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What funding, if any, did New Zealand provide to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the 2025/26 financial year, and does the Government intend to maintain, increase, or reduce that funding in 2026/27?

Answered Question 33625 (2026)
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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • What funding, if any, did New Zealand provide to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the 2025/26 financial year, and does the Government intend to maintain, increase, or reduce that funding in 2026/27?

Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

New Zealand provided NZ$3 million in core funding to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the 2025/26 financial year. New Zealand intends to provide a further NZ$3million in core funding in the 2026/27 financial year.