EU GOALS AND DUTCH RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA GOALS -

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001680

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/24/08
TAGS: AORC PREL PHUM NL UNGA UN
SUBJECT: EU GOALS AND DUTCH RESPONSE TO U.S. UNGA GOALS -
PART ONE

REF: SECSTATE 175664

Classified By: PolCouns Mary E. Daly Reasons 1.5 (b) and (d)

(C) PolOff conveyed reftel to Pieter Ramaer, head of the
MFA's UN and IFI Department, on June 24. Ramaer was
appreciative of the information, and will discuss U.S. goals
within the MFA. Ramaer stated that EU member states are in
the process of agreeing on EU goals for the UNGA; he expects
the paper to be finalized in early July. While hesitant to
speak until the document is complete, Ramaer shared the
following fourteen subject topics of the EU draft:

-Role of the UN and Implementation of Millennium Declaration
-Disarmament and Non-proliferation
-Combating Terrorism
-Conflict Prevention and Peacekeeping (focus on UN-EU
activities)
-Human Rights
-Humanitarian Issues (focus on UN and Red Cross activities)
-International Peace and Security (focus on the following:
Middle East, Iraq, Cyprus, Korea, Afghanistan, Burma, India
and Pakistan)
-International Law and Criminal Justice (focus on ICC)
-Sustainable Development (focus Monterey, Johannesburg)
-International Society
-Combating HIV/AIDS, Turburculosis and Malaria (focus on
encouraging countries to contribute to the Global Fund)
-SARS
-Strengthening UN System (focus on reform of UNSC and
increased cooperation between UNSC and ECOSOC)
-UN Finances (focus on: all contributions paid on time
without conditions; results-based budgeting.)

2.(C) Ramaer did note that the GoNL position on cloning
differs from that of the US; the Dutch do not oppose the
cloning of human embryos for testing/research purposes.
SOBEL