Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07OSLO144
2007-02-14 14:40:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
(C) NORWEGIANS WON'T SUPPORT ZIMBABWE'S WORLD FOOD
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000144
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C O R R E C T E D C O P Y PRIMARY SUBJ TAG CHGD
SIPDIS
IO/EDA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2017
TAGS: EAID AORC WFP NO
SUBJECT: (C) NORWEGIANS WON'T SUPPORT ZIMBABWE'S WORLD FOOD
PROGRAM (WFP) CANDIDACY
REF: STATE 17145
Classified By: DCM Kevin M. Johnson, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) On February 14 we delivered reftel points to Jostein
Leiro, Deputy Director in the MFA's UN Section. He stated
that Norway would consider how it would make its discontent
with Zimbabwe's potential assumption as vice-president of the
WFP Executive Board known. He reiterated that Zimbabwe in
such role would be "destructive to the UN and African
countries." Leiro pledged that Norway would consult with its
U.S. colleagues in Rome regarding this matter, and regretted
that African countries had not themselves found a way to
avoid the present situation.
WHITNEY