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06OTTAWA1209
2006-04-25 16:45:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ottawa
Cable title:  

OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Tags:  ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS 
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UNCLAS OTTAWA 001209 

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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS
SUBJECT: OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY

REF: STATE 63829

UNCLAS OTTAWA 001209

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON ETRD UNESCO PREO OAS
SUBJECT: OAS CULTURAL DIVERSITY

REF: STATE 63829


1. (SBU) DCM and Econ Counselor made points reftel to DFAIT
Assistant Deputy Minister Peter Boehm, Susan Fountain Smith,
Director, Brazil, Southern Cone and InterAmerican Affairs,
and Deputy Director Leonard Beaulne.


2. (SBU) Our contacts responded that they see a "lot of
agreement" on the agenda for the OAS Workshop on Cultural
Diversity and assured us that they look forward to achieving
consensus on the agenda. Beaulne observed that the current
draft agenda is very broad and does not specifically refer to
the UNESCO Convention and that they agree that we should keep
it that way; specifically, he said that Canada "would not
support a specific agenda item on UNESCO" in the Workshop.


3. (SBU) Beaulne said that he had consulted with Canadian
Heritage official Artur Wilczynski, Director for
International Relations and Outreach,who will participate in
the April 26 conference call on the agenda, and had passed on
our views.

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