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06OSLO535 | 2006-04-27 15:01:00 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Oslo |
VZCZCXYZ0045 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHNY #0535 1171501 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 271501Z APR 06 FM AMEMBASSY OSLO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3869 INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0155 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1259 |
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000535
SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/26/2016 TAGS: PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR SUBJECT: NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR HRC REF: SECSTATE 66050 Classified By: P/E Counselor Mike Hammer, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA DAS for UN policy Jostein Leiro on April 26. Leiro said that Norway fully agreed that members of the new UN Human Rights Council (HRC) should reflect the principles on which the HRC was established, and must have good track records on human rights. Leiro said that Norway had not yet made its decision on all potential candidates, so he said he could not officially say which countries Norway would support for the HRC. Unofficially, however, Leiro guaranteed us that "Iran will not be on that list" of countries that Norway will support. Leiro also reiterated Norwegian disappointment that the US has decided not to stand for the Council at this time. Visit Oslo's Classified website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/oslo/index.cf m WHITNEY |