ESTONIA: UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS TALLINN 000178 SIPDIS FOR IO/MPR -- BRIAN G HACKETT AND USUN/MR -- BENJAMIN GARCIA SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA UNGA UNGA/C-6, EN SUBJECT: ESTONIA: UN REFORM DEMARCHE DELIVERED Ref: State 31831 ¶1. On March 15, we delivered reftel points to Kirke Kraav, MFA Director for the International Organizations and Regional Cooperation Division, and Minna-Liina Lind, UN Desk Officer, on the USG's concerns over proposals to reform the UN's internal system of Administration of Justice. The GOE agrees with the general consensus that the UN and its staff need an internal justice system which enjoys the trust and confidence of both the staff and the management. While sympathetic to several USG concerns (e.g., informal system agreements, undefined duties, role of staff associations, financial implications, etc.), Lind emphasized the GOE's overarching desire to have a new system in place as soon as possible. GOLDSTEIN