DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL

UNCLAS VIENNA 000667 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR IO/MPR (HACKETT),USUN/MR (GARCIA),AND EUR/AGS. E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC ACABQ APER PREL UNGA UNGA UNGA SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UN REFORM OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE REF: STATE 31831 ¶1. EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on March 15 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Deputy Director for International Organizations. Huber said that the points we made were valuable and worthy of rethinking. Specifically, Huber mentioned that in regard to the issue of the Office of Counsel, for instance, the GoA had previously discussed this matter and would strongly support the USG position on this particular issue. He promised to forward the points to the Fifth and Sixth Committee experts and the MFA Staff Association in Vienna for further review. McCaw