Identifier
Created
Classification
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05VIENNA3564
2005-11-07 12:56:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC
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C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003564
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/P, EUR/ERA AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2015
TAGS: PREL AU UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC
WORKING METHODS
REF: STATE 199305
Classified By: Pol Unit Chief Michael DeTar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d
)
C O N F I D E N T I A L VIENNA 003564
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/P, EUR/ERA AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2015
TAGS: PREL AU UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC
WORKING METHODS
REF: STATE 199305
Classified By: Pol Unit Chief Michael DeTar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d
)
1. (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche to MFA
A/S-equivalent for UN Affairs Helmut Boeck on November 2 and
followed up with Boeck's deputy, Peter Huber, on November 4.
Huber told us that Austria's priority was preserving the
effectiveness of the Security Council. Austria was
unenthusiastic about the several proposals for UNSC reform
and/or expansion (including the recent "G-4" initiative).
2. (C) Huber said Austrian reps in New York would quietly
suggest to their Swiss colleagues that they drop the
proposal. In deference to its neighbor Switzerland (an ally
of Austria's on many questions before the UN, including
environmental and human rights issues),Austria would not
step forward as a declared opponent of the Swiss idea, but
there was "no question of Austria supporting it or voting for
it."
Phillips
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/P, EUR/ERA AND EUR/AGS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2015
TAGS: PREL AU UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SWISS PROPOSAL ON UNSC
WORKING METHODS
REF: STATE 199305
Classified By: Pol Unit Chief Michael DeTar, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d
)
1. (SBU) Embassy Vienna conveyed reftel demarche to MFA
A/S-equivalent for UN Affairs Helmut Boeck on November 2 and
followed up with Boeck's deputy, Peter Huber, on November 4.
Huber told us that Austria's priority was preserving the
effectiveness of the Security Council. Austria was
unenthusiastic about the several proposals for UNSC reform
and/or expansion (including the recent "G-4" initiative).
2. (C) Huber said Austrian reps in New York would quietly
suggest to their Swiss colleagues that they drop the
proposal. In deference to its neighbor Switzerland (an ally
of Austria's on many questions before the UN, including
environmental and human rights issues),Austria would not
step forward as a declared opponent of the Swiss idea, but
there was "no question of Austria supporting it or voting for
it."
Phillips