ECOSOC: IRISH WILL OPPOSE CUBAN RESOLUTION

UNCLAS DUBLIN 001079 SIPDIS IO/SHA - JOE BRACKEN AND SASHA MEHRA USUN - MADELYN SPIRNAK AND MICHELLE ZACK DRL/MLA - MICHAEL BUTLER AND LYNN SICADE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL SUBJECT: ECOSOC: IRISH WILL OPPOSE CUBAN RESOLUTION REF: STATE 150754 On July 19, Tim Harrington, First Secretary of the Human Rights Division at DFA said Ireland would take the common EU position and vote against the Cuban resolution. Harrington was responding to reftel demarche, delivered July 12. The GOI believes that the issues in the Cuban resolution are already being addressed, and that the resolution appears to be purely politically motivated. Harrington also said that the EU would oppose any "no-action" motion on the Cuban resolution, but stressed that the EU opposes all "no-action" motions out of principal and its vote should not be seen in any way as support for the substance of the Cuban resolution. KENNY