Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06OSLO760
2006-06-12 13:58:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Oslo
Cable title:
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L OSLO 000760
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2016
TAGS: PHUM PREL NO
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
REF: A. STATE 94561
¶B. OSLO 705
Classified By: Pol/Econ Counselor Mike Hammer, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
(C) On June 12 we delivered reftel points to Anne Merchant
and Lars Sigurd Valvatne, Senior Advisers in the MFA's
Section for Human Rights and Democracy. Stating that the
points were "no surprise," Merchant noted that Norway was in
favor of "some kind of action" during the Council's first
session with respect to the Declaration on Rights and
Indigenous Peoples. Valvatne reiterated many of the
Norwegian justifications supporting the Declaration (as
described in reftel b),including that the Norwegians "could
live with" the Declaration, although it was admittedly
"imperfect." In addition, he stated that if the Declaration
was not brought up in the first Council session, the issue
would "lose momentum." According to Valvatne, the
Declaration "was the best we could get." He pointed out that
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland (the only Nordic country
on the Council) support the Declaration's transmission from
the Council to the General Assembly.
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