SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002692 SIPDIS IO/SHA FOR JOE BRACKEN AND SASHA MEHRA DRL/MLA FOR MICHAEL BUTLER AND LYNN SICADE USUN FOR MADELYN SPIRNAK AND MICHELLE ZACK E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/13/2014 TAGS: PHUM PREL SP SUBJECT: SPANISH RESPONSE TO CUBAN RESOLUTION IN ECOSOC REF: STATE 150754 Classified By: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Political Counselor, for Reasons 1 .4 (b) and (d) (C) We spoke with both Juan Manuel Cabrera, Director of the MFA's Office of Human Rights, and to Enrique Mora, Director of the MFA's Office of EU Foreign Policy and Common Security, regarding reftel. Both agreed with our position that the Cuban resolution was merely an attempt to politically target coalition countries and that they viewed the resolution as a reaction to the condemnations CUBA has received in the Human Rights Commission. Mora stated that Spain would work to oppose the resolution. MANZANARES