OSCE - DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCE ON

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002104

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC NL OSCE
SUBJECT: OSCE - DUTCH PARTICIPATION AT CONFERENCE ON
RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND DISCRIMINATION

REF: STATE 176189


1. The Dutch hope to send a delegation to subject conference
headed by a cabinet minister, likely Rita Verdonk, Minister
for Immigration and Integration, according to Joris Geeven,
MFA officer covering the OSCE in the Human Rights Department
who spoke with Poloff on August 20. Human Rights Special
Ambassador Piet de Klerk will be on the delegation. Geeven
was intrigued by the participation of NGOs and universities
on the U.S. delegation and said he felt the Dutch could have
such representation as well.


2. Geevens promised to find out about Dutch reporting on
hate crimes per se, with which he was not familiar. He felt
sure that some such reporting would go to Parliament on a
yearly basis and that such public reports could be submitted
to the OSCE.
RUSSEL