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08BUDAPEST800
2008-08-08 09:01:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Budapest
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DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR

Tags:  KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU 
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P 080901Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3270
INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 0527
UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000800 

SIPDIS

OES/EGC FOR DONNA LEE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR
OF IPCC WORKING GROUP II

REF: STATE 82703

UNCLAS BUDAPEST 000800

SIPDIS

OES/EGC FOR DONNA LEE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR
OF IPCC WORKING GROUP II

REF: STATE 82703


1. On August 7, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN presented
talking points in reftel to Tibor Farago, Head of the
Ministry of Environment,s Strategy Department, who will
represent Hungary at the 29th plenary meeting of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva in
early September. Farago was not ready to comment on whether
the GOH would support Dr. Field for the proposed Co-Chair
position for Working Group II; he said he had not yet had a
chance to review the entire slate of candidates proposed by
all parties for the various slots. He asked whether the U.S.
was putting forward any other nominees, indicating that
although he thought there should be a U.S. representative in
the IPCC Bureau, he expected the negotiations over who would
get which position would be difficult. Farago expressed the
hope that Hungary would also secure a position on the Bureau,
noting that he had nominated several Hungarians for various
IPCC Bureau positions. The demarche was also shared with the
MFA, which has not yet provided a response.
Levine