DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE ON DRIP

UNCLAS BANGKOK 006265 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL KTIA UN SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRIPARTITE ON DRIP REF: STATE 169257 ¶1. (SBU) New Zealand led in the Reftel A Tripartite Demarche with post and Australia to Dusit Manapan, Director of the Social Division of the Department of International Organizations, Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While Dusit noted our concerns, he asserted that Thailand "should work for the benefit of the indigenous people" and reiterated that Thailand "has no indigenous population." He further stated that the text has already been passed by the HRC and thus Thailand will most likely vote for the DRIP with an explanation to their vote at the upcoming UNGA. As a follow-up to the meeting, the New Zealand Ambassador to Thailand will deliver a letter to the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the MFA to reiterate the points in Reftel A. SIPDIS BOYCE