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06MADRID895
2006-04-12 13:00:00
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Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: SPAIN: SECRETARY'S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: STATE 57035
Poloff delivered an advance copy of the Secretary's letter on
the Human Rights Council, as well as accompanying talking
points, to Spanish MFA Human Rights Director Fernando
Fernandez Arias on April 11. Arias undertook to convey the
letter immediately to the Foreign Minister. (Embassy is also
conveying a formal copy of the letter directly to the Foreign
Minister.) As a preliminary response, Arias said that, like
the US, Spain did not intend to put forth its candidacy now
for the Human Rights Council, but would launch a campaign for
membership in the 2008 Council elections, noting the
importance of Spanish membership on the Council During
Spain's EU Presidency in the first half of 2010. (As an EU
member, Spain has already pledged against voting for states
subject to UN Security Council sanctions for human rights
abuses, and against those states with a record of systematic
human rights violations.)
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