Identifier
Created
Classification
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06MANAMA1092
2006-06-19 07:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO JOIN THE
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UNCLAS MANAMA 001092
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF ICRC AORC PHUM BA REGION HUMRIT ROW
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO JOIN THE
MAJORITY ON MDA
REF: STATE 97059
Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. Not
for Internet distribution.
(SBU) A/DCM June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the
June 20-21 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for
Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al
Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz commented that Bahrain was one of
the few Arab League members to have abstained in the December
vote on the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol. He
said he would consider the points on voting in favor of
amending the statutes of the ICRC to recognize the Third
Additional Protocol. He noted he would be in Geneva at the
time of the session, heading the Bahraini delegation to the
inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council, and
promised to consult with the Bahraini Permrep on the ICRC
vote.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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MONROE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL PREF ICRC AORC PHUM BA REGION HUMRIT ROW
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS TO JOIN THE
MAJORITY ON MDA
REF: STATE 97059
Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. Not
for Internet distribution.
(SBU) A/DCM June 17 delivered reftel demarche concerning the
June 20-21 29th International Conference of the Red Cross and
Red Crescent to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for
Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al
Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz commented that Bahrain was one of
the few Arab League members to have abstained in the December
vote on the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol. He
said he would consider the points on voting in favor of
amending the statutes of the ICRC to recognize the Third
Additional Protocol. He noted he would be in Geneva at the
time of the session, heading the Bahraini delegation to the
inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council, and
promised to consult with the Bahraini Permrep on the ICRC
vote.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE