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05VIENNA3397
2005-10-19 08:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP
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UNCLAS VIENNA 003397
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER
COMMERCE FOR ITA/USFCS - THOMAS MOORE AND ITA/MAC - KELLY
PARSONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
SUBJECT: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA
REF: A. (A) VIENNA 3375
B. (B) STATE 189518
C. (C) VIENNA 3322
D. (D) STATE 184292
E. (E) VIENNA 3246
F. (F) STATE 170909
UNCLAS VIENNA 003397
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER
COMMERCE FOR ITA/USFCS - THOMAS MOORE AND ITA/MAC - KELLY
PARSONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
SUBJECT: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA
REF: A. (A) VIENNA 3375
B. (B) STATE 189518
C. (C) VIENNA 3322
D. (D) STATE 184292
E. (E) VIENNA 3246
F. (F) STATE 170909
1. Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter
on Friday, October 14 (ref a),EconPolCouns and Senior
Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela
Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division
of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor.
2. Habermayer said Austria supported the current draft of
the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention. She noted that the
convention had responded to discussions in Europe of the need
to define Europe's cultural identity. After the defeat of
the EU constitutional referendum in France earlier this year,
Europeans had given even more support to the concepts in the
Cultural Diversity Convention.
3. On the trade aspects of the convention, Austria has
argued that international agreements should be mutually
supportive, Habermayer said. There was no change in the EU
position on the General Agreement on Trade in Services, she
noted. Austria suppoorted the principle of not including
cultural aspects in GATS discussions, she added.
van Voorst
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER
COMMERCE FOR ITA/USFCS - THOMAS MOORE AND ITA/MAC - KELLY
PARSONS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD PREL SCUL AU UNESCO
SUBJECT: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION -- FOLLOW-UP
DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA
REF: A. (A) VIENNA 3375
B. (B) STATE 189518
C. (C) VIENNA 3322
D. (D) STATE 184292
E. (E) VIENNA 3246
F. (F) STATE 170909
1. Following up on delivery of Secretary Gutierrez's letter
on Friday, October 14 (ref a),EconPolCouns and Senior
Commercial Officer met on October 18 with Gabriela
Habermayer, head of the Multilateral Trade Affairs Division
of the Austrian Ministry for Economics and Labor.
2. Habermayer said Austria supported the current draft of
the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention. She noted that the
convention had responded to discussions in Europe of the need
to define Europe's cultural identity. After the defeat of
the EU constitutional referendum in France earlier this year,
Europeans had given even more support to the concepts in the
Cultural Diversity Convention.
3. On the trade aspects of the convention, Austria has
argued that international agreements should be mutually
supportive, Habermayer said. There was no change in the EU
position on the General Agreement on Trade in Services, she
noted. Austria suppoorted the principle of not including
cultural aspects in GATS discussions, she added.
van Voorst