Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MOSCOW6306
2006-06-13 10:19:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 006306
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL RS
SUBJECT: MFA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: A) STATE 94561 B) MOSCOW 5760
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Kirk Augustine.
Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 006306
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL RS
SUBJECT: MFA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: A) STATE 94561 B) MOSCOW 5760
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Kirk Augustine.
Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor delivered ref A
points to Mikhail Lebedev, Acting Director of the MFA
Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, on
June 13. Lebedev said the GOR's position on the agenda for
the first meeting of the UN Human Rights Council was close to
that of the U.S. The GOR and U.S. differed slightly on the
elimination of the Sub-Commission for Human Rights, but
Lebedev said the GOR was open to consultations through its
mission in Geneva.
2. (C) Deputy Poltical Minister-Counselor stressed that the
U.S. opposed adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, especially as there was no consensus.
Lebedev said the GOR agreed, and it did not want to see the
Council act "impulsively" in creating new obligations for
member states. Some clauses in the document were far beyond
what the GOR was prepared to support and could undermine
efforts it was already taking to address some of the most
pressing issues facing its indigenous peoples.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL RS
SUBJECT: MFA ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: A) STATE 94561 B) MOSCOW 5760
Classified By: Political-Minister Counselor Kirk Augustine.
Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor delivered ref A
points to Mikhail Lebedev, Acting Director of the MFA
Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, on
June 13. Lebedev said the GOR's position on the agenda for
the first meeting of the UN Human Rights Council was close to
that of the U.S. The GOR and U.S. differed slightly on the
elimination of the Sub-Commission for Human Rights, but
Lebedev said the GOR was open to consultations through its
mission in Geneva.
2. (C) Deputy Poltical Minister-Counselor stressed that the
U.S. opposed adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples, especially as there was no consensus.
Lebedev said the GOR agreed, and it did not want to see the
Council act "impulsively" in creating new obligations for
member states. Some clauses in the document were far beyond
what the GOR was prepared to support and could undermine
efforts it was already taking to address some of the most
pressing issues facing its indigenous peoples.
BURNS