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05PANAMA439
2005-02-25 20:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Panama
Cable title:
PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER
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UNCLAS PANAMA 000439
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PM OAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
SUBJECT: PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER
REF: A. STATE 28929
B. PANAMA 00388
(SBU) On February 25, Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel
Lewis Navarro informed DCM that he had given instructions to
Panamanian OAS Ambassador Royo to argue that the chair of the
working group that will draft the OAS social charter and
action plan should be chosen by consensus. FM Lewis said
that the GOP does not want the issue to go to a vote because
it believes that may create ideological divisions within the
OAS. Lewis said he would make that point to his colleagues
at the presidential inauguration in Montevideo on March
UNCLAS PANAMA 000439
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PM OAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
SUBJECT: PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER
REF: A. STATE 28929
B. PANAMA 00388
(SBU) On February 25, Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel
Lewis Navarro informed DCM that he had given instructions to
Panamanian OAS Ambassador Royo to argue that the chair of the
working group that will draft the OAS social charter and
action plan should be chosen by consensus. FM Lewis said
that the GOP does not want the issue to go to a vote because
it believes that may create ideological divisions within the
OAS. Lewis said he would make that point to his colleagues
at the presidential inauguration in Montevideo on March 1.
Watt
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PM OAS POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
SUBJECT: PANAMA SUPPORTS US VIEWS ON OAS SOCIAL CHARTER
REF: A. STATE 28929
B. PANAMA 00388
(SBU) On February 25, Panamanian Foreign Minister Samuel
Lewis Navarro informed DCM that he had given instructions to
Panamanian OAS Ambassador Royo to argue that the chair of the
working group that will draft the OAS social charter and
action plan should be chosen by consensus. FM Lewis said
that the GOP does not want the issue to go to a vote because
it believes that may create ideological divisions within the
OAS. Lewis said he would make that point to his colleagues
at the presidential inauguration in Montevideo on March 1.
Watt