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07THEHAGUE1104
2007-06-08 15:01:00
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Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
DUTCH ON U.S. INTEREST IN UNAIDS BOARD VICE-CHAIR
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STATE FOR EUR/UBI (RREITER)
STATE ALSO FOR S/GAC (CMCIFF),IO/T (GROBERTSOF)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KHIV EAID TBIO PREL NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH ON U.S. INTEREST IN UNAIDS BOARD VICE-CHAIR
POSITION
REF: STATE 71964
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
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STATE FOR EUR/UBI (RREITER)
STATE ALSO FOR S/GAC (CMCIFF),IO/T (GROBERTSOF)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KHIV EAID TBIO PREL NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH ON U.S. INTEREST IN UNAIDS BOARD VICE-CHAIR
POSITION
REF: STATE 71964
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) Econoff delivered reftel points June 5 to Henriette
van Gulik at the UN Candidates Desk of the Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA),and June 6 to Siemon Tuinstra, MFA's
Coordinator for Task Force AIDS and Reproductive Health.
2. (SBU) Van Gulik said the GONL were aware of USG interest
in serving as Vice-Chair for the UNAIDS Program Coordinating
Board (PCB) during World Health Organization meetings held
the week of May 21 in Geneva . Van Gulik said that while the
Dutch were also interested serving as Vice-Chair, the GONL
had not yet made a decision. She acknowledged that the
Netherlands was not currently a member of the Board, and
therefore formally ineligible for the Vice-Chairmanship.
Nevertheless, if the GONL decided to proceed, she said it
would discuss its interest with Belgium, the current PCB
Constituency Chair, and Luxembourg, the next Chair. Van
Gulik noted Dutch HIV/AIDS Ambassador Paul Bekkers would
attend the June 25-27 PCB meeting in Geneva.
3. (SBU) Tuinstra confirmed the GONL had not yet decided
whether to run for PCB Vice-Chair. The Dutch have both
financing and staff available, he said, but a final decision
depended on which other countries were interested in the
position. If the U.S. were to become Vice-Chair, Tuinstra
predicted some "tension" between the outgoing Swedish Chair's
focus on sexuality and the USG's emphasis on ABC strategies.
He also questioned whether USG interest in the UNAIDS PCB
Vice-Chair signaled a greater USG desire to work within the
UN system as a whole. However, he added, this interest and
the doubling of USG AIDS funding were positive signs that the
U.S. wanted to play a visible role in the fight against the
virus.
ARNALL
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/UBI (RREITER)
STATE ALSO FOR S/GAC (CMCIFF),IO/T (GROBERTSOF)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KHIV EAID TBIO PREL NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH ON U.S. INTEREST IN UNAIDS BOARD VICE-CHAIR
POSITION
REF: STATE 71964
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) Econoff delivered reftel points June 5 to Henriette
van Gulik at the UN Candidates Desk of the Dutch Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MFA),and June 6 to Siemon Tuinstra, MFA's
Coordinator for Task Force AIDS and Reproductive Health.
2. (SBU) Van Gulik said the GONL were aware of USG interest
in serving as Vice-Chair for the UNAIDS Program Coordinating
Board (PCB) during World Health Organization meetings held
the week of May 21 in Geneva . Van Gulik said that while the
Dutch were also interested serving as Vice-Chair, the GONL
had not yet made a decision. She acknowledged that the
Netherlands was not currently a member of the Board, and
therefore formally ineligible for the Vice-Chairmanship.
Nevertheless, if the GONL decided to proceed, she said it
would discuss its interest with Belgium, the current PCB
Constituency Chair, and Luxembourg, the next Chair. Van
Gulik noted Dutch HIV/AIDS Ambassador Paul Bekkers would
attend the June 25-27 PCB meeting in Geneva.
3. (SBU) Tuinstra confirmed the GONL had not yet decided
whether to run for PCB Vice-Chair. The Dutch have both
financing and staff available, he said, but a final decision
depended on which other countries were interested in the
position. If the U.S. were to become Vice-Chair, Tuinstra
predicted some "tension" between the outgoing Swedish Chair's
focus on sexuality and the USG's emphasis on ABC strategies.
He also questioned whether USG interest in the UNAIDS PCB
Vice-Chair signaled a greater USG desire to work within the
UN system as a whole. However, he added, this interest and
the doubling of USG AIDS funding were positive signs that the
U.S. wanted to play a visible role in the fight against the
virus.
ARNALL