U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DELIVERED TO

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 004422

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FOR WHA/CAR AND IO/UNP

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC DR
SUBJECT: U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DELIVERED TO
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

REF: STATE 152009

(SBU) On July 23, Embassy delivered talking points (reftel),
in Spanish translation provided by Department, on U.S.
initiatives for the 59th UN General Assembly to MFA deputy
director for international organization affairs Rhadys Abreu
de Polanco, and urged Dominican support for them. She
undertook to pass the information (in the form of a
non-paper) to the incoming authorities at the MFA who will
take office following the August 16 inauguration of
Presdident-elect Leonel Fernandez. She explained that it
would be up to the new administration to determine the
Dominican Republic's position on these initiatives and to
develop any Dominican proposals to table in the UNGA.
HERTELL