Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09COPENHAGEN489
2009-11-03 17:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Copenhagen
Cable title:
(C) GOLDSTONE REPORT: DANES SEEKING EU CONSENSUS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000489
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HR:KRUCHOWSKI, IO/UNP:MORRISON, NEA/IPA:GIAUQUE
USUN FOR ELLEN GERMAIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SENV
SUBJECT: (C) GOLDSTONE REPORT: DANES SEEKING EU CONSENSUS
REF: STATE 112828
Classified By: (U) Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton; reason 1.4 (b, d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000489
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HR:KRUCHOWSKI, IO/UNP:MORRISON, NEA/IPA:GIAUQUE
USUN FOR ELLEN GERMAIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SENV
SUBJECT: (C) GOLDSTONE REPORT: DANES SEEKING EU CONSENSUS
REF: STATE 112828
Classified By: (U) Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton; reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) Pol-EconCouns delivered reftel demarche November 3
to Michael Lund Jeppesen, Head of MFA's Mideast Department,
and Henrik Kiil, Head of Section in that department who is
the action officer on the Goldstone Report. After studying
the non-paper and consulting with Kiil, Jeppesen offered the
following informal response:
- MFA had received a description of the draft UNGA resolution
but had not yet seen the text itself. It reportedly did not
contain any "attacks" on Israel and was therefore an
improvement on the Human Rights Council resolution.
- Denmark was hoping for an EU consensus position. There
would be a meeting of EU missions in New York later in the
day.
- He saw no major disagreement with the U.S. position.
Denmark agreed the Goldstone Report should be handled within
the HRC in Geneva, not in New York. He distinguished between
"forwarding" the report to the UNSC or ICC and calling for
those bodies to take action (implying the former was
unobjectionable).
- Denmark had "high confidence" in Israel's ability to
investigate and take appropriate follow-up action, but the
investigations needed to be seen to be independent in order
to be credible - i.e. internal IDF investigations would not
suffice.
- On time limits, Denmark saw three months as unrealistic,
but investigations should not be allowed to drag on
indefinitely. The EU was expecting a call for the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights to report on these
investigations in March.
- On a meeting of the parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention, the MFA Legal Advisor's view was that such a
meeting in itself can do no harm.
- Denmark would not support sanctions against Israel.
2. (SBU) Jeppesen added that FM Per Stig Moeller would be
addressing parliament November 4 on the Goldstone Report, in
reply to a question.
FULTON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/HR:KRUCHOWSKI, IO/UNP:MORRISON, NEA/IPA:GIAUQUE
USUN FOR ELLEN GERMAIN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/03/2019
TAGS: PREL PGOV KDEM MARR SENV
SUBJECT: (C) GOLDSTONE REPORT: DANES SEEKING EU CONSENSUS
REF: STATE 112828
Classified By: (U) Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton; reason 1.4 (b, d)
1. (C) Pol-EconCouns delivered reftel demarche November 3
to Michael Lund Jeppesen, Head of MFA's Mideast Department,
and Henrik Kiil, Head of Section in that department who is
the action officer on the Goldstone Report. After studying
the non-paper and consulting with Kiil, Jeppesen offered the
following informal response:
- MFA had received a description of the draft UNGA resolution
but had not yet seen the text itself. It reportedly did not
contain any "attacks" on Israel and was therefore an
improvement on the Human Rights Council resolution.
- Denmark was hoping for an EU consensus position. There
would be a meeting of EU missions in New York later in the
day.
- He saw no major disagreement with the U.S. position.
Denmark agreed the Goldstone Report should be handled within
the HRC in Geneva, not in New York. He distinguished between
"forwarding" the report to the UNSC or ICC and calling for
those bodies to take action (implying the former was
unobjectionable).
- Denmark had "high confidence" in Israel's ability to
investigate and take appropriate follow-up action, but the
investigations needed to be seen to be independent in order
to be credible - i.e. internal IDF investigations would not
suffice.
- On time limits, Denmark saw three months as unrealistic,
but investigations should not be allowed to drag on
indefinitely. The EU was expecting a call for the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights to report on these
investigations in March.
- On a meeting of the parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention, the MFA Legal Advisor's view was that such a
meeting in itself can do no harm.
- Denmark would not support sanctions against Israel.
2. (SBU) Jeppesen added that FM Per Stig Moeller would be
addressing parliament November 4 on the Goldstone Report, in
reply to a question.
FULTON