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04ROME1472
2004-04-14 17:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:  

ITALY SUGGESTS MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR OSCE

Tags:  PHUM SOCI IT OSCE 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001472 

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/OHI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/14/2014
TAGS: PHUM SOCI IT OSCE
SUBJECT: ITALY SUGGESTS MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR OSCE
ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE DRAFT DOCUMENT

REF: A) ROME 1402 B) PARIS 2794 C) STATE 78071

CLASSIFIED BY: A/POL MINISTER-COUNSELOR GARY ROBBINS. REASON: 1.5 (B)(D
)

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 001472

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/OHI

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/14/2014
TAGS: PHUM SOCI IT OSCE
SUBJECT: ITALY SUGGESTS MODIFIED LANGUAGE FOR OSCE
ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE DRAFT DOCUMENT

REF: A) ROME 1402 B) PARIS 2794 C) STATE 78071

CLASSIFIED BY: A/POL MINISTER-COUNSELOR GARY ROBBINS. REASON: 1.5 (B)(D
)


1. (C) FOLLOWING UP ON REF A CONVERSATION, MFA OSCE OFFICE
DIRECTOR FABIO CRISTIANI TOLD POLOFF THAT THERE WAS LITTLE
SUPPORT AMONG OSCE MEMBER STATES FOR LANGUAGE IN THE OSCE
ANTI-SEMITISM CONFERENCE DRAFT DOCUMENT LINKING ANTI-SEMITISM
TO ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL. HE CLAIMED THAT ITALY COULD LIVE
WITH SUCH A LINK, BUT "OVERWHELMING" OPPOSITION MADE IT
UNLIKELY IT WOULD RECEIVE CONSENSUS. IT WAS FAR TOO GENERAL,
HE AVERRED.


2. (C) CRISTIANI SUGGESTED THAT ACCEPTABLE COMPROMISE
LANGUAGE WOULD REFERENCE THE FACT THAT ANTI-SEMITISM IS
SOMETIMES MANIFESTED AS AN ATTACK ON "THE RIGHT OF ISRAEL TO
EXIST" OR "ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE". COMMENT: THIS PHRASING IS
ALMOST EXACTLY AS PROPOSED BY FRANCE IN REF B, LEADING US TO
BELIEVE THE COMPROMISE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND
APPROVED BY AT LEAST SOME OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS AMONG THE EU
MEMBERS INTERESTED IN THE DRAFT.

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