NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR ITU RADIO

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000880 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/ANP - DAN RICCI, EB/CIP/MA - SSHIPMAN, IO/T - JNAMDE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ECPS ITU NZ SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO U.S. DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD CANDIDATE REF: State 168693 ¶1. Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic notes to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) and a copy to the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development. ¶2. Post received the following diplomatic note from MFAT in response. ¶3. Begin text of diplomatic note, dated 1 November, 2006: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honour to refer to the Embassy's Note No. 62-06 of 12 October 2006 informing the Ministry that the United States has nominated Julie Napier Zoller for election to the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations Board at the elections to take place at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference which will be held from 6-24 November 2006 in Antalya, Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade wishes to assure the Embassy of the United States of America that New Zealand will give careful consideration to this candidature. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade takes this opportunity to renew to the Embassy of the United States of America the assurances of its highest consideration." McCormick