HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S LETTER ON

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002154

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IO/UNESCO, IO/T, IO/UNP, WHA/PPC, AND WHA/CEN
PARIS FOR US MISSION TO UNESCO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL ETRD SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
SUBJECT: HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S LETTER ON
UNESCO CONVENTION AND DIP NOTE/DEMARCHE; NO GOH RESPONSE

REF: A. STATE 192656


B. STATE 189518

C. PARIS 7037

D. TEGUCIGALPA 2092

E. STATE 184292

F. TEGUCIGALPA 2029

G. STATE 170909

H. TEGUCIGALPA 1916

I. STATE 122739


1. This is an action cable for IO/T. Please see paragraph 4.


2. Post delivered ref B letter from Secretary Gutierrez
(under cover letter from the Charge) on the UNESCO Convention
on Cultural Expressions to Minister of Trade and Industry
Irving Guerrero on October 14. Post delivered ref A
diplomatic note and demarche on the same issue to the Foreign
Ministry on October 19. PolChief spoke directly with Vice
Foreign Minister Juan Alberto Lara Bueso to highlight the
importance and urgency of the demarche. Post has yet to
receive any kind of substantive response from the GOH to
repeated demarches/letters on this topic.


3. Post notes that ref C indicates that the USG candidacy for
the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO was successful. This
makes moot the GOH's request for a vote swap involving this
candidacy. However, Post still needs official guidance on
responding to the Honduran Foreign Ministry's request for USG
support for the Honduran candidate to the UN International
Law Commission during elections this fall at UNGA.


4. Action request for IO/T: Post again requests guidance on
Post's response to the Honduran request for USG support for
the Honduran candidate to the UN International Law Commission
as discussed in refs D and F.
Williard