TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 006377 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2016 TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC TU SUBJECT: TURKEY STUDYING COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AND ATTEMPTS AT RETALIATION IN UN THIRD COMMITTEE REF: A. STATE 184178 ¶B. STATE 182267 Classified By: POL/C Janice G. Weiner for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (C) Ambassador raised reftel points Nov. 8 with MFA D/US Apakan. He stressed the importance the USG attaches to these country resolutions and expressed the hope that Turkey could support us. Separately, we also discussed the issue of UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, no-action motions, and retaliatory resolutions proposed by Belarus and Uzbekistan Nov. 8 with Hasan Ulusoy, MFA Head of Department for COE and Human Rights Matters. On the individual country resolutions, on which we had provided ref b talking points to Ulusoy's office November 3, Ulusoy recommended we follow up individually with the country desks in the Ministry, who will instruct the Turkish UN delegation on each of the resolutions. He will study the thematic retaliatory resolutions proposed by Belarus and Uzbekistan and get back to us. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/ankara/ WILSON