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06MADRID932
2006-04-17 14:48:00
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Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPAIN: SECRETARY,S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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TAGS: KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN: SECRETARY,S LETTER ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: STATE 57035
Poloff delivered an advance copy of the the Secretary,s
letter on the Human Rights Council, as well as accompanying
talking points, to Spanish MFA Human Rights Director Fernado
Fernandez Arias on April 11. Arias undertook to convey the
letter immediately to the Foreign Minister (a copy under
cover of a note from the Ambassador, with accompanying
Spanish translation, to follow.) 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 have 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.)
AGUIRRE