Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW1431
2006-02-14 13:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
RUSSIA MOVING SLOWLY ON DIVERSITY CONVENTION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 001431
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/14/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV ETRD SCUL UNESCO RS
SUBJECT: RUSSIA MOVING SLOWLY ON DIVERSITY CONVENTION
REF: STATE 19851
Classified By: A/POL Bruce Donahue. Reasons: 1.4(B/D).
(C) On February 13 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA
UNESCO Section Chief Nina Sopkova. Sopkova characterized the
GOR's position on the Convention on the Protection and
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions as
"cautious." She said that the convention would be ratified
only after careful study and that it is not yet on the Duma's
legislative docket. Sopkova added that Russia will not be
among the first countries to ratify the convention.
BURNS