Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05KINGSTON1920
2005-08-12 19:10:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kingston
Cable title:
SEEKING COOPERATION ON UN PROPOSALS FOR A HUMAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KINGSTON 001920
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AND J7
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/11/2015
TAGS: PHUM JM
SUBJECT: SEEKING COOPERATION ON UN PROPOSALS FOR A HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 119812
Classified By: Charge d'Affairs Thomas C. Tighe, for reasons 1.5 (B) an
d (D)
(C) On June 30, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to
Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
(MFAFT). By phone on August 12, Brown told Poloff that the
GOJ supports the Secretary General's reform proposal and is
interested in replacing the Commission on Human Rights, but
that it is currently focused on UN Security Council (UNSC)
reform. Brown admitted that UNSC reform discussions are
overshadowing other issues, and said that the GOJ would like
to move beyond the UNSC and refocus its efforts on broader UN
reform, including the Human Rights Council. Brown thanked
poloff for the information, which she said is being used to
prepare briefing papers for the upcoming General Assembly.
TIGHE
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR (BENT)
SOUTHCOM FOR POLAD AND J7
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/11/2015
TAGS: PHUM JM
SUBJECT: SEEKING COOPERATION ON UN PROPOSALS FOR A HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: SECSTATE 119812
Classified By: Charge d'Affairs Thomas C. Tighe, for reasons 1.5 (B) an
d (D)
(C) On June 30, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to
Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations
Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade
(MFAFT). By phone on August 12, Brown told Poloff that the
GOJ supports the Secretary General's reform proposal and is
interested in replacing the Commission on Human Rights, but
that it is currently focused on UN Security Council (UNSC)
reform. Brown admitted that UNSC reform discussions are
overshadowing other issues, and said that the GOJ would like
to move beyond the UNSC and refocus its efforts on broader UN
reform, including the Human Rights Council. Brown thanked
poloff for the information, which she said is being used to
prepare briefing papers for the upcoming General Assembly.
TIGHE