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05CANBERRA791
2005-05-05 07:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:  

AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION

Tags:  PHUM AS UNCHR UNGA 
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000791 

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR IO/SHA - SMEHERA, S/UNR - JGERAN, AND USUN - MZACK

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AS UNCHR UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION
ON CHR REFORM

REF: STATE 82967

UNCLAS CANBERRA 000791

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR IO/SHA - SMEHERA, S/UNR - JGERAN, AND USUN - MZACK

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AS UNCHR UNGA
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA WILL WORK TO PREVENT UNMANDATED SESSION
ON CHR REFORM

REF: STATE 82967


1. (U) We presented reftel talking points on May 5 to
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Director for
Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Gerry McGuire. McGuire
told us late on May 5 that the USG could rely on the GOA's
support in opposing the Commission reform resolution in
ECOSOC, noting that Australia had already opposed the
resolution in the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR). There
was already ample movement in New York to discuss UNCHR
reform, he said, and added that "New York is where the main
game is."

STANTON