world’s largest social
network.
Imagine
a world in which everybody gave away their freedom, willingly, in
return for belonging to a toxic network which, rather than enriching
their lives, profited from eroding civil discourse, polarizing
communities, and manipulating their minds.
Wouldn’t
you wonder what was wrong with these people? You would.
And
yet that is the world you are about to inhabit, right now.
Unless
you do something about it.
Many
individuals and organisations use facebook for it's benefit as a
connector, however, where we connect with community building,
commerce, social enterprise, family, causes and movement in the
democracy, Facebook will be mining our data for end user utility and
profit. In the case of Cambridge Analytica through unethical and
likely unlawful means.
It
is only through exposure of the Cambridge Analytica scandal that
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he will be reviewing
the way his operation does business. It is notable that when Facebook
commenced operation Zuckerberg committed to the principle that people
who joined would control their data. Here it is demonstated that
trust is built on a track record, not on blind faith that a person
will honour their word.
The
CPTPP E-Commerce chapter becomes crucial to the question, “who
directs and benefits from one's data?”
The
owners of the data and large E-Commerce
corporations are excited about CPTPP's E-Commerce Chapter
and seeks to spread it to NAFTA and around the World. What is good
for them is not necessarily good for democracy and ordinary people's
interests.
Requirements
of a functioning democracy
Everyone
says that transparency and open access to government information is
critical to the maintenance of a well functioning democracy. We need
to instrumentalise that to ensure public trust in government
processes and decision making.
We
have seen repeated instances where governments; local, central, NZ,
and global claim privilege for the information they hold in order to
stop the public from knowing what is being done in our name, and
often without our consent.
Trans
Pacific Partnership both as TPP
and CPTPP iterations were negotiated in secrecy which was only
penetrated by leaks.
Where has the NZ democracy sanctioned the government to reach
agreements to alter NZ legislation then return to NZ with an
Agreement and claim it's in the National Interest to Sign and Ratify
it. Commercial privilege is claimed. Where has the NZ democracy said
yes to Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in trade treaties?
Open
Government - Shine light into the workings of Government
The
one vehicle which provides a window into NZ Government action is the
Official
Information Act (OIA) 1982.
Minister
for Justice Andrew Little took a question from National MP Brett
Hudson 7 December 2017, who asked about Little's proposed review
and/or reform of the OIA, Hudson's question, What
reform is he planning to make to the Official Information Act 1982?
The
NZ Government now confirms that there will be no
public consultation on any OIA reform proposals.
The
NZ Law Commission 2010 issues paper, The
Public's Right to Know (IP18)
discussed areas of possible reform relating to New Zealand’s
official information legislation. It sought public comment on
preliminary proposals. This Issues Paper is part of the Commission’s
Review of the Official Information Act 1982 and Parts 1-6 of the
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987;
The
The key principle of the Official Information Act 1982 and the Local
Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 is that
official information should be made available unless in the
particular case there is good reason for withholding it.
What
is needed – please help
Recommendations
and conclusion
The
people need the withholding of information to be subject to public
interest. Section
6 of the New Zealand OIA particularly must be amended.
The image below is my comment on the Open Government Partnership to
reform
official information laws, my comment relating to Sec 6.
In fact all the suggestions developed by the Open Government Partnership workshops and the public on the OIA Act ought be considered to assist New Zealand's Government to be institutionally uncorruptable in their affairs both domestically and internationally. Where true open government is enabled then the war party will find it increasingly difficult to do their corrupting work.
I'm
more than happy to assist the UN's investigations in any way I am
able.
Ends.
