CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE

UNCLAS OTTAWA 003608 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF PREL AORC IS SZ CA ICRC SUBJECT: CANADA ON MDA: EXPECT A YES VOTE REF: SECSTATE 220751 Poloff delivered reftel to Catherine Godin, Deputy Director of the Humanitarian Affairs and Disasters Response Group at Foreign Affairs Canada, who has been in contact with Canada's delegation to the Geneva conference. She said that Canada has worked hard to support the adoption of the Third Protocol both prior to and at the conference and that, if the ICRC plans to move forward with a vote on its adoption, Canada will support it. Visit Canada's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/ottawa WILKINS