SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 004443 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/19/2014 TAGS: PREL SU SP UNSC SUBJECT: SPAIN SUPPORTS SUDAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN UNSC REF: STATE 246240 Classified By: Poloff Ricardo Zuniga for Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Spain fully agrees with U.S. efforts on the UK-penned draft resolution focusing on the North-South peace process in Sudan. Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, Deputy Director General for UN Affairs at the MFA, told Poloff that he hoped that the resolution would be passed by consensus in Nairobi. He added that a successful peace agreement in Sudan will improve peace and stability in East Africa and positively influence the current crisis in Darfur. ¶2. (C) Gonzalez de Linares, reminded Poloff of the Spanish candidate for the International Court of Justice, Julio Gonzalo Campos. Poloff noted that as a matter of policy, the USG does not express support for candidates for international organizations. Gonzalez de Linares was also interested in U.S. views on global UN reform and UNSC reform, as Spain's UN mission has heard the views of other Security Council members on the Secretary General's soon to be published report on UN reform. ARGYROS