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Further to PWQ 12274 (2026), which specific provisions or clauses of the United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the transatlantic slave trade could New Zealand not endorse?

Answered Question 17332 (2026)
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Teanau Tuiono

List MP · Green Party

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  • Further to PWQ 12274 (2026), which specific provisions or clauses of the United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the trafficking of enslaved Africans and the transatlantic slave trade could New Zealand not endorse?

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Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

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As noted in New Zealand's explanation of vote on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website, New Zealand was not in a position to endorse all aspects of the text presented, in particular preambular paragraphs (PP) 30 and 39; operative paragraphs (OP) 2, 3, and 4: https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/media-and-resources/new-zealands-explanation-of-vote-united-nations-general-assembly-resolution-on-the-declaration-of-the-trafficking-of-enslaved-africans-and-racialised-chattel-enslavement-of-africans-as-the-gravest-crime-against-humanity