ROYG RECEIVES UN DEMARCHES

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002536 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/22/2013 TAGS: PREL IO YM DEMARCHE SUBJECT: ROYG RECEIVES UN DEMARCHES REF: A. STATE 295420 ¶B. STATE 291466 ¶C. STATE 287168 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel demarches to Dirham Saidi, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Desk, on 10/21. Saidi believes the ROYG will be supportive of the U.S. position on each of three UN-related demarches: operational reform in the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security (ref a),support for the ban against human cloning (ref b),Ms. Gaer's election to the UN Committee Against Torture (ref c). He agreed to provide updates on the outcome of these issues, and Yemen's participation during UNGA in general, as they become available. HULL