DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS

UNCLAS AMMAN 009087 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL JO SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS REF: A. STATE 236869 ¶B. STATE 237932 PolOff delivered ref A and B talking points November 8 to Samer Naber, Legal Advisor for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber could not state how the GOJ would vote, but intimated that Jordan would most likely follow its previous record of supporting the resolutions on Turkmenistan and Zimbabwe and abstaining on Sudan and Iran. Naber was not familiar with the Belarus resolution and said the GOJ would consider our position carefully. He expressed disbelief at the retaliatory resolution tabled by Belarus against the U.S. Naber assured us that our points would be shared with the appropriate Jordanian officials, including in New York. HALE