Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07THEHAGUE486
2007-03-19 14:47:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS/UN REFORM: INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
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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
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
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