US embassy cable - 05VIENNA2314

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AUSTRIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM

Identifier: 05VIENNA2314
Wikileaks: View 05VIENNA2314 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Vienna
Created: 2005-07-08 15:06:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PREL KUNR AU UNSC
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 VIENNA 002314 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IO/UNP AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL, KUNR, AU, UNSC 
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA AGREES WITH U.S. ON G-4 FRAMEWORK 
RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM 
 
REF: A. (A) STATE 126870 
     B. (B) VIENNA 2252 
     C. (C) VIENNA 2247 
 
1.  The Ambassador outlined U.S. concerns regarding the G-4 
framework resolution (ref a) with MFA Secretary General 
Johannes Kyrle, who participated in the Ambassador's July 1 
discussion with Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on UN reform 
(ref b).  Kyrle said his government agreed that UNSC 
expansion should not be the first item on the reform agenda 
and should not be considered ahead of the other important 
reform issues.  Kyrle said Austria would consider Security 
Council expansion but that the issue required more serious 
reflection and the Austrians had not yet developed a 
position.  The G-4 proposal was premature. 
 
2.  Mentioning that he was going shortly to a meeting of his 
25 EU counterparts in Bratislava at which the subject of UN 
reform would be discussed, Kyrle promised to raise the U.S. 
concerns on the G-4 proposal. 
Brown 

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