USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING

UNCLAS PARIS 006632 SIPDIS FROM USMISSION UNESCO PARIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO SUBJECT: USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING INSTRUCTIONS FROM CAPITAL, SUPPORTS CANADIAN RESOLUTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY. Refs: A) Paris 6564 B) State 170909 C) Kiev 3834 As recounted in ref A, the United States stood alone in voting against a Canadian resolution that paved the way for the October 2005 adoption of a cultural diversity Convention at UNESCO's General Conference. Per ref B, posts met with host country officials to explain the reasons why the UNG opposes this badly flawed instrument. Though Ref C indicates that the Ukrainian ambassador to UNESCO had the authority to formulate a position on behalf of her government, she told the DCM that she had been instructed by her government to support the convention and voted in favor of the Canadian resolution. Oliver