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