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Further to reply 33608 (2026), does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade consider that a decision to depart from its own voting instructions falls within the category of decisions that are "procedural or within existing policy settings"? and 5 other questions

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

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  • 35430

    Question published

    Further to reply 33608 (2026), does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade consider that a decision to depart from its own voting instructions falls within the category of decisions that are "procedural or within existing policy settings"?

  • 35431

    Question published

    Further to reply 33604 (2026), on how many occasions since 1 January 2020 has a New Zealand representative at the United Nations General Assembly cast a vote that departed from the voting instructions issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and on which votes?

  • 35886

    Question published

    Has any review been undertaken of the circumstances in which New Zealand departed from the voting instructions issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and abstained on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; if so, by whom?

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  • 35898

    Question published

    On how many occasions in the last three years have New Zealand officials cast a vote at the United Nations General Assembly that departed from the voting instructions issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and on which resolutions?

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  • 35900

    Question published

    Under what delegated authority may officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or of New Zealand's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, depart from voting instructions issued by the Ministry, as occurred in respect of the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights?

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  • 35902

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    Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), what position is held by the official who took that decision?

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Answered by

Rt Hon Winston Peters

List MP · NZ First · Minister of Foreign Affairs

Answer

New Zealand representatives to any multilateral body cast votes as instructed.