U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE

UNCLAS BERN 000251 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/MPR (B.HACKETT) AND EUR/CE (Y.SAINT-ANDRE) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL AORC APER UNGA UNGA SZ LS SUBJECT: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC): DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SWITZERLAND AND LIECHTENSTEIN REF: STATE 55499 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche on June 10 to Philippe Flueck, Deputy Head of Section for UN and Other International Organization Affairs (and POC for UN/IO candidacies) at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Flueck did not comment substantively on the U.S. candidacy, but acknowledged the importance of the issue and said the GoS would give the USG request full review and consideration. ¶2. (SBU) In a separate meeting on June 10, poloff delivered the reftel demarche to Doris Frick, DCM at the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern. Frick undertook to forward the request to Vaduz for review and consideration. She had no comments in substance, but alerted poloff that it is likely that the GoL will wait until shortly before the ICSC elections before making final decisions about which candidates it will support. CARTER