Identifier
Created
Classification
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09STATE124245
2009-12-04 03:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Secretary of State
Cable title:
REPLY FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO FOREIGN
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UNCLAS STATE 124245
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COMMERCE PASS TO NOAA
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL SENV IWC
SUBJECT: REPLY FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO FOREIGN
MINISTER MCCULLY (S/ES 200921133)
UNCLAS STATE 124245
SIPDIS
COMMERCE PASS TO NOAA
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL SENV IWC
SUBJECT: REPLY FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO FOREIGN
MINISTER MCCULLY (S/ES 200921133)
1. (U) Please deliver the following message from
Secretary Clinton to New Zealand Foreign Minister
McCully. There will be no signed original.
2. (U) BEGIN TEXT:
Dear Mr. Minister:
Thank you for your letter regarding whale conservation
and the current diplomatic process to resolve differences
within the International Whaling Commission (IWC). As
referenced in your letter, New Zealand and the United
States are working closely together in these
negotiations. The United States especially appreciates
the leadership role New Zealand?s IWC Commissioner Sir
Geoffrey Palmer has played within the small group of
countries selected by the chair of the commission to
develop a potential solution to this highly controversial
issue. His efforts, and those of New Zealand, have been
exemplary.
We are encouraged at the prospect of an agreement that
would prohibit any member of the IWC from unilaterally
authorizing the lethal take of whales. This plan would
allow a limited number of whales to be harvested by a
very small number of countries and would bring all forms
of whaling under the control of the commission, a long-
standing goal of many nations, including the United
States and New Zealand.
We continue to engage with the Japanese government on
this issue; I have just sent a letter to Foreign Minister
Okada to urge resolution. The United States looks
forward to working with your government this month in
Seattle to develop a diplomatic solution that is
acceptable to all IWC member governments.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON
SIPDIS
COMMERCE PASS TO NOAA
WHITE HOUSE PASS TO CEQ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL SENV IWC
SUBJECT: REPLY FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO FOREIGN
MINISTER MCCULLY (S/ES 200921133)
1. (U) Please deliver the following message from
Secretary Clinton to New Zealand Foreign Minister
McCully. There will be no signed original.
2. (U) BEGIN TEXT:
Dear Mr. Minister:
Thank you for your letter regarding whale conservation
and the current diplomatic process to resolve differences
within the International Whaling Commission (IWC). As
referenced in your letter, New Zealand and the United
States are working closely together in these
negotiations. The United States especially appreciates
the leadership role New Zealand?s IWC Commissioner Sir
Geoffrey Palmer has played within the small group of
countries selected by the chair of the commission to
develop a potential solution to this highly controversial
issue. His efforts, and those of New Zealand, have been
exemplary.
We are encouraged at the prospect of an agreement that
would prohibit any member of the IWC from unilaterally
authorizing the lethal take of whales. This plan would
allow a limited number of whales to be harvested by a
very small number of countries and would bring all forms
of whaling under the control of the commission, a long-
standing goal of many nations, including the United
States and New Zealand.
We continue to engage with the Japanese government on
this issue; I have just sent a letter to Foreign Minister
Okada to urge resolution. The United States looks
forward to working with your government this month in
Seattle to develop a diplomatic solution that is
acceptable to all IWC member governments.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
CLINTON