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08THEHAGUE679
2008-08-11 11:49:00
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Embassy The Hague
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NETHERLANDS/IPCC: VOTING INTENTIONS FOR 29TH
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STATE FOR OES/EGC (DLEE),EUR/WE (TSMITH)
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SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/IPCC: VOTING INTENTIONS FOR 29TH
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REF: STATE 82698
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000679
SIPDIS
STATE FOR OES/EGC (DLEE),EUR/WE (TSMITH)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KGHG KSCA SENV AORC NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/IPCC: VOTING INTENTIONS FOR 29TH
PLENARY UNDECIDED
REF: STATE 82698
¶1. (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche August 7 to Dr. Arie
Kattenberg, head of the Dutch delegation to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plenary.
Kattenberg, a scientist with the Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute, said that the Dutch were still
deliberating internally on their voting intentions for the
upcoming IPCC 29th plenary session. He welcomed the
information about the U.S. nomination of Dr. Field to serve
as Co-chair of Working Group II, but could not give a "yes or
no" answer regarding Dutch support. EconOff also shared
reftel points with Ronald Flipphi at the Dutch Ministry of
Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. Another key
member of the Dutch delegation, Flipphi recommends voting
positions at the IPCC.
Culbertson