Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07VIENNA717
2007-03-21 15:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL
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UNCLAS VIENNA 000717
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE AND O'KEEFFE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL
SESSION ON JERUSALEM
REF: STATE 33996
UNCLAS VIENNA 000717
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE AND O'KEEFFE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL
SESSION ON JERUSALEM
REF: STATE 33996
1. (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 21
to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the acting head of the Austrian
MFA's Middle East Bureau. (The international organizations
bureau referred us to their regional colleagues as the action
office on this issue.) Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level
Near East director, joined the meeting.
2. (SBU) Kuglitsch and Lapuh seemed unaware that the
Austrian Ambassador had spoken in favor of a special session
per para. 15 reftel). They said Austria would follow an EU
consensus on how to respond to the idea, and promised to take
account of our strong arguments against it. They added that
they were under the impression that there was a certain
"automaticity" to holding a special session if there were a
proper request for one. We argued that this was not the
case, and that UNESCO member states needed to make clear that
they oppose the politicization of the body.
McCaw
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO AND EUR/AGS - SAINT-ANDRE AND O'KEEFFE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL KPAL UNESCO AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO SPECIAL
SESSION ON JERUSALEM
REF: STATE 33996
1. (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on March 21
to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the acting head of the Austrian
MFA's Middle East Bureau. (The international organizations
bureau referred us to their regional colleagues as the action
office on this issue.) Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level
Near East director, joined the meeting.
2. (SBU) Kuglitsch and Lapuh seemed unaware that the
Austrian Ambassador had spoken in favor of a special session
per para. 15 reftel). They said Austria would follow an EU
consensus on how to respond to the idea, and promised to take
account of our strong arguments against it. They added that
they were under the impression that there was a certain
"automaticity" to holding a special session if there were a
proper request for one. We argued that this was not the
case, and that UNESCO member states needed to make clear that
they oppose the politicization of the body.
McCaw