FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN

UNCLAS NEW DELHI 007151 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL IN UNHCR SUBJECT: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS REF: A. STATE 237932 ¶B. NEWDELHI 7081 In the absence of MEA's senior-level UN experts, who are in New York, PolCouns delivered our follow-up demarche on Belarus' planned move for no-action on the US/EU sponsored resolution on the human rights situation in Belarus and the Belarus-sponsored resolution critical of the US electoral system to Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar. Poloff followed up on November 9 with MEA Deputy Secretary (UN Economic and Social) Gopal Baglay, who responded that his office as well as the Indian Permanent Mission in New York are considering our request. He added that the Indian delegation in New York will take a final decision. Baglay reminded Poloff, however, that the GOI "generally does not favor country-specific resolutions on human rights." MULFORD