DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA

UNCLAS KINGSTON 001103 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA/CAR FOR (BENT) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AORC PHUM PREL PREF ICRC SZ JM SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMBASSADORS MEETING IN GENEVA REF: SECSTATE 63870 ¶1. (U) On May 4, POLOFF faxed Ref A talking points to Angella Brown, Assistant Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),and asked that the GOJ vote yes to amend the statutes of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Geneva on June 20-21. ¶2. (U) On June 5, POLOFF followed up with Pamela Ingleton, Desk Officer, International Organizations Department, MFAFT, who said that the GOJ representatives from the Jamaican Mission to the UN would likely be attending the meeting in Geneva. Ingleton's initial thoughts are the GOJ position has not changed since the December convention were Jamaica voted to adopt the Third Additional Protocol. POLOFF faxed Ref A talking points to Ingleton and Ingleton stated she would follow up by June 8 to confirm that the GOJ position remains unchanged. JOHNSON