US embassy cable - 05PARIS7971

UNCLAS PARIS 007971 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FROM USMISSION UNESCO PARIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AID, UNESCO, UNGA 
SUBJECT: USUNESCO:  COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP 
COMMUNIQUE DELIVERED 
 
REFERENCE:  SECSTATE 211945 
 
1.  Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for 
Education.  Smith made following comments in response 
to reftel points: 
 
--  Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on 
the Sherpas group: Japan and the US.  This will be 
announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on 
Sunday afternoon in Beijing. 
 
--  Stated the difficulties of a writing a complex 
communiqu beginning on Tuesday afternoon - that it's 
not the way the did it in Gleneagles for the G8 and 
other major meetings 
 
--  Said if there is a problem with coordination then 
it's up to State Department and USAID to handle that 
 
--  Said he shares our concern on the school fees issue 
and assured us that he will be "personally involved" in 
the drafting. The DG is concerned as well. 
 
--  Said there needs to be some kind of targets - even 
if no exact figures are used, but there needs to be 
something to work toward. 
 
KOSS