UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC.

UNCLAS VIENNA 003375 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO SUBJECT: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- SEC. GUTIERREZ LETTER DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA REF: A. (A) STATE 189518 ¶B. (B) VIENNA 3322 ¶C. (C) STATE 184292 ¶D. (D) VIENNA 3246 ¶E. (E) STATE 170909 ¶1. Charge transmitted ref (a) letter and talking points from Commerce Secretary Gutierrez to Austrian Economics Minister Martin Bartenstein on October 14. The Economics Ministry undertook to consider the letter as Austria prepared its position for votes the following week. (Note: Per refs (b) and (d),Austria supports the EU position in favor of the current draft of the Cultural Diversity Convention. End note.) van Voorst