JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED

C O N F I D E N T I A L AMMAN 008935 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/15/2015 TAGS: PHUM IR JO UNHRC SUBJECT: JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: A. STATE 207928 ¶B. AMMAN 8780 Classified By: Ambassador David Hale for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (U) This message replaces Amman 8911, which has been recalled. (C) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Kasrawi November 1, emphasizing that the U.S. needed Jordan's help in defeating the no-action motion initiated by Iran and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, and, when a vote on the resolution came, in voting in favor of the text. The Ambassador said that it clearly had not been a good year for human rights in Iran. Kasrawi said he would call Prince Zaid, but cautioned that a favorable vote on the actual resolution may be difficult this year. COMMENT: Ambassador will raise this issue with the Royal Palace; their past guidance to the Foreign Ministry to keep a line of communication open with the Iranians may account for Kasrawi's reaction. HALE