US embassy cable - 04THEHAGUE2519

C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002519 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/04/2014 
TAGS: PHUM, SU, UNGA/C-3 
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS/EU/UN: POSSIBLE EU RESOLUTION ON SUDAN 
IN THIRD COMMITTEE 
 
REF: STATE 210930 
 
Classified By: POL Counselor Andrew Schofer for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) 
 
(C) Poloff met October 1 with Wouter Plomp and Guillaume 
Teerling of the Dutch MFA's Human Rights Division and Stella 
Kloth of the MFA's Africa Division, to discuss reftel 
message.  Plomp apologized that he could not share much 
information before the internal EU COHOM working party 
meeting to be held on October 5 in Brussels, but said that he 
would be prepared to discuss the issue in more detail at the 
scheduled U.S.-EU COHOM Troika consultations October 15. 
Plomp confirmed that the EU is "considering" a resolution on 
Sudan but said that "nothing would be done" before consulting 
with the U.S. Plomp said he "completely agreed" that any 
resolution in the Third Committee should not undermine 
existing UNSC resolutions.  Plomp also confirmed that the EU 
plans to table initiatives on Burma and Turkmenistan.  Plomp 
noted that any resolution on Burma should reflect ongoing 
political developments.  Poloff later passed reftel suggested 
language to Human Rights Officer Eric Litver, who promised to 
circulate it at the October 5 COHOM working party meeting. 
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