Identifier
Created
Classification
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06ISLAMABAD10237
2006-06-02 11:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 010237
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/02/2016
TAGS: PK PREL UNGA KHIV
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION
REF: STATE 86651
Classified By: DCM Peter W. Bodde, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) On May 1, 2006, poloff delivered reftel points to MFA
(UN - II) Director Jamil Ahmed. The next morning, after he
had had an opportunity to consult with the Pakistani UN
Mission, Ahmed telephoned poloff to reply to reftel point
expressing disappointment in Pakistan's support for the Rio
Group's effort to introduce proposals on trade and
intellectual property rights into the Declaration. Ahmed
denied that Pakistan had been an active supporter of this
effort; in his words, Pakistan simply "aligned itself with
other developing countries." Poloff remarked that this
alignment nonetheless translated into unhelpful and
unnecessary proposals that detract from the primary purpose
of the Declaration. Aside from the Rio Group action, Ahmed
said that Pakistan would also like the Declaration to remain
within the framework of the 2001 documents.
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