Cablegate: Ottawa: Oecd Demarche On Working Party For

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081809Z Jul 05

UNCLAS OTTAWA 002070

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT OECD
SUBJECT: OTTAWA: OECD DEMARCHE ON WORKING PARTY FOR
GOVERNANCE REFORM

REF: SECSTATE 120433

1. Amembassy Ottawa Econ section made the demarche requested
in reftel to Wendy Clark of Foreign Affairs Canada's Economic
Policy division on July 5, 2005, following up on previous
telephone conversations with Ms. Clark about the Working
Party for Governance Reform. Ms. Clark provided the
following feedback on the points of the demarche: A) the GOC
agrees with the United States on the importance of reform and
would like to see a Working Group established in a timely
fashion, B) the GOC approves of the concept of a timeline,
noting that timely action for the 30-member group will be a
challenge, and C) the GOC suggests that the role of the Chair
will be critical and that the Chair needs to be motivated and
committed to reform. Ms. Clark offered to provide more
details on any of these points if desired.

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