US embassy cable - 05THEHAGUE2584

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NETHERLANDS: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

Identifier: 05THEHAGUE2584
Wikileaks: View 05THEHAGUE2584 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy The Hague
Created: 2005-09-23 12:28:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: SCUL ETRD NL UNESCO
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.

231228Z Sep 05
C O N F I D E N T I A L THE HAGUE 002584 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR IO/UNESCO JANE COWLEY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/23/2015 
TAGS: SCUL, ETRD, NL, UNESCO 
SUBJECT: NETHERLANDS: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL 
EXPRESSIONS 
 
REF: A) SECSTATE 170909 B) PARIS 05990 
 
Classified By: POLCOUNS ANDREW SCHOFER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 
 
1. (U) On September 21, POLOFF delivered ref A points to 
Monique Korzelius, Deputy Head of the International Cultural 
Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. 
 
2. (C) Korzelius confirmed, per ref B, that the Dutch endorse 
the EU's position advocating passage of the draft Convention. 
 She said she was surprised at the cultural emphasis of the 
concerns articulated in ref A points, and expressed 
skepticism regarding the motive for the demarche.  POLOFF 
stressed that the vague language of the Convention made it 
susceptible to abuse.  Korzelius, however, made clear that 
she -- like the UNESCO delegates described in ref B -- was 
not seriously disturbed by this possibility. 
BLAKEMAN 

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