What Middle East Ops Valued at $18.176m Ended in 2017/18 as per #Budget2018
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From: Simon Ewing-Jarvie
Dear Ron Mark,
What Middle East operations were successfully completed in 2017/18 relating to NZDF's support, through the provision of training, security, engineering, and supervision, for United Nations and Multi-national force operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the Middle East? I refer to the "Reasons for Change in Appropriation" provided on Page 35 of Vote Defence Force in the Estimates of Appropriations 2018/2019 which provides this as the reason for decreased funding of $18.176 million under the Departmental Output Expense "Military Operations in Support of a Rules-Based International"
This request is made under the Official Information Act 1982. I am a New Zealand citizen.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Ewing-Jarvie
From: R Mark (MIN)
Ron Mark
Tena koe Ewing-Jarvie
On behalf of the Hon Ron Mark, I acknowledge your OIA request requesting
the following information:
“What Middle East operations were successfully completed in 2017/18
relating to NZDF's support, through the provision of training, security,
engineering, and supervision, for United Nations and Multi-national force
operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the Middle East? I refer to
the "Reasons for Change in Appropriation" provided on Page 35 of Vote
Defence Force in the Estimates of Appropriations 2018/2019 which provides
this as the reason for decreased funding of $18.176 million under the
Departmental Output Expense "Military Operations in Support of a
Rules-Based International"
Your request was received in the office on the Monday 21 May 2018. you can
expect a response from Minister Mark in due course.
Nga mihi
Katie Lemalu | Private Secretary to Hon Ron Mark MP | New Zealand First
Ministerial Portfolios: Defence | Veterans Affairs
New Zealand Parliament | Pāremata Aotearoa
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From: Simon Ewing-Jarvie
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Subject: Official Information request - What Middle East Ops Valued at
$18.176m Ended in 2017/18 as per #Budget2018
OIA - 2018 -0043
Dear Ron Mark,
What Middle East operations were successfully completed in 2017/18
relating to NZDF's support, through the provision of training, security,
engineering, and supervision, for United Nations and Multi-national force
operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and across the Middle East? I refer to
the "Reasons for Change in Appropriation" provided on Page 35 of Vote
Defence Force in the Estimates of Appropriations 2018/2019 which provides
this as the reason for decreased funding of $18.176 million under the
Departmental Output Expense "Military Operations in Support of a
Rules-Based International"
This request is made under the Official Information Act 1982. I am a New
Zealand citizen.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Ewing-Jarvie
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Tena koe Mr Ewing-Jarvie
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Simon Ewing-Jarvie left an annotation ()
I have written a follow-up article using the information gleaned from this OIA request. It relates specifically to the mandate for the NZ troops in the Multinational Force and Observers in Sinai, Egypt and can be found here https://unclas.com/2018/07/23/justin-and...
Following the publication of my article, It is understood that Cabinet agreed to a 2 month extension (to 30 Sep 2018) to the MFO mandate which you can read here https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/07/23/16...
Thanks again fyi.org.nz
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Ron Mark
Tena koe Mr Ewing-Jarvie
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Simon Ewing-Jarvie left an annotation ()
Thanks again for your excellent service fyi.org.nz - I've used the info on the Defence budget cut to write this blog post https://unclas.com/2018/06/20/ppp/
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