SLOVENIA WILL VOTE FOR DAVID WALKER FOR UN

C O N F I D E N T I A L LJUBLJANA 000685 SIPDIS SIPDIS PASS TO IO/MPR/SC BRIAN HACKETT, USUN/MR BRUCE RASHKOW E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/29/2017 TAGS: PREL AORC UN UNGA SI SUBJECT: SLOVENIA WILL VOTE FOR DAVID WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REF: SECSTATE 149678 Classified By: CDA MCOLEMAN E.O. 12958, reason 1.4 (b, d) ¶1. (C) On October 30, EmbOff met with Blazka Kepic, head of the United Nations System Section of the MFA's Division for International Organizations and Human Security, to urge Slovenia to instruct its delegation to the UN in New York to vote for Mr. Walker in the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) election taking place on November 2. Kepic stated that the GOS has instructed its UN mission in New York to vote for Mr. Walker. She noted that the GOS agrees that Mr. Walker is highly qualified for the position. Kepic also stressed that Slovenia would highly appreciate U.S. support for its candidate for the Executive Board of UNICEF in the elections held in ECOSOC in 2008. She emphasized that human rights issues, particularly those involving children and women, are very high on Slovenia's agenda and that its candidate for the UNICEF position is the only one from an "East European country." COLEMAN