New Zealand Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Manatū Aorere
29 March 2021
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18−901
Wellington 6160
New Zealand
Ms Hursthouse
T +64 4 439 8000
[FYI request #14803 email]
F +64 4 472 9596
OIA 27295
Tēnā koe Ms Hursthouse
I refer to your email of 2 March 2021 in which you request the following under the Official
Information Act 1982 (OIA):
“Could you please advise how much New Zealand has pledged in aid to Yemen in 2020,
and in 2021? This request relates to any pledges, whether through the United Nations
virtual pledging conferences on Monday 1 March 2021, and 2 June 2020, or otherwise.”
New Zealand has contributed NZ$18.5 million in total to humanitarian support in Yemen since
2017. Of this funding, New Zealand pledged NZ$5 million in 2020, including NZ$3 million in
December 2020, working with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the
UN World Food Programme (WFP). No further funding has been pledged yet in 2021.
In addition, in 2020 New Zealand contributed NZ$7 million through the UN Central Emergency
Response Fund (CERF) towards the Global Humanitarian Response Fund for COVID-19, and
NZ$2.5 million through CERF towards famine prevention. Yemen was a key beneficiary of both
initiatives.
Attached is the statement that the New Zealand Permanent Representative to the United
Nations in New York delivered at the recent United Nations Yemen Pledging Conference.
Please note that this email (with your personal details redacted) may be published on the
Ministry’s website.
You have the right under section 28(3) of the OIA to seek a review of this response by the
Ombudsman.
Nāku noa, nā
Julie-Anne Lee
for Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade
e [MFAT request email]
w www.mfat.govt.nz