DOPCAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN WILL ALLY ITSELF

UNCLAS AMMAN 006226 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM US JO SUBJECT: DOPCAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN WILL ALLY ITSELF WITH U.S. POSITION REF: STATE 206414 ¶1. (SBU) On October 24, PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (DOPCAT) to Samer Naber, the MFA's Legal Advisor. Naber welcomed the points saying that Jordan had its own reservations about the DOPCAT and how it had been handled in the working group. The MFA, Naber noted, following his own recommendation, had already sent instructions to its Mission in New York to coordinate with USUN and "ally itself with the U.S. position." GNEHM