UNSC REFORM: DEMARCHE AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/26/2015
TAGS: KUNR PGOV PREL TH UNGA UNSC
SUBJECT: UNSC REFORM: DEMARCHE AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION

REF: STATE 137602

Classified By: AMBASSADOR RALPH L. BOYCE. REASON 1.4 (B) (D)


1. (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Kantathi, who
was attending the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in
Vientiane, Ambassador spoke with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit
Garnjana-Goonchorn to solicit an RTG vote against or
abstention on the G-4 resolution. Krit took the Ambassador's
comments onboard and noted that he was unaware that the
African Union (AU) and the G-4 were coming to an agreement on
the resolution. He added that the ASEAN ministers were about
to issue a stand-alone statement that, in effect, asks the
G-4 to "back off" from pushing its resolution in order to
avoid creating a divisive situation within the UN body. The
decision to issue this statement had been made at an ASEAN
"ministers-only" luncheon, Krit said.
BOYCE