Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04THEHAGUE2910
2004-11-10 16:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002910
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2014
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS
DELIVERED
REF: STATE 240281
Classified By: POLCOUNS ANDREW J. SCHOFER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
(C) On November 10, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on
disbursing pledges for the UN protection force in Iraq to
Adri van Loopik, head of the MFA's Iraq/Iran desk. PolMilOff
conveyed separately to MFA Security Policy Department
Operations Director Rob Gabrielse. Van Loopik understood
that the UN was so far reluctant to establish a UN Trust Fund
(the EU's prepared option) and took on board that the EU
(and/or individual states) needed to move quickly to
establish an alternate mechanism if such a trust fund were
not forthcoming. He did not indicate what the Dutch planned
to do at this point to move the process forward, either as EU
president or as a member state, but said that our views would
be taken into account in either case.
SOBEL
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/10/2014
TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS NL IZ EUN UN
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/EU/IRAQ: UN PROTECTION FORCE POINTS
DELIVERED
REF: STATE 240281
Classified By: POLCOUNS ANDREW J. SCHOFER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D).
(C) On November 10, POLCOUNS delivered reftel points on
disbursing pledges for the UN protection force in Iraq to
Adri van Loopik, head of the MFA's Iraq/Iran desk. PolMilOff
conveyed separately to MFA Security Policy Department
Operations Director Rob Gabrielse. Van Loopik understood
that the UN was so far reluctant to establish a UN Trust Fund
(the EU's prepared option) and took on board that the EU
(and/or individual states) needed to move quickly to
establish an alternate mechanism if such a trust fund were
not forthcoming. He did not indicate what the Dutch planned
to do at this point to move the process forward, either as EU
president or as a member state, but said that our views would
be taken into account in either case.
SOBEL