Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW12470
2006-11-16 13:38:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE:
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 012470
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNHRC RS
SUBJECT: COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE:
RUSSIAN REACTION
REF: A. STATE 182267
B. STATE 184178
C. STATE 187018
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 012470
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNHRC RS
SUBJECT: COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE:
RUSSIAN REACTION
REF: A. STATE 182267
B. STATE 184178
C. STATE 187018
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (C) In a November 16 conversation, Grigoriy Lukyantsev,
Head of the UN Division of the MFA's Department of
Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, told us that
Russia would oppose resolutions on the human rights
situations in Iran, Belarus and Uzbekistan. He said Russia
would support a No Action motion on each of these texts. The
MFA has not yet decided on how Russia will vote on the Burma
and DPRK drafts, but Lukyantsev pointed out that Russia in
principle was opposed to country-specific resolutions.
2. (C) We urged that Russia join us in opposing the three
anti-U.S. resolutions tabled by Belarus. While Lukyantsev
said he understood the reasons for U.S. opposition to the
Belarusian drafts, he noted that the Foreign Minister had not
yet set Russia's position on the texts.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/16/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNHRC RS
SUBJECT: COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE:
RUSSIAN REACTION
REF: A. STATE 182267
B. STATE 184178
C. STATE 187018
Classified By: Political M/C Alice G. Wells. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
1. (C) In a November 16 conversation, Grigoriy Lukyantsev,
Head of the UN Division of the MFA's Department of
Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, told us that
Russia would oppose resolutions on the human rights
situations in Iran, Belarus and Uzbekistan. He said Russia
would support a No Action motion on each of these texts. The
MFA has not yet decided on how Russia will vote on the Burma
and DPRK drafts, but Lukyantsev pointed out that Russia in
principle was opposed to country-specific resolutions.
2. (C) We urged that Russia join us in opposing the three
anti-U.S. resolutions tabled by Belarus. While Lukyantsev
said he understood the reasons for U.S. opposition to the
Belarusian drafts, he noted that the Foreign Minister had not
yet set Russia's position on the texts.
BURNS