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08THEHAGUE216
2008-03-04 15:27:00
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Embassy The Hague
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DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE
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STATE FOR IO/RHS (RJOVIN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC MV NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 19889
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STATE FOR IO/RHS (RJOVIN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC MV NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 19889
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1. (SBU) Econoff shared on February 28 reftel points
concerning USG concerns with the Maldives' draft resolution
on climate change and human rights with appropriate Dutch
officials at the ministries of Foreign (MFA),Economic, and
Environmental Affairs. Joris Geeven, Policy Officer in the
MFA's Human Rights Department, was not available to discuss
the issue until March 4. He said the GONL shared USG
concerns about the resolution and, specifically, its linkage
of climate change and human rights issues. The GONL, he
noted, was also skeptical about the value of the detailed
study proposed in the resolution. Discussions about climate
change were better suited to other fora, such as the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change, he added.
2. (SBU) Geeven said the issue would be raised during EU
member state discussions on the margins of the March 3-28
Human Rights Council's (HRC) Seventh Session in Geneva.
While the GONL had no plans to block a consensus decision or
to ask for a vote on the issue, he said the GONL worried that
it might be difficult to turn off such an initiative. He
promised to share reftel points with his Dutch colleagues in
Geneva and strongly urged the USG delegation there to be in
touch with their Dutch counterparts to strategize further on
possible next steps. When asked, Econoff assured Geeven that
the USG would also raise its concerns with EU member states
that have indicated support for the resolution.
Schofer
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/RHS (RJOVIN)
STATE ALSO FOR EUR/WE, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC MV NL
SUBJECT: DUTCH SHARE CONCERN OVER MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE
AND HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 19889
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE
ACCORDINGLY.
1. (SBU) Econoff shared on February 28 reftel points
concerning USG concerns with the Maldives' draft resolution
on climate change and human rights with appropriate Dutch
officials at the ministries of Foreign (MFA),Economic, and
Environmental Affairs. Joris Geeven, Policy Officer in the
MFA's Human Rights Department, was not available to discuss
the issue until March 4. He said the GONL shared USG
concerns about the resolution and, specifically, its linkage
of climate change and human rights issues. The GONL, he
noted, was also skeptical about the value of the detailed
study proposed in the resolution. Discussions about climate
change were better suited to other fora, such as the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change, he added.
2. (SBU) Geeven said the issue would be raised during EU
member state discussions on the margins of the March 3-28
Human Rights Council's (HRC) Seventh Session in Geneva.
While the GONL had no plans to block a consensus decision or
to ask for a vote on the issue, he said the GONL worried that
it might be difficult to turn off such an initiative. He
promised to share reftel points with his Dutch colleagues in
Geneva and strongly urged the USG delegation there to be in
touch with their Dutch counterparts to strategize further on
possible next steps. When asked, Econoff assured Geeven that
the USG would also raise its concerns with EU member states
that have indicated support for the resolution.
Schofer