GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT

UNCLAS STATE 018258 SENSITIVE SIPDIS USUN FOR SCHEDLBAUER AND SIMONOFF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PTER UNSC LE SUBJECT: GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, FEB 27 REF: A. SIMONOFF-GARUCKIS EMAIL OF 2/25/09 ¶B. SCHEDLBAUER-GARUCKIS EMAIL OF 2/24/09 ¶1. Department appreciates USUN's work on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee (STL-MC) and provides the following guidance for use in the next STL-MC meeting, currently scheduled for February 27. ¶2. After reviewing REF A and B regarding a possible change in Prosecutor Bellemare's terms and conditions of employment, Department remains concerned that agreeing to the proposed change would set an unhealthy precedent for future tribunals and could result in large-scale, productivity-sapping and costly negotiations by prosecutors or other senior staff at existing tribunals to seek similar adjustments to their remuneration package. Considering the negative implications of a change in employment terms and conditions for Bellemare, USUN should reject such a proposal. CLINTON