ECUADOR: ILO BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS QUITO 001220 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/T - DRISCOLL, IO/S - JOHNSTON, GENEVA - CHAMBERLIN AND KRUGLIKOVA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ELAB EC ILO SUBJECT: ECUADOR: ILO BUDGET DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: SECSTATE 94764 ¶1. LabOff conveyed reftel talking points urging support for fiscal restraint on the ILO's proposed budget for 2006-2007 to Minister of Labor Galo Chiriboga on May 23. Chiriboga, who will be traveling to Geneva for the ILO's International Labor Conference on May 27, said he agreed that the proposed budget should include cuts in the areas of travel and personnel costs. However, he did not believe there should be cuts in the training budget. Chacon