Ministerial Overseas Travel 21-01-2019 to 01-02-2019 – Release of Cabinet Documents
This publication provides the report to Cabinet from Hon Ron Mark on his overseas travel, from 21 January to 1 February 2019, to the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Israel and South Sudan, to visit a number of New Zealand Defence Force deployments and to undertake bilateral meetings.
The publication comprises the following Cabinet papers:
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Travel Report: Hon Ron Mark; Middle East and Africa 21 Jan – 1 Feb 2019 [CAB-19-SUB-0083] and the associated Cabinet minute of 25 March 2019 [CAB-19-MIN-0083]
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Proposed Overseas Travel: Hon Ron Mark: Egypt, Israel and South Sudan – 21 January to 1 February 2019 [CAB-18-SUB-0602], and the associated Cabinet minute of 3 December 2018 [CAB-18-MIN-0602].
Press releases from the Minister of Defence regarding travel are available from the Beehive website: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/portfolio/labour-led-government-2017-2020/defence(external link) (external website).
Certain information is withheld, where the making available of the information would be likely to prejudice:
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the security or defence of New Zealand or the international relations of the Government of New Zealand [section 6(a)]
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the entrusting of information to the Government of New Zealand on the basis of confidence by the Government of any other country [section 6(b)(i)] or any international organisation [section 6(b)(ii)].
In addition, certain information has been withheld in order to:
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protect the privacy of natural persons [section 9(2)(a)]
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maintain the constitutional conventions for the timing being which protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and officials [section 9(2)(f)(iv)]
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maintain the effective conduct of public affairs through the free and frank expression of opinions by or between or to Ministers of the Crown or members of an organisation or officers and employees of any department or organisation in the course of their duty [section 9(2)(g)(i)].
Where information is withheld pursuant to section 9(2), it is not considered that the public interest in this information outweighs the need to protect it.
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