FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE

UNCLAS VIENNA 001715 SIPDIS STATE FOR INL/C BRANDOLINO USAID FOR O'BRIEN BRASILIA FOR LISBOA AND RAMOS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU SUBJECT: FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE REF: STATE 63279 On May 23, Poloff contacted Maria Steinbauer in the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of Coorperation on Counterterrorism, Drug Trafficking, Organized Crime, and Money Laundering to offer our assistance and encourage senior-level Austrian participation in the upcoming Fourth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption (GF IV). The government of Austria, according to Steinbauer, received the GF IV information and registration materials in early May from the Brazilian Embassy in Vienna and distributed this information to the Austrian Ministry of Interior and other relevant ministries. Austria has not yet named a delegation to the GF IV. Brown