Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KINGSTON1250
2005-05-12 18:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:
GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION
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UNCLAS KINGSTON 001250
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR IO/SHA (SMEHRA),S/UNR (JGERAN),AND
USUN (MZACK)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM JM UNCHR UNGA
SUBJECT: GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION
REF: STATE 082967
On May 6, poloff met with Angella Brown, Deputy Director,
International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to deliver reftel talking points.
Brown disagreed that a working group in Geneva would be
redundant and inappropriate. She argued that, since the
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sits in Geneva, it would not
be unreasonable to discuss CHR reform there. Brown added
that a discussion in New York of broader UN reforms would
quickly get bogged down in the vast number of issues being
considered, and that a more focused discussion on the human
rights body could take place in Geneva. As a result, she
anticipated that members would be more likely to reach their
goal -- consensus on reform -- in Geneva. In addition, Brown
said that the costs of such a meeting would likely not be
particularly high, since most members are already represented
in Geneva at the WTO.
TIGHE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)
DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR IO/SHA (SMEHRA),S/UNR (JGERAN),AND
USUN (MZACK)
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM JM UNCHR UNGA
SUBJECT: GOJ DISAGREES ON CHR REFORM SESSION
REF: STATE 082967
On May 6, poloff met with Angella Brown, Deputy Director,
International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
Foreign Trade (MFAFT),to deliver reftel talking points.
Brown disagreed that a working group in Geneva would be
redundant and inappropriate. She argued that, since the
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) sits in Geneva, it would not
be unreasonable to discuss CHR reform there. Brown added
that a discussion in New York of broader UN reforms would
quickly get bogged down in the vast number of issues being
considered, and that a more focused discussion on the human
rights body could take place in Geneva. As a result, she
anticipated that members would be more likely to reach their
goal -- consensus on reform -- in Geneva. In addition, Brown
said that the costs of such a meeting would likely not be
particularly high, since most members are already represented
in Geneva at the WTO.
TIGHE