Identifier
Created
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05COLOMBO1881
2005-11-01 06:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:  

MALDIVES WILL CO-SPONSOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE

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UNCLAS COLOMBO 001881

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL IS MV UNGA
SUBJECT: MALDIVES WILL CO-SPONSOR HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
RESOLUTION

REF: STATE 188927

(SBU) In an October 31 call on the Ambassador in Colombo,
Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed said that his
government will co-sponsor the Holocaust Remembrance
Resolution (Reftel). Shaheed said his government had not
responded earlier to the demarche, which was delivered on
October 17, because of uncertainty about its ability to
develop the education programs on the Holocaust stipulated in
the Resolution and because it was waiting to see if other
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) nations would
extend support. Because of its conviction that "genocide has
no place" in society, however, the Maldivian Government
ultimately decided to support the resolution, regardless of
what other OIC members do, Shaheed reported.
LUNSTEAD