NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002564

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF PHUM EAID NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: URGING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INITIATIVES IN DARFUR

REF: SECSTATE 172323


1. (SBU) On September 21, POLOFF shared reftel points with
Stella Kloth, Sudan Desk Officer at the MFA and member of the
Dutch Government's Sudan Task Force. Kloth was very
interested in the points and promised to share them with her
colleagues at the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum.


2. (SBU) Kloth noted that the Dutch Embassy in Khartoum has a
budget of approximately one million euros to be used for
human rights initiatives. She said she would explore whether
the fund could be used for a joint initiative pursuant to
reftel points and get back to post.

BLAKEMAN