MOZAMBIQUE: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION RESPONSE

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000765 SIPDIS STATE FOR AF/S - HTREGER AND IO/T - WROBERTS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: TBIO MZ UNESCO KSCI SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION RESPONSE REF: STATE 109242 On June 16, Econ/Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Faruque Faquira, Head of Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for International Organizations and Conferences (DOIC). Faquira stated he would forward the talking points to the Mozambican Embassy in Paris, who will represent the GRM at the June 20-24 negotiating session there. Though Faquira could not respond in detail to USG concerns, he stated that the GRM did believe reaching consensus on the draft was important. (Note: Mozambique was elected a member of the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee during the 32nd session of the General Conference. End Note). La Lime