US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE1359

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 THE HAGUE 001359 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SECSTATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/E - STEVE TAYLOR; INFO 
EUR/PPD - BRIAN GUSS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, NL 
SUBJECT: FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate 
Ms. Farah Karimi 
 
1. Post is pleased to nominate Ms. Farah Karimi as a 
principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding 
international travel benefits. 
 
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VERSION: 3.0.7 
POST-EMAIL: dankelmanE@state.gov 
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS The Hague 
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 4276 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGE 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 156 
ECA-PROJ-NO: 
PROJ-NAME: Karimi, Farah 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2005 
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SESSION-DATE: 
RETURN-POST: 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 10 
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1047 
PROG-AGENCY-ID: 
PROJ-TYPE-ID: IND 
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29 
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 4276 
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
STATUS: N 
ORIGINATOR: P 
SUBJ-DISC: Foreign Policy 
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PREFIX: Ms. 
F-NAME: Farah 
M-NAME: 
L-NAME: Karimi 
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POSITION-CODE: 0 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Second Chamber of the States-General 
M-ADDR2: Green Left Faction 
M-ADDR3: P.O. Box 20018 
M-CITY: 2500 EA The Hague 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Netherlands 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: 31-70-318-2211 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: f.karimi@tweedekamer.nl 
M-CNTRY-ID: NL 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: F 
DOB: 11/15/1960 
MAR-STAT: U 
BIRTH-CITY: Garros 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Iran 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Netherlands 
RES-CNTRY: Netherlands 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Member of Parliament for Green Left Party (since 1998) 
END MEMO POSITION: 
START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Principal spokesperson for foreign affairs, defense, 
European affairs and development cooperation. 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
Coordinator "Aisa" project for emancipation of and support 
to black, migrant and refugee women 
(1994-1998) 
 
 
 
END MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Five times, vacation 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
Europe 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Industrial Design at Technical University of Isfahan, Iran 
(1978-1980); 
Study program for foreign students at Hamburg  (1985-1986); 
Study of mathematics and information technology at 
University of Kiel (1986-1988); 
International Affairs at Groningen University (1989-1993). 
 
 
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FIRST-LANG: Dutch 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 4 
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OTHER-LANG: Arabic 
OTHER-LANG-ID: AR 
READ: 0 
SPEAK: 0 
COMP: 0 
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OTHER-LANG: German 
OTHER-LANG-ID: GM 
READ: 0 
SPEAK: 0 
COMP: 0 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
 
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START MEMO NOM-POST-RCMD: 
 
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START MEMO VIS-OBJ: 
 
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START MEMO VIS-REC: 
 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Mary Daly 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Karimi is the principal spokesperson for Green Left on 
foreign and security issues.  Although she is very serious 
and dedicated, it often appears that she had little 
understanding or appreciation of U.S. positions.  In the 
past decade, Green Left had come to accept NATO as an 
appropriate tool to advance peace, and peacekeeping as being 
conducive to advancing stability and security.  However, 
Karimi appears to be struggling with these questions.  A 
visit to the U.S. could provide her with a better 
understanding of the goals and objectives of U.S. foreign 
policy, and the desirability of international cooperation in 
crisis management and peacekeeping operations around the 
world.  It would also provide her an opportunity to see how 
the issue has dealt with integration and women's issues. 
 
 
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NOM-OFF: POL 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: No 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 330 
PERSON-ID: 275 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: IR 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: NL 
RES-CNTRY-ID: NL 
FIRST-LANG-ID: DU 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 4276 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 29321 
NOM-STATUS: N 
DS2019-ACTION: 1 
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SPONS-FUNDS: 0 
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US-AGENCY-AMT1: 0 
USGOVT-AGENCY2: 
US-AGENCY-AMT2: 0 
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INTL-ORG-AMOUNT1: 0 
INTL-ORG2: 
INTL-ORG-AMOUNT2: 0 
VIS-GOVT-AMT: 0 
COMMISSION: 0 
OTHER-AMOUNT: 0 
VIS-AMOUNT: 0 
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