SLOVENIA ON ILO'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2006-2007

UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000345 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/NCE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ELAB ELAB SI SIAORC SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON ILO'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2006-2007 REF: SECSTATE 94764 ¶1. On 24 May, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jana Testen, Head of the International Department at the Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs. Testen said she was aware of the budget concerns and expressed frustration over the membership fees that Slovenia pays to the ILO. Testen commented it was "not clear" what value Slovenia received from being an ILO member, despite annual costs she termed "some of the highest of any international organization Slovenia belongs to." ¶2. Testen noted it was quite possible that the EU would not support the current budget proposal given the opposition already expressed by the UK and the Netherlands. Testen told Econoff Slovenia did not have a final position on the ILO budget but said Slovenia would support the common position of the EU. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00345 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2 ClassNet Site content up to SECRET InfoAccess -- Cable Archive Retrieval System (CARS) Bureau of Administration Intranet Central (INet) InfoAccess home This site contains up to SECRET information Start New Search Open/Save in MSWORD Back to Results List [Prev] Displaying Document 76 [Next] 2005LJUBLJ00345 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED ACTION EUR-00 INFO LOG-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CA-00 CIAE-00 COME-00 INL-00 EB-00 UTED-00 VC-00 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-00 LAB-01 VCE-00 NRRC-00 NSAE-00 OES-00 OIC-00 OIG-00 OPM-01 CAEX-00 PM-00 STR-00 FMP-00 PMB-00 PRM-00 DRL-00 G-00 SAS-00 /002W -------------- F4E10B 251200Z /38 P 250618Z MAY 05 FM AMEMBASSY LJUBLJANA TO USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3801 INFO EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000345 SIPDIS DEPT FOR EUR/NCE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ELAB ELAB SI SIAORC SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON ILO'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2006-2007 REF: SECSTATE 94764 ¶1. On 24 May, Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jana Testen, Head of the International Department at the Ministry of Labor, Family, and Social Affairs. Testen said she was aware of the budget concerns and expressed frustration over the membership fees that Slovenia pays to the ILO. Testen commented it was "not clear" what value Slovenia received from being an ILO member, despite annual costs she termed "some of the highest of any international organization Slovenia belongs to." ¶2. Testen noted it was quite possible that the EU would not support the current budget proposal given the opposition already expressed by the UK and the Netherlands. Testen told Econoff Slovenia did not have a final position on the ILO budget but said Slovenia would support the common position of the EU. ROBERTSON NNNN 2005LJUBLJ00345 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED v1.6.2