NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001956 SIPDIS C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - ADDITION OF CLASSIFIER AND REASON SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/31/2017 TAGS: UN PREL AORC UNGA NL SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY CLASSIFIED BY ANDREW SCHOFER, POLITICAL COUNSELOR REASONS 1.4 (B AND D) REF: A. SECSTATE 149678 ¶B. THE HAGUE 1937 ¶1. (C) Following up on reftels, Charge D'Affaires discussed the Walker candidacy with Jos Schellars, Deputy Director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the MFA, on November 1. POLOFF separately reiterated reftel points to Vincent Roza at the Coordination and Institutional Affairs Division within the UN and International and Financial Institutions Department of the Dutch MFA. On November 1, Mr. Roza indicated that "on the merits" the Dutch will support Mr. Walker for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) position. Gallagher