Recognition of Myanmar over Burma
Joshua Grainger made this Official Information request to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
It was revealed in the press recently that New Zealand has recognized the country that John Key has recently visited as Myanmar. This was apparently a reversal of a policy decision two years ago to intead recognize the country as Burma. I would like to request under the Official Information Act some information related to this.
I would like to request:
* Any Cabinet papers, briefings, reports, aide memoire, or other such documents on the recent decision to recognize Myanmar over Burma
* Any Cabinet papers, briefings, reports, aide memoire, or other such documents on the decision of approximately two years ago to recognize Burma over Myanmar
If my request is big enough to trigger a s18(f) refusal or a charge (or if it is just easier), I would like to instead request a list of the titles of documents and dates so that I can narrow down my request. If any documents are withheld in full I would also like to instead request the titles and dates of these documents.
Feel free to contact me if you wish me to clarify my request. I've had problems with emails not being received by MFAT before, so can I please have an acknowledgement email?
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
From: MORRIS, Janet (IMD/ESD)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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Dear Joshua
Thank you for your OIA request which has been directed to the relevant area within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to answer.
Kind regards
Janet
Janet Morris
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From: ENQUIRIES
Sent: Monday, 26 November 2012 8:22 a.m.
To: MORRIS, Janet (IMD/ESD); ROBERTSON, Neil (IMD); KIM, Maria (CEO Office)
Subject: FW: Official Information Act request - Recognition of Myanmar over Burma
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Megan Griffiths Research Librarian
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua Grainger [mailto:[OIA #673 email]]
Sent: Friday, 23 November 2012 9:06 p.m.
To: ENQUIRIES
Subject: Official Information Act request - Recognition of Myanmar over Burma
Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
It was revealed in the press recently that New Zealand has
recognized the country that John Key has recently visited as
Myanmar. This was apparently a reversal of a policy decision two
years ago to intead recognize the country as Burma. I would like to
request under the Official Information Act some information related
to this.
I would like to request:
* Any Cabinet papers, briefings, reports, aide memoire, or other
such documents on the recent decision to recognize Myanmar over
Burma
* Any Cabinet papers, briefings, reports, aide memoire, or other
such documents on the decision of approximately two years ago to
recognize Burma over Myanmar
If my request is big enough to trigger a s18(f) refusal or a charge
(or if it is just easier), I would like to instead request a list
of the titles of documents and dates so that I can narrow down my
request. If any documents are withheld in full I would also like to
instead request the titles and dates of these documents.
Feel free to contact me if you wish me to clarify my request. I've
had problems with emails not being received by MFAT before, so can
I please have an acknowledgement email?
Yours faithfully,
Joshua Grainger
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From: Joshua Grainger
Dear MORRIS, Janet (IMD/ESD),
Can I please have an update on the status of my OIA request? According to the Ombudsman's calculator a response was due on the 21st of December, and it has now been a month since then.
Yours sincerely,
Joshua Grainger
Joshua Grainger left an annotation ()
I've got a complaint in with the Ombudsman at the moment.
I suspect that there maybe a political motive for withholding: I filed a complaint in January, and in my experience delay-denial complaints are resolved rather quickly.
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Please find attached a response to your OIA request from Hon Murray
McCully.
Regards,
Aimee Crooks
Aimee Crooks | Ministerial Secretary | Office of Hon Murray McCully
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Minister for Sport and Recreation
Phone [1]+64 4 817 9409 | [2]+64 21 574 438 |Email:
[3][email address]
6.1 Executive Wing Beehive | Parliament Buildings | Wellington 6160 | New
Zealand
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