US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2402

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JAPAN'S CANDIDATE FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL

Identifier: 04THEHAGUE2402
Wikileaks: View 04THEHAGUE2402 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2004-09-21 12:49:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: PREF PREL AORC NL
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

211249Z Sep 04
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002402 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/22/2014 
TAGS: PREF, PREL, AORC, NL 
SUBJECT: JAPAN'S CANDIDATE FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL 
 
REF: SECSTATE 202615 
 
Classified By: Political Counselor Andrew Schofer for reasons 1.4 (b) a 
nd (d) 
 
1.  (C)   The Netherlands (in their national capacity, not as 
EU President) shares USG concerns about Japanese candidate 
Takashima's lack of credentials for UNRWA (reftel) but is not 
aware of any alternative candidates for the position, 
according to Marwienke Tillema, Senior Policy Officer at the 
MFA's UN Department.  Tillema told Poloff on September 21 
that the Dutch had also heard the as-yet-unsubstantiated 
rumor that Hansen might extend for an additional year. 
 
2.  (C)  Tillema agreed to explore the issue further with EU 
colleagues.  To flush out possible qualified candidates, she 
will try to get the UNRWA succession issue on the agenda of 
September's upcoming CONUN working group meeting in Brussels. 
 If the agenda for that meeting is already too full to allow 
such a discussion, she said she would put it on the October 
CONUN agenda.  She promised to keep us informed as 
discussions on this topic progess in EU councils. 
SOBEL 

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