GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 003162

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN AND IO/UNP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2014
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL GT IR UNGA
SUBJECT: GOG ON IRAN RESOLUTION IN UNGA

REF: A. GUATEMALA 02964


B. GUATEMALA 2941

C. STATE 243652

D. GUATEMALA 2819

Classified By: DCM D. Bruce Wharton, reason: 1.4 (d).


1. (C) Poloff spoke to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN
Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry, to express
appreciation for Guatemala's vote in 3rd Committee on the
Turkmenistan resolution, but again note disappointment about
Guatemala's abstention on the Iran resolution. Poloff asked
whether the GOG would consider changing their position and
voting &yes8 on the Iran resolution during the UNGA plenary
session. Carranza said that he doubted that the GOG would
vary its position on the Iran resolution (specifically, he
said "only in a very extreme situation").


2. (C) Carranza promised to advise the MFA leadership again
of our explicit interest in the vote and will inform us if
there are any developments. Carranza ignored PolOff,s
reference to the contrast between Guatemala,s vote and the
votes of Belize, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras in favor
of the resolution.
HAMILTON