Deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)

23/05/2018 Publication

The Cabinet paper and associated minute have been published on Cabinet's February 2018 approval to deploy a senior Defence Force officer to be Chief of Staff to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for one year from May 2018. The documents are available from the Publications page.

On 24 May 2018 the Minister of Defence issued a release on the Chief of Staff deployment: https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-defence-force-deployment-south-sudan(external link) (external link).

Further information about the UNMISS dpeloyment is available from the Republic of South Sudan deployment page.