Identifier
Created
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06NAIROBI1643
2006-04-13 13:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Nairobi
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER
VZCZCXYZ0019 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHNR #1643 1031334 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 131334Z APR 06 FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0998 INFO RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 3843 RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 6905
UNCLAS NAIROBI 001643
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER
DELIVERED
REF: A. STATE 56707
B. NAIROBI 1547
UNCLAS NAIROBI 001643
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER
DELIVERED
REF: A. STATE 56707
B. NAIROBI 1547
1. (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter
(ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only
candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the
U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju
on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply.
Post also delivered the letter by diplomatic note to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
2. (SBU) Poloff followed up with Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's
International Organizations and Conferences Division, who
also did not offer a substantive response. Amolo did,
however, reiterate the Government of Kenya's request for U.S.
support for Kenya's candidacy to the council (ref. B),asking
for the U.S. to, even informally, express our support.
BELLAMY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA KE
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SECRETARY'S LETTER
DELIVERED
REF: A. STATE 56707
B. NAIROBI 1547
1. (SBU) Ambassador hand-delivered Secretary Rice's letter
(ref. A, requesting Kenya to pledge to support only
candidates with a genuine commitment to human rights for the
U.N. Human Rights Council) to Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju
on April 11. The Minister did not offer a substantive reply.
Post also delivered the letter by diplomatic note to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).
2. (SBU) Poloff followed up with Tom Amolo, Head of MFA's
International Organizations and Conferences Division, who
also did not offer a substantive response. Amolo did,
however, reiterate the Government of Kenya's request for U.S.
support for Kenya's candidacy to the council (ref. B),asking
for the U.S. to, even informally, express our support.
BELLAMY