CHR: ITALIANS DON'T FAVOR UZBEK RESOLUTION

UNCLAS ROME 000830 SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL UZ IT HUMAN RIGHTS SUBJECT: CHR: ITALIANS DON'T FAVOR UZBEK RESOLUTION REF: STATE 50850 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00830 271509Z ¶1. (U) MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR CALVETTA TOLD US FEB 27 THAT ITALY AGREED A RESOLUTION ON UZBEKISTAN WAS NOT TIMELY AT THIS YEAR'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. CALVETTA AGREED THAT UZBEKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR'S RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THE APPROPRIATE TEST OF THE ITS PROFESSED COMMITMENT TO IMPROVED PERFORMANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. IF TASHKENT FAILED THAT TEST, HOWEVER, WE WOULD NEED TO SEND A STRONG SIGNAL THROUGH A RESOLUTION AT NEXT YEAR'S CHR, CALVETTA ADDED. ¶2. (SBU) CALVETTA CONCLUDED BY OBSERVING THAT MOST OTHER EU MEMBER-STATES SHARED ITALY'S ANALYSIS AND AGREED WITH THE U.S. SUGGESTION TO DEFER A RESOLUTION THIS YEAR. SEMBLER UNCLASSIFIED > 2003ROME00830 - Classification: UNCLASSIFIED