Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), has the additional information that led New Zealand to abstain on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights subsequently been assessed as accurate? and 3 other questions

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Vanushi Walters

List MP · Labour Party

• 35889

  Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), has the additional information that led New Zealand to abstain on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights subsequently been assessed as accurate?

• 35890

  Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), was any assessment made of the reliability of the additional information that led New Zealand to abstain on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights before that information was acted on; if so, by whom?

• 35909

  Does he agree with the decision taken by officials, referred to in the reply to question 33604 (2026), that New Zealand abstain rather than vote in favour or against on the United Nations General Assembly vote of 24 July 2026 to reappoint Volker Türk as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights?

• 35911

  Further to the reply to question 33604 (2026), has he sought advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on whether those voting instructions would have been altered had that additional information been assessed in Wellington; if not, why not?