Tuesday 1 November 2022
Scott
[FYI request #20753 email]
Dear Scott
Thank you for your email of 4 October 2022 in which you request the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
A list of the reports, briefings, memos, aides-memoire, notes or written advice received by
the minister in his role as Disarmament and Arms Control Minister since 1 February 2022,
by title and date
Annex one contains my response to your request. Some information is withheld under the
following sections of the OIA:
6(a): to avoid prejudicing the security or defence of New Zealand or the international
relations of the New Zealand Government;
6(b)(i): to protect the passing of information from another government on a confidential
basis;
9(2)(b)(i): to protect information where the making available of the information would
disclose a trade secret;
9(2)(f)(iv): to protect the confidentiality of advice tendered by Ministers of the Crown and
officials; and
9(2)(g)(i): to protect the free and frank expression of opinions by departments.
Where the information has been withheld under section 9 of the OIA, no public interest in releasing
the information has been identified that would override the reasons for withholding it.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision by
contactin
g www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Hon Phil Twyford
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
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Annex One.
Addressed to MDAC
Date received
Category
Subject
by Minister
1-Feb-22 Informal Note
Plan for Bilaterals: Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, February-July 2022
1-Feb-22 Informal Note
s9(2)(f)(iv)
5-Feb-22 Other
Remarks on the 50th Anniversary of the Regional Cooperation Agreement for
Research, Developments and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for
Asia and the Pacific
12-Feb-22 Submission
Remaining 2021 appointments to the Pacific Development and Conservation Fund
12-Feb-22 Informal Note
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control
Statement to Conference on Disarmament, February 2022
(Amended 28 February 2022)
17-Feb-22 Brief for meeting
Public Advisory Committee for Disarmament and Arms Control Strategy Session 18
February 2022: speaking notes
17-Feb-22 Other
Disarmament in 2022: State of Play at home and abroad (powerpoint)
22-Feb-22 Informal Note
Disarmament Strategy: Update, February 2022
26-Feb-22 Briefing
Briefing to Petitions Committee: Response to petition of Edwina Hughes, Aotearoa
New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
28-Feb-22 Informal Note
Russia’s nuclear threats and the implications for nuclear disarmament 28 February
2022
1-Mar-22 Brief for Call
Call with HE Mira Woldberg, Netherlands Ambassador to New Zealand, Wednesday 2
March
1-Mar-22 Submission – Joint
International Atomic Energy Agency: Extraordinary Board of Governors Meeting, 2
March 2022
2-Mar-22 Submission - Joint
International Atomic Energy Agency: Board of Governors Meeting, 7-11 March 2022
4-Mar-22 Informal Note
Russia’s Nuclear Threats and the Implications for Nuclear Disarmament
7-Mar-22 Brief for Meeting
Meeting with Lithuanian Parliamentarians on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
12-Mar-22 Submission
Completion of Appointments to the Pacific Development and Conservation Trust
12-Mar-22 Brief for event
MDAC Remarks for PACDAC Extraordinary Meeting on Situation in Ukraine
16-Mar-22 Other
Meeting with Disarmament Heads of Mission 17 March 2022 - opening remarks
19-Mar-22 Submission
s9(2)(g)(i)
28-Mar-22 Brief for Meeting
Russia’s Nuclear Threats and the Implications for Nuclear Disarmament
29-Mar-22 Brief for Call
Briefing for virtual call with Canada’s Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
The Rev Dr Robert Oliphant, Wednesday 30 March 2022
31-Mar-22 Brief for Call
Briefing for virtual call with Zia Mian and colleagues, Princeton University Program
on Science and Global Security, Friday 1 April 2022
4-Apr-22 Informal Note
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control travel proposal – New York
4-Apr-22 Informal Note
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control – Travel Proposal
13-Apr-22 Informal Note
Discussion with Alyn Ware, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament (PNND) Global Coordinator
20-Apr-22 Briefing
Bilateral brief: In-person meeting with Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon.
