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05VIENNA112
2005-01-12 15:19:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Vienna
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INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS -

Tags:  PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU 
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UNCLAS VIENNA 000112 

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/I, DRL/CRA, DRL/PHD AND EUR/AGS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS -
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

REF: 04 STATE 274965

This message is sensitive but unclassified.

UNCLAS VIENNA 000112

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/I, DRL/CRA, DRL/PHD AND EUR/AGS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PROP PREL PHUM IZ AU
SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS -
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

REF: 04 STATE 274965

This message is sensitive but unclassified.


1. (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points to Austrian MFA
Middle East Africa Bureau on January 10. Pol Unit Chief
followed up with Middle East desk officer Wolfgang Lapuh on
January 12. Lapuh agreed with our assessment that successful
elections would represent a critical turning point for Iraq.
However, he pointed out current GoA policy prohibiting TDYs
by Austrian officials in Iraq would likely preclude MFA
involvement in the International Mission for Iraq elections
(IMIE). Lapuh asked whether Austrians with election
observation experience could participate on a private basis.
PolOff said that election and election monitoring expertise
would be in high demand and urged Lapuh to have such
individuals contact Elections Canada to volunteer their
services.


2. (SBU) Pol Unit Chief noted recent media accounts of
arrangements for out-of-country voting for Iraqis resident in
Germany, including polling stations in four German cities.
He urged Lapuh to try to facilitate similar arrangements for
Iraqis in Austria. Lapuh promised to look into possibilities
for Iraqi absentee voting in Austria.
Brown