JAPAN OPPOSES PGA DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR UN

UNCLAS TOKYO 001192 SENSITIVE SIPDIS IO/EDA/DBALLARD AND EEB/IFD/ODF/KEMONAHAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN UNGA JA SUBJECT: JAPAN OPPOSES PGA DRAFT OUTCOME DOCUMENT FOR UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS REF: STATE 50892 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. ¶1. (SBU) Japan "totally agrees" with the U.S. opposition to the draft outcome document the President of the General Assembly (PGA) distributed in preparation for the U.N. Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development. Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Cooperation Bureau official Shinsuke Okawa, reacting to the nonpaper contained in ref, said Japan was surprised by the sudden manner with which the PGA circulated its draft and agreed the draft did not conform to the co-facilitators' document and the modalities agreed to in March 2009. ¶2. (SBU) Okawa said the GOJ reviewed a May 19 revised draft outcome document that the UN circulated which attempts to reconcile the PGA's draft and the co-facilitator's document. However, the revised draft still has significant problems, including reference to creating a Global Economic Council and seven ministerial level bodies to handle economic issues. Okawa questioned whether a consensus could develop in the short time remaining before the June 1 conference. ¶3. (SBU) Okawa added the UK Embassy in Tokyo delivered a similar demarche to MOFA the week of May 11 and that Japan's position is consistent with that of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Okawa said MOFA Parliamentary Vice Minister Nobuhide Minorikawa will likely lead Japan's delegation to the conference. Minorikawa also led the Japanese delegation to the Financing for Development Review Conference in Doha. ZUMWALT