DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002183 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/03/2013 TAGS: AORC TU UNESCO SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD REF: SECSTATE 84179 Classified by Polcouns John Kunstadter; reasons 1.5 b and d. (C) Poloff April 2 discussed reftel points with Serra Erarslan, head of the MFA Iraq and Gulf Countries Department. Erarslan said she would raise the issue with MFA officials handling UNESCO. She said the GOT generally opposed UN discussion of Iraq outside the Security Council. PEARSON