Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE18258
2009-02-27 00:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Secretary of State
Cable title:
GUIDANCE: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT
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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
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
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