Identifier
Created
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08THEHAGUE975
2008-11-21 12:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy The Hague
Cable title:
NETHERLANDS: PRIORITIES FOR DOHA FINANCING FOR
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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000975
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON UNGA NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS: PRIORITIES FOR DOHA FINANCING FOR
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 122053
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.
UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000975
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON UNGA NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS: PRIORITIES FOR DOHA FINANCING FOR
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 122053
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.
1. (SBU) EconOff shared reftel points November 19 with
officials at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, and
Economic Affairs involved with the Monterrey Consensus on
Financing for Development (FfD). Gerben Planting, the
Foreign Ministry's Deputy Head of the UN and International
Financial Institutions Department, described the Dutch
government's priorities heading into the Doha conference:
-- Reaffirm concrete international commitments to development
spending.
-- Support additional financing for international climate
policy.
-- Promote sufficient "policy space" for lower income
countries, meaning giving them a greater say in the
international financial system.
-- On a systemic level, support "fair representation" for
developing countries at the World Bank institutions and World
Trade Organization.
-- Support the fight against tax evasion and illicit
financial flows.
2. (U) Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders
will represent the Netherlands at the Doha conference.
Planting said that Koenders will also attend the G-20 meeting
on November 28 and that he will probably accept the
invitation to the USAID-organized side event "Financing
Agriculture in a Global Financial Crisis" on November 29.
3. (U) EMBASSY action officer for FfD issues is Benjamin
Canavan, Economic Officer (e-mail: canavanbc@state.gov;
phone: 31 (0)70 310 2270).
FOSTER
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID ECON UNGA NL
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS: PRIORITIES FOR DOHA FINANCING FOR
DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
REF: STATE 122053
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.
1. (SBU) EconOff shared reftel points November 19 with
officials at the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, and
Economic Affairs involved with the Monterrey Consensus on
Financing for Development (FfD). Gerben Planting, the
Foreign Ministry's Deputy Head of the UN and International
Financial Institutions Department, described the Dutch
government's priorities heading into the Doha conference:
-- Reaffirm concrete international commitments to development
spending.
-- Support additional financing for international climate
policy.
-- Promote sufficient "policy space" for lower income
countries, meaning giving them a greater say in the
international financial system.
-- On a systemic level, support "fair representation" for
developing countries at the World Bank institutions and World
Trade Organization.
-- Support the fight against tax evasion and illicit
financial flows.
2. (U) Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders
will represent the Netherlands at the Doha conference.
Planting said that Koenders will also attend the G-20 meeting
on November 28 and that he will probably accept the
invitation to the USAID-organized side event "Financing
Agriculture in a Global Financial Crisis" on November 29.
3. (U) EMBASSY action officer for FfD issues is Benjamin
Canavan, Economic Officer (e-mail: canavanbc@state.gov;
phone: 31 (0)70 310 2270).
FOSTER