WikiLeaks cable: NZ will continue to support Amano for IAEA
May 11, 2009 New Zealand will continue to support Amano for IAEA DG
date:2009-05-11T02:40:00 source:Embassy Wellington origin:09WELLINGTON113 destination:O 110240Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY
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STATE FOR EAP/ANP AND OI/T MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2019 TAGS: AORC, KNNP,... ?C O N F I D E N T I A L
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STATE FOR EAP/ANP AND OI/T MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/11/2019 TAGS: AORC, KNNP, IAEA, PREL, NZ SUBJECT: NEW
ZEALAND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AMANO FOR IAEA DG REF: STATE 46302
Classified By: Acting DCM Margaret B. McKean; Reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) On May 8, Acting DCM met with Jillian Dempster, Deputy Director of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade (MFAT) International Security and Disarmament Division to discuss reftel points. Dempster said that New
Zealand will support Japanese candidate Ambassador Yukiya Amano in the next round of voting for IAEA Director General,
and FM McCully has so informed the Japanese government. Dempter noted that New Zealand will not lobby for Amano.
Dempster said that New Zealand believes that a non-European candidate is needed as DG, given the contentious issues
facing the IAEA with respect to Iran, Syria, and the NAM states. She was not certain if Amano would win in the next
round of voting slated for June.
2. (C) If there is need for a third vote, Dempster allowed that New Zealand would consider other candidates, but her
government is not looking at another person as a possible consensus candidate.
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