DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS

UNCLAS KINSHASA 002058 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL CG SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS REF: A:SECSTATE 236869 B: SECSTATE 237932 ¶1. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UNGA human rights resolutions to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu, Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on November 8, 2004. Zulu said that he would instruct the DRC delegation in New York to work with the US delegation to support the human rights resolutions being co-tabled by the USG with the EU on Belarus and Turkmenistan, and being co-sponsored by the US with the EU on Sudan and Zimbabwe and with Canada on Iran. ¶2. (U) Moreover, Zulu indicated that he would instruct the DRC delegation to oppose Belarus's resolution seeking to block consideration of the US-sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus and a resolution seeking to shift attention to the US electoral system (reftel B.) MEECE