Hu’akavameilike Siaosi Sovaleni
21-Apr-22 Aide Memoire
Space Policy Review
28-Apr-22 Aide-Memoire
Framework Agreement with the US on Space Cooperation: Approval for Signature
30-Apr-22 Brief for Meeting
Briefing for introductory meeting with Harinder Sidhu, Australian High Commissioner
30-Apr-22 Brief
The Trans-Tasman Relationship
2-May-22 Brief for Meeting
International Facing Ministers’ Meeting - Disarmament and Peace Discussion
7-May-22 Brief for Meeting
Briefing for call with Ian Biggs, Australian Ambassador for Arms Control and
Counter-Proliferation, Tuesday 10 May, 4:30pm
7-May-22 Brief for event
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control address to European Parliamentarians,
May 2022, Talking points
25-May-22 Informal Note
Denuclearisation and the DPRK
25-May-22 Brief for Meeting
Briefing for meeting with the Ambassador for the Republic of Korea (ROK), LEE
Sang-Jin, 31 May
28-May-22 Submission
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons First Meeting of States Parties:
Delegation Guidance and Credentials
28-May-22 Submission
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Meeting, 6-10 June
2022
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28-May-22 Brief for Call
Briefing for call with Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament
Affairs, Wednesday 1 June 2022
4-Jun-22 Informal Note
ICAN Aotearoa Lunchtime Forum, 7 June 2022: Prospects for the TPNW 1st Meeting
of State Parties & the 10th NPT Review Conference
4-Jun-22 Brief for Call
Briefing for call with Alexander Kmentt, President-Designate of TPNW First Meeting
of States Parties
4-Jun-22 Brief for event
Public Advisory Committee for Disarmament and Arms Control Policy/Strategy
Session: 10 June 2022
4-Jun-22
ICAN Aotearoa Lunchtime Forum - Prospects for the TPNW and NPT Review
Conference
11-Jun-22 Brief for Meeting
Minister Twyford with Prime Minister Fiame: PACER Plus and Disarmament
14-Jun-22 Brief for Travel
Visit to Netherlands and Austria
22-Jun-22 Submission
Declaration not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests
2-Jul-22 Submission
2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Aotearoa New Zealand
Approach
9-Jul-22 Assessment
s6(a), s6(b)(i)
Report
12-Jul-22 Brief for Call
Briefing for virtual call with Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control
Association
19-Jul-22 Brief for Call
Meeting with Paulino Franco, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
23-Jul-22 Brief for Call
Meeting with Timor-Leste Ambassador to New Zealand, Felicidade de Sousa Guterres
28-Jul-22 Brief for Travel
Hon Phil Twyford Visit to New York
30-Jul-22 Brief for Travel
AUKUS Naval Nuclear Propulsion and the NPT
6-Aug-22 Other
Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control Remarks upon 77th anniversary of the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
13-Aug-22 Submission
Ministerial Policy Satisfaction Survey 2021-2022
13-Aug-22 Aide-Memoire
Aide Memoire — Aerospace Strategy and Space Policy Review
17-Aug-22 Brief for Meeting
NewsHub Nation interview Disarmament issues, August 2022
20-Aug-22 Brief for meeting
Briefing for meeting with International Humanitarian Law Committee, 25 August,
9:15-10:15am
22-Aug-22 Brief for Meeting
Meeting with Ximena Fuentes, Vice Minister (Undersecretary) of Foreign Affairs,
Chile
23-Aug-22 Brief for Call
Meeting with Ambassador Ehab Badawy, Assistant Foreign Minister for Multilateral
Affairs and International Security, Egypt
24-Aug-22 Brief for Call
Meeting with Vijavat Isarabhakdi, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Thailand
25-Aug-22 Brief for Event
Briefing for interview with Russell Burrell for Youth Fusion podcast
30-Aug-22 Brief for Meeting
FADTC: Disarmament – Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Treaty on the
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
30-Aug-22 Brief for event
Public Advisory Committee for Disarmament and Arms Control Quarterly
Policy/Strategy Session 2 September
3-Sep-22 Submission
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Meeting, 12-16
September 2022
2-Sep-22 Brief for Travel
MDAC MSTEG Visit to Canberra, 6-8 September 2022
15-Sep-22 Submission
International Atomic Energy Agency 66th General Conference: Resolutions and
Candidacies
24-Sep-22 Brief for Meeting
Briefing for meeting with Peter Beck, Founder, President, and Chief Executive
Officer, Rocket Lab
24-Sep-22 Brief for event
Minister Twyford presentation to Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and
Disarmament event
24-Sep-22 Assessment
s6(a), s6(b)(i)
Report
1-Oct-22 Submission
United Nations General Assembly 2022: First Committee on Disarmament and
International Security
1-Oct-22 Brief for meeting
Hon. Phil Twyford Meeting with Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and
External Trade, Hon. Jeremiah Manele
1-Oct-22 Brief for meeting
Visit by Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade: Overview
and Objectives
1-Oct-22 Brief for meeting
Background on Pacific Development and Conservation Trust
Meeting Monday 3rd October 2pm with Sai Lealea Chair Pacific Development and
Conservation Trust
4-Oct-22 Submission
Appointment of member to the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and
Arms Control (PACDAC)
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Referred to MDAC
Date received by
Category
Subject
MDAC
5-FEB-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 3 February 2022
12-FEB-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 10 February 2022
15-FEB-22 Submission
Russia/Ukraine: Aotearoa New Zealand Response Measures
16-FEB-22 Submission
Impacts of a Russia-Ukraine conflict on the New Zealand economy
17-FEB-22 Informal Note
Information Note: Russia/Ukraine - Proposed timeline: Aotearoa New Zealand responses
in the event of Russian military action
19-FEB-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 17 February 2022
26-FEB-22 Submission –
Prohibition on Military use Goods to Russia: Gazette Notice Consultation
Joint
26-FEB-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 24 February 2022
26-FEB-22 Submission
Russia-Ukraine: travel bans in response to military incursion.
