Cablegate: Demarche to Austria On Israel at Unga -- Holocaust
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UNCLAS VIENNA 003418
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO/UNP - HOTZ AND EUR/AGS - VIKMANIS-KELLER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL IS AU UNGA
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON ISRAEL AT UNGA -- HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 188927
1. EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on October 20 to
Helmut Boeck, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's assistant
secretary level head of International Organizations affairs.
SIPDIS
2. Boeck confirmed that Austria is a cosponsor of the
Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. He said the
Austrian mission to the UN in New York foresaw no problems on
the issue, but he undertook to contact the Austrian mission
to heighten its awareness of the need to seek more cosponsors
and to remain vigilent against "killer" amendments.
van Voorst