NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000486 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/MPR (B. HACKETT) AND USUN/MR (B. GARCIA) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL ACABQ AORC APER UNGA UNGA UNGA NL SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REF: STATE 31831 ¶1. Poloff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to MFA UN and IFIs Political and Legal Affairs Division Head, Peter van der Vliet. The MFA, according to van der Vliet, will be concerned with any measure that has significant financial implications or that might allow employee unions to bypass the 5th Committee or the UNGA. Otherwise, he said, the Dutch were unlikely to offer strong opposition to the proposals. ¶2. Van der Vliet referred to the results of UN staff-management consultations in Nairobi, which he said were put forward by some as a good model. He thought these might be worth looking at. He concluded by noting that the MFA was allowing its staff in New York maximum discretion and would likely not object to recommendations they sent to The Hague. ARNALL