Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MEXICO4482
2006-08-11 01:18:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Mexico
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MEXICO 004482
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/10/2011
TAGS: PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON
LEBANON
REF: A. A) SECSTATE 130904
B. B) MEXICO 4472
Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR ALAN MELTZER, REASONS: 1.4(B/
D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MEXICO 004482
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/10/2011
TAGS: PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON
LEBANON
REF: A. A) SECSTATE 130904
B. B) MEXICO 4472
Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR ALAN MELTZER, REASONS: 1.4(B/
D).
1. (C) Acting MCPA and Poloff delivered ref A talking points
to Dr. Luis Angel Benavides, acting head of the Office of
Human Rights and Democracy at the Secretariat for Foreign
Relations (SRE),as well as to Mariana Salazar Albornoz,
Director of International Policy for Economic, Social,
Cultural and Minority Rights. Benavides maintained that
Mexico holds a different position than the U.S. regarding the
appropriateness for the Human Rights Council (HRC) to call a
special session on Lebanon (ref B). Concerning Article 12,
Benavides reiterated Mexico's stand that human rights are
differentiated from issues of peace and security. While
interpretations of Article 12 vary, he asserted that
precedents have been set supporting Mexico's position that UN
human rights bodies can consider resolutions relating to
human rights issues arising out of conflicts that have been
brought before the UNSC. Benavides remarked that human
rights and international humanitarian law are so intertwined
that he questions the logic suggesting the HRC is not
qualified to evaluate matters involving international
humanitarian law.
2. (C) Benavides and Salazar agreed that the current draft of
the resolution is one-sided and remarked that negotiations
over the text are currently underway. They pointed to the
difficulty of the negotiations due to the polarized views
that exist on the HRC on this issue, particularly represented
by the drafters of the text. They expect the special session
to be similar to discussions on the Middle East during the
first session of the HRC in June. Salazar emphasized that
Mexico's representative serving as president of the HRC, Luis
Alfonso de Alba, is taking seriously his role as an objective
and neutral facilitator on the council.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/10/2011
TAGS: PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR PGOV MX
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON
LEBANON
REF: A. A) SECSTATE 130904
B. B) MEXICO 4472
Classified By: ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR ALAN MELTZER, REASONS: 1.4(B/
D).
1. (C) Acting MCPA and Poloff delivered ref A talking points
to Dr. Luis Angel Benavides, acting head of the Office of
Human Rights and Democracy at the Secretariat for Foreign
Relations (SRE),as well as to Mariana Salazar Albornoz,
Director of International Policy for Economic, Social,
Cultural and Minority Rights. Benavides maintained that
Mexico holds a different position than the U.S. regarding the
appropriateness for the Human Rights Council (HRC) to call a
special session on Lebanon (ref B). Concerning Article 12,
Benavides reiterated Mexico's stand that human rights are
differentiated from issues of peace and security. While
interpretations of Article 12 vary, he asserted that
precedents have been set supporting Mexico's position that UN
human rights bodies can consider resolutions relating to
human rights issues arising out of conflicts that have been
brought before the UNSC. Benavides remarked that human
rights and international humanitarian law are so intertwined
that he questions the logic suggesting the HRC is not
qualified to evaluate matters involving international
humanitarian law.
2. (C) Benavides and Salazar agreed that the current draft of
the resolution is one-sided and remarked that negotiations
over the text are currently underway. They pointed to the
difficulty of the negotiations due to the polarized views
that exist on the HRC on this issue, particularly represented
by the drafters of the text. They expect the special session
to be similar to discussions on the Middle East during the
first session of the HRC in June. Salazar emphasized that
Mexico's representative serving as president of the HRC, Luis
Alfonso de Alba, is taking seriously his role as an objective
and neutral facilitator on the council.
Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity
GARZA