US embassy cable - 00THEHAGUE1673

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 001673 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
STATE FOR IO, SCC WESTON, EUR, EUR/UBI 
 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/05/2010 
TAGS: PREL, MARR, KPKO, ETTC, IZ, CY, UK, NL, UNSC 
SUBJECT: DUTCH THOUGHTS ON UNFICYP MANDATE REVIEW, OIL FOR 
FOOD RENEWAL 
 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 103854 
     B. SECSTATE 105600 
 
 
 CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS STEPHEN R. KELLY; REASONS 1.5 (B,D). 
 
 
BACK UNFICYP EXTENSION, DUTCH TROOPS LEAVING IN 2001 
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1.(SBU)  THE DUTCH SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF UNFICYP'S MANDATE 
AND RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO CONTINUE INDICATING STRONG 
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT TALKS 
(REF.A). 
 
 
2.(C)  AS FOR UNFICYP'S COMPOSITION, DUTCH MFA UN AFFAIRS 
OFFICIALS NOTED TO POLOFF THAT THEIR 99-MARINE UNFICYP 
CONTINGENT WILL ROTATE OUT OF CYPRUS NO LATER THAN JUNE 2001. 
THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE REMINDING THE UK OF THIS PLANNED STEP 
AND RECALLED THAT THEIR COMMITMENT TO UNFICYP ALWAYS HAS BEEN 
LIMITED TO A THREE-YEAR TERM.  THEY SAID THAT THIS MOVE DID 
NOT REPRESENT A DIMUNITION OF THEIR INTEREST IN CYPRUS, BUT 
RATHER MARKED THE END OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEPLOYMENT PERIOD 
FOR THE AD HOC MARINE TASK FORCE NOW INCORPORATED INTO THE 
UK'S UNFICYP FORCE. 
 
 
UK DRAFT ON OIL-FOR-FOOD OK, BUT STILL HAS PROBLEMS 
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3.(C)  THE DUTCH PLAN TO WORK OFF THE UK DRAFT OIL-FOR-FOOD 
RESOLUTION, PER. REF.B, BUT CONSIDER THAT IT DOES NOT GO FAR 
ENOUGH IN STREAMLINING ITEMS THAT NEED SANCTIONS COMMITTEE 
ATTENTION.   DUTCH MFA UN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR PIM DUMORE SAID 
THAT DUTCH VIEWS ON THESE SANCTION ISSUES ARE "WELL KNOWN IN 
WASHINGTON AND IN NEW YORK."  POLOFF NOTED THAT THE U.S. 
VALUED OUR DIALOGUE WITH AMBASSADOR VAN WALSUM ON SANCTIONS 
QUESTIONS AND THOUGHT THAT THE UK DRAFT INCORPORATED MANY OF 
VAN WALSUM'S SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING THE OIL-FOR-FOOD 
PROGRAM. 
 
 
4.(C)  DUMORE SAID THAT HE RECOGNIZED THAT THE UK DRAFT IS AN 
IMPROVEMENT ON THE STATUS QUO, BUT CAUTIONED THAT, AS 
CURRENTLY DRAFTED, IT STILL LEAVES "TOO MANY UNNECESSARY 
ITEMS ON THE SANCTIONS REVIEW LISTS, UNDERMINING THE 
POLITICAL RESOLVE SUPPORTING CONTINUED MONITORING OF 
TRANSFERS TO IRAQ OF KEY DUAL-USE ITEMS THAT MIGHT SERVE WMD 
RECONSTITUTION PURPOSES."  HE WARNED THAT, UNLESS FURTHER 
REFINED TO ANSWER "THE HUMANITARIAN SYMPATHIES CHAMPIONED IN 
THE FRENCH DRAFT AND POPULAR WITH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTS AND 
PUBLICS," THE POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR AN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM 
THAT STILLS RETAINS PROPER SAFEGUARDS ON DUAL-USE ITEMS WILL 
FURTHER SUFFER. 
FENDRICK