UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 005113 SIPDIS DEPT FOR IO/UNP AND WHA/CAR-SEARBY E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/18/2015 TAGS: PHUM DR PREL SUBJECT: UN THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REF: A. STATE 204646 ¶B. SANTO DOMINGO 5102 ¶1. (C) Embassy on November 8 delivered Ref A para 5 talking points on U.S. voting priorities in the UN Third Committee to MFA UN affairs director Michelle Cohen as a non-paper, and emphasized in conversation with her that approval of the Iran resolution was our top priority and that the Dominican Republic should join us in opposing no-action motions. Cohen said she would communicate our views to the senior levels of the MFA. On November 16, Ambassador delivered a separate demarche on the Iran resolution to Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso, who replied that the Dominican Republic would vote in favor of that resolution (as already reported Ref B). KUBISKE