US embassy cable - 05CANBERRA898

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AUSTRALIA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE ON ILO DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PROPOSED 2006-07 BUDGET

Identifier: 05CANBERRA898
Wikileaks: View 05CANBERRA898 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Canberra
Created: 2005-05-26 05:26:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PGOV ELAB KTDB AS
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.


 
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000898 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR DRL/IL and IO/S GEORGE ABRAHAMS 
STATE ALSO FOR IO/T RICK DRISCOLL 
GENEVA FOR CHARLES STONECIPHER 
 
E.O.12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV, ELAB, KTDB, AS 
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE ON ILO DIRECTOR 
GENERAL'S PROPOSED 2006-07 BUDGET 
 
REF: STATE 94763 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 
 
1.  (U) We passed reftel talking points to Department of 
Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Director of 
International Relations Scott J. Evans on May 23.  We also 
raised the issue during a dinner Charge hosted for Minister 
for Employment and Workplace Relations Kevin Andrews on May 
25.  Andrews and Evans responded that Australia shared U.S. 
concerns about the growth of the ILO budget for 2006-2007 
and would continue to work with the USG to urge greater 
fiscal restraint at the upcoming International Labor 
Conference (ILC).  Evans added, however, that the Australian 
delegation would wait to see if the DG presented a revised 
budget to the ILC financial committee before deciding 
whether to accompany the U.S. representative to a joint 
meeting with the DG as proposed in reftel. 
STANTON 

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