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Viewing cable 05WELLINGTON736, NEW ZEALAND UNABLE TO RESPOND TO UNESCO CONVENTION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05WELLINGTON736 2005-09-22 05:24 2011-04-28 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Wellington
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 
ΒΆ20.  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