US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2370

S E C R E T THE HAGUE 002370 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/2014 
TAGS: PREL, PTER, KTFN, IZ, NL 
SUBJECT: NEW IRAQ EXECUTIVE ORDER: DUTCH RESPONSE 
 
REF: A. STATE 194466 
     B. THE HAGUE 1912 (NOTAL) 
     C. THE HAGUE 1837 (NOTAL) 
     D. STATE 153926 (NOTAL) 
 
Classified By: CLASSIFIED BY RICHARD HUFF, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. 
REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 
 
1.  (S)  As requested, econoff delivered ref A points and the 
text of the proposed Executive Order (E.O.) regarding 
insurgency finance in Iraq on September 13 to Alle Dorhout, 
who has the lead on EU designation issues in the Directorate 
for European Integration within the Department of External 
Policy at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Econoff 
also delivered the points the same day to Margreet Wenting, 
Senior Policy Advisor in the Department of Financial 
Integrity at the Ministry of Finance, who said the MOF would 
coordinate their response with the MFA. 
 
2.  (S)  Dorhout responded on September 17 by thanking 
econoff for the additional information on the proposed E.O. 
and noting that the GONL remains interested in working with 
the U.S. on any initiatives that could help to protect allied 
forces in Iraq.  Dorhout said the Dutch position, however, 
had not changed since we first approached them about the E.O. 
in July (see refs B and C).  While noting the USG argument 
that the measures proposed in refs A and D could address a 
gap in current UN mechanisms by targeting individuals or 
groups that fund attacks on troops in Iraq (and not civilians 
and/or civilian targets), the MFA's legal department still 
argues that actions against such individuals or groups could 
be addressed under UNSCR 1267 or 1373.  Without a universally 
accepted definition of "terrorist," the MFA's legal 
department argues that action could be taken against such 
individuals or groups under existing UN mechanisms. 
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