71ST IPU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA ITEMS

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• Document Release Date: November 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: March 7, 1984
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SUBJECT: 71ST IPU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
- PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA ITEMS
REFS: A. GENEVA 1491
- 8. GENEVA 1508
- C. STATE 57546
2. ACTION MESSAGE--PLEASE BRING TO THE ATTENTION
OF QODEd G'IA;NIAN*1)t~IDE?P~ER D. >f,LA. ). ACTION
REQUESTED PARA 9.
3. SUMMARY: THE NEW IPU RULES REQUIRE THAT REQUESTS
FOR SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA ITEMS MUST BE SUBMITTED
30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE. HENCE, MARCH 3
WAS THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR THE 71ST IPU
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN APRIL. THIS RULES OUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF ORGANIZING SUBMISSION OF A "COUNTER
PROPOSAL" SUBMISSION AS SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 REF
C. AT THE SAME TIME, IT APPEARS THAT THE POLITICAL
IMPLICATIONS FOR ADOPTION ON THE AGENDA OF ONE OF
THE SUGGESTED OMNIBUS ITEMS IS GREATER FOR THE U.S.
THAN FOR MOST OF ITS EUROPEAN COUNTERPARtS.
THEREFORE, THE U.S. DELEGATION NEEDS TO COME TO
GENEVA ARMED WITH A STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH A
MAJOR FLOOR FIGHT IN PLENARY ON MONDAY, APRIL 2,
FOLLOWING INAUGURATION OF THE CONFERENCE. END
SUMMARY.
4. MISSION POLITICAL OFFICER MET WITH ISRAELI
AMBASSADOR EPHRAIM DDWEK ON MARCH 2, 1984 TO
DISCUSS FURTHER THE UPCOMING 71ST IPU CONFERENCE
AND THE ISRAELIS' CONCERN OVER THE PROPOSED
SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS.
5. AS THINGS STAND NOW, THERE ARE FIVE NEW
SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS PROPOSED FOR INCLUSION ON THE
CONFERENCE AGENDA:
-- (A) THE IRAQI ITEM HAS BEEN REDEFINED TO
READ: "THE CONTINUATION OF THE ARAB-ISRAEL CONFLICT
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AND THE IRAQ-IRAN WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THREATS
TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY."
-- (B) A SYRIAN ITEM: "THE RACIST AND AGGRESSIVE
BEHAVIOR OF ISRAEL AND THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA."
-- (C) A SOMALI ITEM: "THE CONTINUATION OF
ETHIOPIA'S ARMED AGGRESSION AND OCCUPATION OF
PARTS OF SOMALI TERRITORY AND ITS GRAVE IMPLICATIONS
FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY."
-- (D) AN ITALIAN ITEM: "THE HUMAN RIGHTS
SITUATION IN CHILE."
-- (E) AN ISRAELI ITEM: "THE SYRIAN THREAT TO
PEACE, STABILITY AND SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST."
6. ANY OMidIBUS ITEM SUCH AS THE ONES PROPOSED BY
IRAQ AND SYRIA WHICH LINKS TWO OR MORE ISSUES TO-
GETHER HAS A GOOD CHANCE OF OBTAINING THE REQUIRED
TWO-THIRDS VOTE FOR INCLUSION ON THE AGENDA. SUCH
AN ITEM CAN ALSO BE REINTRODUCED AT EVERY IPU CON-
FERENCE WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THE SAME ISSUES (I.E.,
THE MIDDLE EAST. ISRAEL, SOUTH AFRICA) WOULD BE
DEBATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AS ONLY ONE SUPPLE-
MENTARY ITEM CAN BE INCLUDED, THIS WOULD PRECLUDE
THE DISCUSSION OF ANY OTHER ISSUE, CERTAINLY ISSUES
THAT THE US AND WESTERN DELEGATIONS MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER.
7. SINCE THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR THE SUBMISSION
Of SUPPLEMENTARY AGENDA ITEMS, IT APPEARS THAT IT
WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE U.S. AND WESTERN
DELEGATIONS TO FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS ON THE REJECTION
OF SUCH OMNIBUS ITEMS. ACCORDING TO COMMENTS BY
SECRETARY GENERAL PIO-CARED TERENZIO AND HIS LEGAL
COUNSEL DURING THE PRE-COI~ERENCE BRIEFING AT IPU
HEADQUARTERS THIS WEEK, "A CHOICE WILL HAVE TO BE
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MADE BY THE PARLIAMENTARIANS WHETHER OR NDT THEY
WILL ACCEPT THE MERGING OF TWO OR MDRE ITEMS AFTER
THE DEADLINE IN DEFINING THE ONE OMNIBUS ITEM TD
BE CONSIDERED AT THE CONFERENCE; ALSO (RELATED),
IS IT POSSIBLE TO AMEND LANGUAGE AFTER THE DEADLINE?
THIS KIND OF DEBATE, PLUS THE FINAL VOTING ON THE
SUPPLEMENTARY ITEMS AS FINALLY DEFINED, POINTS TO
A MAJOR FLOOR FIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY, MDADAY,
APRIL 2.
8. ACCORDING TO ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DOWEK, THERE ARE
ONLY TWO POSSIBLE STRATEGIES THAT COULD SUCCEED IN
THE REJECTION OF SUCH OMNIBUS ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE
IS A LEGAL APPROACH WHICH COULD CONSIST OF CHALLENGING
THE LEGALITY OF THE OMNIBUS ITEM ON THE BASIS THAT
IT PROPOSES TO DISCUSS TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS OR
CONFLICTS. THIS APPROACH MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL,
BECAUSE THE WORD "ITEM" IS NOT CLEARLY DEFINED IN
THE IPU STATUTES AND RULES BOOK. THE SECOND APPROACH
IS A PROCEDURAL ONE. THERE WILL BE 100 VOTING
MEMBERS AT THE 71ST IPU CONFERENCE. A VOTE OF 34
WILL BE NEEDED TO BLOCK THE INCLUSION OF ANY ITEM
AND COULD BE GARNERED IF AlL COUNTRIES THAT DO NOT
HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN DISCUSSING THE MIDDLE
EAST AND APARTHEID JOIN FORCES.
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9. ACTION REQUESTED: MISSION WOULD STRESS TWO
IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE U.S. DELEGATION TO IPU FOR THEIR
CONSIDERATION:
1) THE STAKES ARE SUBSTANTIAL FROM THE U.S.
PERSPECTIVE--SHOULD THE DESCRIBED PROCEDURAL TACTIC
NOT BE SUCCESSFUL, THE MIDDLE EAST QUESTION WILL
BECOME A PERENNIAL DEBATE IN FUTURE IPU CONFERENCES.
2) SHOULD EITHER THE IRAOI OR SYRIAN OMNIBUS
ITEM (OR POSSIBLE MERGER OF THE TWO) BE ACCEPTED,
IT WILL SET A PRECEDENT WHICH WILL LEAVE THE DOOR
OPEN FOR THE INCLUSION OF ANY OTHER ITEM BROAD
ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE POLITICAL PURPOSES OF SOVIET
AND PRO-SOVIET ARAB AND AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE
EXPENSE OF WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES.
THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND THE
U.S. DELEGATION CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE POSSIBLE
SCENARIOS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPHS 7 AND 8 ABOVE, AND
DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH THE CRUCIAL DEBATE
ON SELECTION OR REJECTION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM
THAT WILL COME THE FIRST DAY OF THE CONFERENCE.
VAN HEUVEN
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