MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH

UNCLAS MEXICO 001463 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL AORC ICRC PHUM PREF MX SUBJECT: MEXICO PLANS TO SIGN MDA ADOPTION WITHIN A MONTH REF: STATE 33468 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Liliana Lopez Ortiz, Assistant Director for International Law, at Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretariat (SRE). Lopez reminded Poloff of Mexico's long tradition of supporting international rights and that the GOM was happy to vote in favor of the adoption of the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions. Lopez explained that the issue was currently undergoing an internal review by all government agencies associated with the issue but that she expected the GOM ready to sign within a month. The next step, according to Lopez, would be to ratify the adoption which she also expected to happen before the current congress recesses. We will report any further developments as they arise. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity GARZA