Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BANJUL612
2006-10-02 15:29:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Banjul
Cable title:
THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BANJUL 000612
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2016
TAGS: PREL UNSC GT VE GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE
REF: A. STATE 162359
B. BANJUL 439 ET AL
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BANJUL 000612
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2016
TAGS: PREL UNSC GT VE GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE
REF: A. STATE 162359
B. BANJUL 439 ET AL
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
1. (C) Ambassador made ref a demarche October 2 to Foreign
Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin
equivalent),stressing that Venezuelan President Chavez's
UNGA speech further demonstrated that Venezuela's election to
the UNSC would seriously undercut its ability to address
world problems constructively. In his oral presentation of
ref a points, Ambassador urged the GOTG to reconsider any
previously-made commitment of suppport for Venezuela's UNSC
candidacy in light of Chavez's UNGA speech and left non-paper
with excerpts of Chavez's statements contained in ref a.
2. (C) As in past discussions (ref b),Joof insisted that the
GOTG had yet to finalize its position on the competing
Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for the UNSC, denying
"rumors" that the Gambians had pledged their support to
Venezuela. He recognized that Chavez's UNGA speech was "not
appropriate for a statesman," adding that he (Joof),as a
member of the GOTG's UNGA delegation, had met with the
Guatemalan Formin on the margins and had "taken note" of the
latter's pitch for support. Joof undertook to inform us as
soon as the GOTG had decided whom to support in the upcoming
UNSC contest.
3. (C) COMMENT: Our judgment remains that the GOTG will
likely support Venezuela in the UNSC vote, following reports
of economic, oil-related blandishments offered by Chavez to
the GOTG and other African states at the July African Union
Summit here (ref b). END COMMENT.
STAFFORD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2016
TAGS: PREL UNSC GT VE GA
SUBJECT: THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE
REF: A. STATE 162359
B. BANJUL 439 ET AL
Classified By: AMBASSADOR JOSEPH STAFFORD, REASON 1.4 (B AND D)
1. (C) Ambassador made ref a demarche October 2 to Foreign
Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin
equivalent),stressing that Venezuelan President Chavez's
UNGA speech further demonstrated that Venezuela's election to
the UNSC would seriously undercut its ability to address
world problems constructively. In his oral presentation of
ref a points, Ambassador urged the GOTG to reconsider any
previously-made commitment of suppport for Venezuela's UNSC
candidacy in light of Chavez's UNGA speech and left non-paper
with excerpts of Chavez's statements contained in ref a.
2. (C) As in past discussions (ref b),Joof insisted that the
GOTG had yet to finalize its position on the competing
Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for the UNSC, denying
"rumors" that the Gambians had pledged their support to
Venezuela. He recognized that Chavez's UNGA speech was "not
appropriate for a statesman," adding that he (Joof),as a
member of the GOTG's UNGA delegation, had met with the
Guatemalan Formin on the margins and had "taken note" of the
latter's pitch for support. Joof undertook to inform us as
soon as the GOTG had decided whom to support in the upcoming
UNSC contest.
3. (C) COMMENT: Our judgment remains that the GOTG will
likely support Venezuela in the UNSC vote, following reports
of economic, oil-related blandishments offered by Chavez to
the GOTG and other African states at the July African Union
Summit here (ref b). END COMMENT.
STAFFORD