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05VIENNA1064
2005-04-01 15:38:00
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Embassy Vienna
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GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF

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UNCLAS VIENNA 001064 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR L/LEI (DENISE MANNING) AND NP/RA (EYTHAN SONTAG)
DEPT PLEASE PASS USCG - LCDR BRAD KIESERMAN
DOJ FOR WAYNE RAABE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
SUBJECT: GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF
DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENTMENTS TO THE SUA CONVENTION -
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

REF: STATE 55182

This message is sensitive but unclassified.

UNCLAS VIENNA 001064

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPT FOR L/LEI (DENISE MANNING) AND NP/RA (EYTHAN SONTAG)
DEPT PLEASE PASS USCG - LCDR BRAD KIESERMAN
DOJ FOR WAYNE RAABE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV AU
SUBJECT: GAINING PSI PARTNERS' SUPPORT FOR EXISTING TEXT OF
DRAFT SHIP BOARDING AMENDMENTMENTS TO THE SUA CONVENTION -
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

REF: STATE 55182

This message is sensitive but unclassified.


1. (SBU) EconPol Unit Chief conveyed reftel points to
Ambassador Dorothea Auer (2005 Australia Group Chair and
Austria's PSI representative) on March 29. In a follow-up
meeting on March 30, Auer agreed that her office would
support the draft text that had emerged from the working
group.


2. (SBU) EconPol Off also conveyed reftel points to MFA
Legal Affairs officer Thomas Loidl, who is coordinating the
GOA's position, on April 1. Loidl told us that it is in the
best interests of the GOA to achieve a revised SUA, and that
the MFA is in favor of the current draft without amendments.
However, he added a caveat, saying that he would need to
consult with the Ministry of Justice before adopting a final
position.


3. (SBU) Loidl informed us that Professor Gunther Handl, a
professor of public international law at Tulane University
and specialist in the law of the sea, will represent Austria
at the Legal Committee meeting later this month. Handl, an
Austrian, has served previously as a special advisor to the
MFA's Legal Affairs Office.
Brown