Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
03OTTAWA1542
2003-05-30 13:11:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:  

CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN

Tags:  PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001542 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/30/2013
TAGS: PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
SUBJECT: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN
CAMBODIA

REF: STATE 139900

Classified By: Pol MC Brian Flora for reasons 1.5(b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001542

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/30/2013
TAGS: PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA
SUBJECT: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN
CAMBODIA

REF: STATE 139900

Classified By: Pol MC Brian Flora for reasons 1.5(b) and (d).

1.(C) Post delivered points contained reftel to Stuart
Savage, Deputy Political Director in DFAIT's Southeast Asia
Division, on May 29. Savage indicated Canada shares our view
that the government of Cambodia should be held to its
commitment to conduct a credible national election. Savage
said Canada's ambassador in Phnom Penh has been actively
engaged in a series of meetings and programs to encourage
fair elections. However, he said the GoC would not make a
public statement concerning the elections before they take
place. Canada will send interns working from its embassy in
Phnom Penh, as well as officers from Canada's other embassies
in the region, to serve as election observers.


2. (C) Savage also mentioned that Canada, through its Human
Security initiative, has been one of the main donors to an
NGO project in Cambodia known as Impacs. He described Impacs
as a media training program that teaches local media how to
do unbiased reporting on elections. The Cambodian election is
one of the pilot projects for Impacs.
CELLUCCI