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06QUITO2093
2006-08-21 20:58:00
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Embassy Quito
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ECUADOR WILL NOT SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR THE HRC

Tags:  PHUM UN UNHRC EC 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UN UNHRC EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR WILL NOT SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR THE HRC

REF: SECSTATE 85722

UNCLAS QUITO 002093

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM UN UNHRC EC
SUBJECT: ECUADOR WILL NOT SUPPORT WEDGWOOD FOR THE HRC

REF: SECSTATE 85722


1. (SBU) On August 18, PolOff met with Lourdes Puma,
Director General for Multilateral Affairs in the Ecuadorian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver the diplomatic note in
reftel. Ms. Puma said the GOE will not support Professor
Ruth Wedgwood's candidacy for re-election to the HRC. She
said recently concluded voting agreements made with certain
European and African countries precluded GOE support.
Pressed for details, she would not explain further or reveal
whom Ecuador will support. Puma stressed that the GOE was
not necessarily opposed to Dr. Wedgwood's views and did not
necessarily believe her to be unqualified, but the GOE's
other commitments took precedence.
JEWELL