US embassy cable - 05HELSINKI586

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FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO GOVERNING BODY

Identifier: 05HELSINKI586
Wikileaks: View 05HELSINKI586 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Helsinki
Created: 2005-05-26 06:21:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ELAB PHUM PREL FI ILO
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 HELSINKI 000586 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR DRL/IL, IO/T AND EUR/NB 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB, PHUM, PREL, FI, ILO 
SUBJECT: FINLAND: UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR 
THE ILO GOVERNING BODY 
 
REF: SECSTATE 94801 
 
1.  (U)  Laboff delivered reftel demarche to officials at 
Finland's Foreign Affairs and Labor Ministries.  Tarja 
Repponen, Director for International Development Programs in 
the MFA's Global Affairs Unit, said that no official decision 
had been made about what position Finland would take as 
regards Cuba's bid to join the ILO's Governing Body.  She 
said that consultations among the "European Group" were still 
taking place.  However, she opined that it seemed very 
unlikely Finland would support Cuba's candidacy in any way. 
The Director for International Relations at the Labor 
Ministry, Sirkka Potila, agreed with Repponen that Finland 
would be unlikely to support Cuba. 
MACK 

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