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