Appointment to the Privy Council His Excellency the Governor-General has released the following statement: ``An announcement has been made by the Office of the British Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, that The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve that: The Honourable Simon David UPTON, M.P., Minister of State Services, Minister for the Environment, Minister for Crown Research Institutes and Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, be appointed a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.'' Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of November 1999. MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.