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06ISLAMABAD11708
2006-06-20 12:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 011708
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PHUM UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON
ISRAEL AT HRC
REF: A. STATE 99490
B. ISLAMABAD 11267
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 011708
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NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PHUM UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON
ISRAEL AT HRC
REF: A. STATE 99490
B. ISLAMABAD 11267
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA
Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the
possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions
regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights
Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Government of
Pakistan (GOP) agreed that this opening session of the HRC
should focus on procedural, not substantive, issues. (Ref B)
He took the Ambassador's point that OIC-initiated
resolutions and debate targeting Israel would disrupt the HRC
session, dragging this new fora back into the quagmire that
discredited the Commission on Human Rights. Mahmood said
that he would share the Ambassador's message immediately with
Foreign Minister Kasuri, who is already in Baku at the OIC
Ministerial.
2. (C) Comment: Pakistan serves as the OIC representative
in Geneva and has often cited its obligation to represent the
OIC consensus, rather than its national position, when
confronted with its unhelpful actions on matters involving
Israel. Now that it is a member of the HRC, Pakistan has a
strong national interest in ensuring that this initial
session gets off to a good start, perhaps strong enough to
prompt the GOP to take greater efforts to exert a moderating
influence over more vehement OIC members. End comment.
CROCKER
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/19/2016
TAGS: PK PREL PHUM UN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON
ISRAEL AT HRC
REF: A. STATE 99490
B. ISLAMABAD 11267
Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA
Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the
possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions
regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights
Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Government of
Pakistan (GOP) agreed that this opening session of the HRC
should focus on procedural, not substantive, issues. (Ref B)
He took the Ambassador's point that OIC-initiated
resolutions and debate targeting Israel would disrupt the HRC
session, dragging this new fora back into the quagmire that
discredited the Commission on Human Rights. Mahmood said
that he would share the Ambassador's message immediately with
Foreign Minister Kasuri, who is already in Baku at the OIC
Ministerial.
2. (C) Comment: Pakistan serves as the OIC representative
in Geneva and has often cited its obligation to represent the
OIC consensus, rather than its national position, when
confronted with its unhelpful actions on matters involving
Israel. Now that it is a member of the HRC, Pakistan has a
strong national interest in ensuring that this initial
session gets off to a good start, perhaps strong enough to
prompt the GOP to take greater efforts to exert a moderating
influence over more vehement OIC members. End comment.
CROCKER