Future Mandate Options for the New Zealand Defence Force's Deployment to the Multinational Force and Observers

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The pack comprises the Cabinet paper: Future Mandate Options for the New Zealand Defence Force’s Deployment to the Multinational Force and Observers and associated minutue of decision [FPS-24-SUB-0007 and FPS-24-MIN-0007].

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