Identifier
Created
Classification
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05WELLINGTON736
2005-09-22 05:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Wellington
Cable title:
NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION
how-toThis record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 220524Z Sep 05
UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000736
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO-JCOWLEY AND EAP/ANP-DRICCI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION
ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS
REF: SECSTATE 170909
Poloff provided reftel demarche points to James Hartley,
Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (MFAT) -- including additional points regarding Article
¶20. On September 17, New Zealand held general elections and
the outcome remains uncertain. According to Hartley the
current caretaker government is unable to provide a response.
He was unable to predict when GNZ would be able to answer.
Burnett