Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06COLOMBO236
2006-02-14 09:39:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
MALDIVES WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000236
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2016
TAGS: PREL KUNR PHUM UN MV
SUBJECT: MALDIVES WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,
STILL DISCUSSING OTHER UN REFORMS
REF: STATE 4746
Classified By: DCM JAMES ENTWISTLE FOR REASONS 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) DCM presented Reftel demarche to Maldivian Foreign
Minister Ahmed Shaheed in Male' February 12. Shaheed said
that the Government of the Republic of Maldives is still
considering UN reform issues, but is generally sympathetic to
the U.S. position. Shaheed noted that his government
strongly supported the Human Rights Council concept, all the
way up to President Gayoom, who called it "a great idea" when
Shaheed briefed him on it.
LUNSTEAD
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2016
TAGS: PREL KUNR PHUM UN MV
SUBJECT: MALDIVES WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL,
STILL DISCUSSING OTHER UN REFORMS
REF: STATE 4746
Classified By: DCM JAMES ENTWISTLE FOR REASONS 1.4(b) and (d)
(C) DCM presented Reftel demarche to Maldivian Foreign
Minister Ahmed Shaheed in Male' February 12. Shaheed said
that the Government of the Republic of Maldives is still
considering UN reform issues, but is generally sympathetic to
the U.S. position. Shaheed noted that his government
strongly supported the Human Rights Council concept, all the
way up to President Gayoom, who called it "a great idea" when
Shaheed briefed him on it.
LUNSTEAD