US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2382

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UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT UN ACTION

Identifier: 04THEHAGUE2382
Wikileaks: View 04THEHAGUE2382 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2004-09-20 09:14:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: KJUS KAWC PHUM NL
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
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UNCLAS THE HAGUE 002382 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KJUS, KAWC, PHUM, NL 
SUBJECT: UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT 
UN ACTION 
 
REF: SECSTATE 201717 
 
 1.  (SBU)  The Dutch "fully support" the idea of the UN 
Secretariat forming a Commission of Experts (COE) to evaluate 
 
SIPDIS 
the work of the Ad Hoc Tribunal and Serious Crimes Unit and 
report on next steps regarding accountability for the 1999 
atrocities on East Timor.  However, Indonesian reluctance to 
forming a COE remains an obstacle, noted Jetti Kouwen, on the 
Dutch MFA Indonesia desk, with whom Poloff shared reftel 
points on September 20.  Kouwen's Washington counterpart, 
Peter Potman, had briefed her on the Washington meetings 
(reftel). 
 
2.  (SBU)  Kouwen knew of no Dutch plans to pursue the issue 
during this week's UNGA meetings.  Poloff urged her to advise 
her colleagues in New York that the USG would be working this 
issue at a high level on the margins of the UNGA and would 
count on Dutch support and assistance to move planning ahead. 
 Kouwen suggested USDel contact Geroen Roodenburg, head of 
the Political Department at the Dutch UN Mission, for follow 
up. 
SOBEL 

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