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06PRAGUE536
2006-05-19 07:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Prague
Cable title:  

CZECHS HAVE NO POSITION ON DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

Tags:  HUM PREL PGOV EZ 
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RR RUEHAST
DE RUEHPG #0536 1390737
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 190737Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY PRAGUE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 7365
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 0144
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0027
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0145
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0145
UNCLAS PRAGUE 000536

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

EUR/NCE FOR ERIC FICHTE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: HUM PREL PGOV EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS HAVE NO POSITION ON DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

REF: STATE 78740

(SBU) A/DCM and Poloff met May 17 with Veronika Stromsikova,
Czech MFA's Director of the Human Rights Department, to
discuss the position of the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand
on the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
(reftel). Stromsikova said indigenous rights is not a
priority issue for the Czechs because they have no experience
with indigenous people, and they must limit the number of
human rights issues they take on in order to be effective.
That said, Stromsikova agreed to review the talking points
and related documents and notify Poloffs if the Czechs
formulate a position on the issue.
CABANISS