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