5-MAR-22 Submission
MFA Weekly Report - 3 March 2021
15-MAR-22 Submission
Navigating Aotearoa New Zealand's policy to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine
12-MAR-22 Submission –
Prohibition on Military Use Goods to Belarus: Gazette Notice Consultation
Joint
10-MAR-22 Informal Note
Update on COVID-19 in the Pacific (10 March 2022)
12-MAR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 10 March 2022
16-MAR-22 Submission
Credentials for the Conference of the Parties to the Amendment to the Convention on the
Physical Protection of Nuclear Material 2022
19-MAR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 17 March 2022
25-MAR-22 Submission
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Responding to Future Weapons Tests
30-APR-22 Submission
2021 International Climate Change Engagement Plan
26-MAR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 24 March 2022
2-APR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 31 March 2022
5-APR-22 Submission
Peacebuilding Commission: New Zealand objectives for 2022 term
9-APR-22 Submission
s6(a)
9-APR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report -7 April 2022
16-APR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 14 April 2022
21-APR-22 Submission
Space Policy Process: scope, objectives, options
22-APR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 21 April 2022
30-APR-22 Submission
International Climate Change Engagement Plan 2021
30-APR-22 A3
Aotearoa New Zealand's International Climate Change Engagement Plan (2022)
30-APR-22 A3
International Climate Change Initiatives March 2022
30-APR-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report – 28 April 2022
7-MAY-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report – 5 May 2022
14-MAY-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report – 12 May 2022
14-MAY-22 Submission
Aotearoa New Zealand's attendance at UN General Assembly high-level Week,
September 2022
12-MAY-22 Submission
Instrument of Full Powers - New Zealand - Timor-Leste Air Services Agreement
21-MAY-22 Submission
Nuclear Free Zone Act: Approval for Visit by French Navy Vessel - D'ENTRECASTEAUX
21-MAY-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 19 May 2022
4-JUN-22 Submission
s6(a)
28-MAY-22 Submission
Australian Federal Election 2022 – strategic priorities for engagement with the Albanese
Government
28-MAY-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report 26 May 2022
4-JUN-22 Submission
Update to the Schedule of Chemicals in the Chemical Weapons (Prohibition) Act 1996
4-JUN-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 2 June 2022
11-JUN-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 9 June 2022
24-JUN-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 16 June 2022
24-JUN-22 Submission
Minister of Foreign Affairs' travel to the Pacific in 2022
24-JUN-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 23 June 2022
2-JUL-22 Submission
s9(2)(f)(iv)
9-JUL-22 Submission
2022-23 International Climate Change Engagement Plan: Quarter 1 reporting
2-JUL-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 30 June 2022
6-JUL-22 Submission –
Proposed enhancements to the Export Controls regime: Cabinet approval to release
covering
consultation document
Cabinet Paper
9-JUL-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report – 7 July 2022
16-JUL-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 14 July 2022
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23-JUL-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 21 July 2022
6-AUG-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 28 July 2022
6-AUG-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 4 August 2022
13-AUG-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 11 August 2022
26-AUG-22 Submission
International Atomic Energy Agency: 66th General Conference, 26-30 September 2022 -
credentials
27-AUG-22 Submission
Australia – Aotearoa New Zealand Bilateral Relationship Architecture: Implementing the
Australia New Zealand Leaders Meeting Announcements
20-AUG-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 18 August 2022
3-SEP-22 Submission
s6(a), s9(2)(b)(i)
27-AUG-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 25 August 2022
3-SEP-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 1 September 2022
10-SEP-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 8 September 2022
12-SEP-22 Submission
s6(a)
13-SEP-22 Submission
Nuclear Shipment Through the Tasman Sea
24-SEP-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 15 September 2022
24-SEP-22 Submission
Russia/Ukraine: Proposed response to the planned referenda in Russian-occupied parts
of Ukraine
24-SEP-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report – 22 September 2022
1-OCT-22 Submission
The 77th UN General Assembly - approach to the Committee session
1-OCT-22 Weekly Report
MFA Weekly Report - 29 September 2022
