Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10VIENNA206
2010-02-25 10:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Vienna
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UNCLAS VIENNA 000206
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/HR - MUSSER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UNGA IO AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP
REF: STATE 15722
Austrian MFA Middle East Director Friedrich Stift reported
Feb. 24 that Austria will consider abstaining on the
Palestinian UNGA resolution on the Goldstone Report.
However, the Austrians believed the resolution was
significantly more moderate in tone and content than the Oct.
2009 resolution. reflecting a serious effort by the Arab
countries to respond to previous criticisms. E/P pushed
back, noting the particularly problematic points in the
resolution and its overall undermining of internal Israeli
and Palestinian efforts to respond directly to the Goldstone
Report.
EACHO
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR IO/HR - MUSSER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UNGA IO AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA ON GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP
REF: STATE 15722
Austrian MFA Middle East Director Friedrich Stift reported
Feb. 24 that Austria will consider abstaining on the
Palestinian UNGA resolution on the Goldstone Report.
However, the Austrians believed the resolution was
significantly more moderate in tone and content than the Oct.
2009 resolution. reflecting a serious effort by the Arab
countries to respond to previous criticisms. E/P pushed
back, noting the particularly problematic points in the
resolution and its overall undermining of internal Israeli
and Palestinian efforts to respond directly to the Goldstone
Report.
EACHO