Release of Cabinet material relating to the 2019 Deployment in Support of United Nations Security Council Sanctions against North Korea

26/05/2020 Publication

In October 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defence announced the Government’s decision to again deploy a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 maritime patrol aircraft to support the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions against North Korea.

A copy of the announcement is available from the Beehive website: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-announces-further-p-3-deployment-support-un-sanctions(external link) (external website).

The associated Cabinet paper and minute for the September decision are now available: Cabinet material on the P-3K2 deployment(external link)