Identifier
Created
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06DUSHANBE949
2006-05-24 08:41:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dushanbe
Cable title:
TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP MANDATE NEEDS IMMEDIATE RENEWAL ACTION
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO, SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM UN TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP MANDATE NEEDS IMMEDIATE RENEWAL ACTION
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, EXEC, Embassy
Dushanbe.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO, SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM UN TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP MANDATE NEEDS IMMEDIATE RENEWAL ACTION
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, EXEC, Embassy
Dushanbe.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador
Vladimir Sotirov (please protect throughout) of the United
Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) asked to see
the Ambassador urgently on May 24.
2. (SBU) In mid-May every year, the UN Security Council extends
the UNTOP mandate based on the Secretary-General's
recommendation to the President of the Security Council. The
current UNTOP mandate will expire on May 31, but no action has
been taken so far.
3. (C) Ambassador Sotirov suggested it would be most useful for
the USUN mission to ask the President of the Security Council to
move quickly on this issue.
4. (SBU) The Ambassador fully concurs. UNTOP, highly
professional and an honest political broker, is essential in
Tajikistan. UNTOP is active in building national mechanisms for
conflict prevention, strengthening rule of law, promoting human
and civil rights, and - most important - establishing national
dialogue during election periods. Tajikistan's next
presidential election will be in November.
5. (C) UNTOP just received a two-year $883,000 grant from
Sweden's CIDA for democracy, human rights, and mass media. All
proposed projects fit hand-in-glove with U.S. transformational
diplomacy goals and objectives.
4. (C) Embassy Dushanbe asks that USUN consider pressing for
immediate action to extend UNTOP's annual mandate.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IO, SCA/CEN, DRL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/24/2016
TAGS: PREL KDEM UN TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: UNTOP MANDATE NEEDS IMMEDIATE RENEWAL ACTION
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, EXEC, Embassy
Dushanbe.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) UN Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador
Vladimir Sotirov (please protect throughout) of the United
Nations Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) asked to see
the Ambassador urgently on May 24.
2. (SBU) In mid-May every year, the UN Security Council extends
the UNTOP mandate based on the Secretary-General's
recommendation to the President of the Security Council. The
current UNTOP mandate will expire on May 31, but no action has
been taken so far.
3. (C) Ambassador Sotirov suggested it would be most useful for
the USUN mission to ask the President of the Security Council to
move quickly on this issue.
4. (SBU) The Ambassador fully concurs. UNTOP, highly
professional and an honest political broker, is essential in
Tajikistan. UNTOP is active in building national mechanisms for
conflict prevention, strengthening rule of law, promoting human
and civil rights, and - most important - establishing national
dialogue during election periods. Tajikistan's next
presidential election will be in November.
5. (C) UNTOP just received a two-year $883,000 grant from
Sweden's CIDA for democracy, human rights, and mass media. All
proposed projects fit hand-in-glove with U.S. transformational
diplomacy goals and objectives.
4. (C) Embassy Dushanbe asks that USUN consider pressing for
immediate action to extend UNTOP's annual mandate.
HOAGLAND