ISRAEL AT UNGA: GOS HAS NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE

UNCLAS PARAMARIBO 000721 SIPDIS SIPDIS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED STATE FOR IO/UNP-RHOTZ E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL UNGA IS NS SUBJECT: ISRAEL AT UNGA: GOS HAS NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REF: STATE 178061 ¶1. (U) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche and diplomatic notes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the request to vote against three, one-sided resolutions on the Middle East. Government of Suriname acknowledged receipt of information. GOS informed Post that the Ministry is reviewing the resolutions with its mission at UN. GOS said the MFA and their UN Mission talk daily and will share any information received in the future. However, GOS also suggested that approaching its UN mission directly would be more effective. ¶2. (SBU) COMMENT: Post takes this vague response to mean the GOS does not plan to take a formal position on this issue and may leave the decision up to its UN ambassador. END COMMENT ¶3. (U) Post will inform the Department of any further response from GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES