DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE

C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 004788

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INFO AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV IMMEDIATE
AMCONSUL JERUSALEM IMMEDIATE
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/19/2013
TAGS: PREL KPAL IS KU UNGA
SUBJECT: DELIVERY OF URGENT DEMARCHE: UN ACTION ON THE
MIDDLE EAST

REF: A. SECSTATE 295444

B. USUN 2537

C. USUN 2561

D. USUN 2514

Classified By: DCM FRANK URBANCIC FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D).


1. (C) DCM delivered subject General Assembly Demarche
October 19, 2003, to MFA Americas Department Chief,
Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Al-Babtain, who is generally
critical of U.S. policy toward the Palestinians, was this
time subdued in his response. He promised to pass the U.S.
recommendation up through the chain.


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