UNCHR: PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR

UNCLAS PARIS 003236 SIPDIS IO/SHA - SMEHRA, S/UNR - JGERAN, USUN - MZACK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM FR UNCHR UNGA SUBJECT: UNCHR: PREVENTING AN UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR REFORM REF: A. PARIS 3086 ¶B. STATE 82967 Confirming the information provided in her absence (ref A) MFA UN/IO human rights action officer Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen told poloff May 11 that the GoF is opposed to a decision-making meeting in Geneva and would take that position in ECOSOC. Fraper was non-committal regarding whether France would seek to convince other members to oppose the Geneva meeting. She indicated that France could have accepted the text of the the CHR resolution had it only referred to informal discussions in Geneva. WOLFF