Identifier
Created
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05KINGSTON1276
2005-05-16 19:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:  

GOJ COMMENTS ON OAS RACISM WORKING GROUP

Tags:  PHUM AORC JM USOAS 
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UNCLAS KINGSTON 001276 

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC JM USOAS
SUBJECT: GOJ COMMENTS ON OAS RACISM WORKING GROUP

REF: A. STATE 082983

B. SIEBENGARTNER/NEIGHBOUR EMAIL 5/6/05

C. KINGSTON 001250

UNCLAS KINGSTON 001276

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM AORC JM USOAS
SUBJECT: GOJ COMMENTS ON OAS RACISM WORKING GROUP

REF: A. STATE 082983

B. SIEBENGARTNER/NEIGHBOUR EMAIL 5/6/05

C. KINGSTON 001250


1. As reported in ref B, poloff on May 6 delivered ref A
talking points by telephone and fax to Ann Scott, Deputy
Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott welcomed
the information and responded that she was not entirely
familiar with the issue, which the MFAFT had only just begun
to explore. She added that her department would begin
consultations on the matter shortly, but that she believed
the GOJ mission in Washington had already begun discussions
on the topic.


2. In a previously scheduled meeting on May 6, Poloff also
raised the issue with Angella Brown, Deputy Director,
International Organizations Department, MFAFT. Applying the
same argument she used to defend UNCHR discussions in Geneva
(Ref C),Brown responded more substantively, offering that
regional bodies have their own agendas for good reasons. In
the case of racism, she said that the issue is especially
relevant to the western hemisphere. She added that,
generally, it doesn't hurt to hold discussions of issues at
the regional level, since that usually helps to make
subsequent discussions in global fora more productive.
TIGHE