Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08OTTAWA1297
2008-10-03 18:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:
CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001297
SIPDIS
STATE PASS EUR/SCE S. SHIRATORI AND B. TOMLYANOVICH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL UN UNGA KV CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL
REF: A. STATE 105808
B. STATE 105796
C. OTTAWA 1148
Classified By: Pol/Mil Officer Brett Mattei, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L OTTAWA 001297
SIPDIS
STATE PASS EUR/SCE S. SHIRATORI AND B. TOMLYANOVICH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL UN UNGA KV CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL
REF: A. STATE 105808
B. STATE 105796
C. OTTAWA 1148
Classified By: Pol/Mil Officer Brett Mattei, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Europe
and Central Asia Relations Jeremy Wallace told pol/mil
officer that Canada seems to be "moving toward an abstention"
if there is a vote. DFAIT officials have not yet made a
decision, Wallace said, and still are grappling with how
Canada will respond to Serbia's resolution to refer a
question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of
independence to the International Court of Justice.
2. (C) Canadian officials are effectively on their own to
formulate policy options that track with the care-taker
requirement that they "do as was done" by the previous
government in advance of the general election on October 14,
Wallace remarked. In this context, he said, DFAIT soon will
make a policy decision and convey it and multiple "if-then
scenarios" to the Canadian delegation in New York. Wallace
said the scenarios will be necessary because of both the
volatile nature of the issue and the procedural wrangling
related to it. One possibility the Canadian delegation
recently relayed to Ottawa was that the Nicaraguan chair
could decide to "gavel through" the resolution. Wallace
promised to urge his colleagues in New York to share the
Canadian position with their U.S. counterparts at the first
available opportunity.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS
SIPDIS
STATE PASS EUR/SCE S. SHIRATORI AND B. TOMLYANOVICH
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/03/2018
TAGS: PREL UN UNGA KV CA
SUBJECT: CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL
REF: A. STATE 105808
B. STATE 105796
C. OTTAWA 1148
Classified By: Pol/Mil Officer Brett Mattei, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Europe
and Central Asia Relations Jeremy Wallace told pol/mil
officer that Canada seems to be "moving toward an abstention"
if there is a vote. DFAIT officials have not yet made a
decision, Wallace said, and still are grappling with how
Canada will respond to Serbia's resolution to refer a
question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of
independence to the International Court of Justice.
2. (C) Canadian officials are effectively on their own to
formulate policy options that track with the care-taker
requirement that they "do as was done" by the previous
government in advance of the general election on October 14,
Wallace remarked. In this context, he said, DFAIT soon will
make a policy decision and convey it and multiple "if-then
scenarios" to the Canadian delegation in New York. Wallace
said the scenarios will be necessary because of both the
volatile nature of the issue and the procedural wrangling
related to it. One possibility the Canadian delegation
recently relayed to Ottawa was that the Nicaraguan chair
could decide to "gavel through" the resolution. Wallace
promised to urge his colleagues in New York to share the
Canadian position with their U.S. counterparts at the first
available opportunity.
Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at
http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/can ada
WILKINS