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Cablegate: New Zealand Unable to Respond to Unesco Convention

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

220524Z Sep 05

UNCLAS WELLINGTON 000736

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IO/UNESCO-JCOWLEY AND EAP/ANP-DRICCI

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SCUL ETRD NZ UNESCO
SUBJECT: NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION
ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS

REF: SECSTATE 170909

Poloff provided reftel demarche points to James Hartley,
Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (MFAT) -- including additional points regarding Article
20. On September 17, New Zealand held general elections and
the outcome remains uncertain. According to Hartley the
current caretaker government is unable to provide a response.
He was unable to predict when GNZ would be able to answer.
Burnett

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