DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL AND

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002380 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/CIP/MA FOR (SHIPMAN),IO/T (NAMDE) STATE ALSO FOR EUR/UBI (REITER) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ECPS ITU NL SUBJECT: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ITU COUNCIL AND ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD REF: STATE 168693 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. ¶1. (U) On October 12, Econoff shared reftel demarche and diplomatic notes with Hein van der Hoeven, Department for UN and Financial Institutions, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wim Rullens, Directorate General for Energy and Telecom, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. ¶2. (SBU) Van der Hoeven said that the Dutch would support U.S. election to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council and the election of Ms. Julie Napier Zoller to the ITU's Radio Regulations Board. Embassy received two diplomatic notes, DVF/CI-450/06 and DVF/CI-451/06, on November 3 that confirmed Dutch support for the U.S. in both elections. Original Notes are being pouched under registry number 7317145. SOLBERG