Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07THEHAGUE1584
2007-08-29 12:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL
VZCZCXYZ0012 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHTC #1584 2411227 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 291227Z AUG 07 FM AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0128 INFO RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 2685 RUEHOT/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 5161 RUEHPG/AMEMBASSY PRAGUE PRIORITY 1118 RUEHVI/AMEMBASSY VIENNA PRIORITY 0681 RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA 0452 RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0648 RUEHTH/AMEMBASSY ATHENS 0318 RUEHRL/AMEMBASSY BERLIN 1727 RUEHSW/AMEMBASSY BERN 4093 RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0433 RUEHSL/AMEMBASSY BRATISLAVA 0201 RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 9407 RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST 0181 RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 6663 RUEHDL/AMEMBASSY DUBLIN 0225 RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI 1875 RUEHLI/AMEMBASSY LISBON 0504 RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 1725 RUEHMD/AMEMBASSY MADRID 5047 RUEHME/AMEMBASSY MEXICO 0261 RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0591 RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 4984 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 1364 RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 0370 RUEHRK/AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK 0031 RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME 2216 RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0171 RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 1377 RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 4694 RUEHTC/AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1772 RUEHWR/AMEMBASSY WARSAW 2022 RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0330 RUEHBS/USEU BRUSSELS 0521
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001584
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
PARIS FOR USOECD (PREID, CSTONE)
BRUSSELS FOR USEU (PLERNER)
USOAS FOR (BMANZANARES)
STATE FOR S/P (DSOKOLSKY, JGERAN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID KDEM OAS OECD NL
SUBJECT: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL
NOT BECOME FOUNDING MEMBER
REF: A. STATE 115400
B. STATE 108794
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 001584
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
PARIS FOR USOECD (PREID, CSTONE)
BRUSSELS FOR USEU (PLERNER)
USOAS FOR (BMANZANARES)
STATE FOR S/P (DSOKOLSKY, JGERAN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID KDEM OAS OECD NL
SUBJECT: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL
NOT BECOME FOUNDING MEMBER
REF: A. STATE 115400
B. STATE 108794
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) Econoff delivered on August 16 ref A & B points and
principles for the Partnership for Democratic Governance
(PDG) to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Aart
Jacobi, Director, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, and Peace
Building, and Jan Huesken, Senior Policy Officer in the same
department.
2. (SBU) In a subsequent discussion August 28, Huesken said
the GONL still had reservations on modalities and the PDG's
impact on local democratic processes, particularly if
governance was weak. Based on Dutch experience, he
explained, contractors possessing critical expertise and
performing key government functions found it difficult to
leave as stipulated in their exit strategies. As a result,
the GONL would not join as a founding member, and instead see
how the PDG developed and review their membership decision
"when the time was right," Huesken said.
3. (SBU) Huesken said, however, that the PDG's progress and
institutionalization within the OECD was a "positive"
development and that the GONL supported the "gist" of the
PDG. Therefore, the Dutch would not block or obstruct the
PDG's continued progress, he said.
Schofer
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
ADDIS ABABA FOR USAU
PARIS FOR USOECD (PREID, CSTONE)
BRUSSELS FOR USEU (PLERNER)
USOAS FOR (BMANZANARES)
STATE FOR S/P (DSOKOLSKY, JGERAN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE (TSMITH)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID KDEM OAS OECD NL
SUBJECT: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE: DUTCH WILL
NOT BECOME FOUNDING MEMBER
REF: A. STATE 115400
B. STATE 108794
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (U) Econoff delivered on August 16 ref A & B points and
principles for the Partnership for Democratic Governance
(PDG) to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Aart
Jacobi, Director, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, and Peace
Building, and Jan Huesken, Senior Policy Officer in the same
department.
2. (SBU) In a subsequent discussion August 28, Huesken said
the GONL still had reservations on modalities and the PDG's
impact on local democratic processes, particularly if
governance was weak. Based on Dutch experience, he
explained, contractors possessing critical expertise and
performing key government functions found it difficult to
leave as stipulated in their exit strategies. As a result,
the GONL would not join as a founding member, and instead see
how the PDG developed and review their membership decision
"when the time was right," Huesken said.
3. (SBU) Huesken said, however, that the PDG's progress and
institutionalization within the OECD was a "positive"
development and that the GONL supported the "gist" of the
PDG. Therefore, the Dutch would not block or obstruct the
PDG's continued progress, he said.
Schofer