(C) DENMARK ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS:

C O N F I D E N T I A L COPENHAGEN 000516 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/UNP:AMORRISON, NEA, EUR/ERA, EUR/NB E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2019 TAGS: PREL UNGA KPAL IS DA SUBJECT: (C) DENMARK ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS: SEEKING EU UNITY REF: STATE 118799 Classified By: (U) Charge Terence P. McCulley; reason 1.4 (b, d) ¶1. (C) In response to reftel, MFA Head of Section for Mideast Peace Process Lars Peter Levy and Head of Section for Levant Henrik Kiil told PolEconCouns November 18 that coordination within the EU was already far advanced, and Denmark's highest priority was to have a united EU position. They agreed there is an obvious bias against Israel in the UNGA, but argued that a unified EU position would by definition be a balanced position, given the range of views among the 27 EU member states. With regard to annual resolutions that Denmark has supported in the past, its intent is to "continue business as usual" unless the texts change significantly or are rendered outdated by events. In New York, the Danish mission works closely with the UK and Germany to make resolutions more generic and more balanced in their language and in the demands they place on all parties. MCCULLEY