NICARAGUA NOTIFIED ON USG POSITION ON G-4

UNCLAS MANAGUA 002100 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL NU UNSC SUBJECT: NICARAGUA NOTIFIED ON USG POSITION ON G-4 RESOLUTION ON UN REFORM REF: A. STATE 126870 ¶B. STATE 132429 (SBU) On July 18, CDA delivered the talking points in reftels to Foreign Minister Norman Caldera. Caldera stated that, in the main, the GON supports the U.S. position on U.N. Security Council reform. Caldera said that he had communicated this position to high level Department officials while in Washington last week. He noted that while Nicaragua supports Japanese and German permanent membership in the Security Council, it does not support India or Brazil, because of the nuclear policy of the former and doubts about the democratic stability of the latter. BRENNAN