MOROCCO: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SEESION OF

UNCLAS RABAT 002140 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/MAG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MO PREL KISL SUBJECT: MOROCCO: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SEESION OF UNGA REF: STATE 188224 Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. ¶1. (SBU) In a November 17 meeting, Poloff raised with the Moroccan Government USG concerns about the text of a draft resolution condemning recent Israeli actions in Gaza, and urged that the Moroccan delegation in New York vote against it. Drawing from reftel points, poloff outlined the U.S. view that the draft is imbalanced and one-sided and does not contribute to the cause of Israeli-Palestinian peace. ¶2. (SBU) United Nations Division Chief Azzedine Farhane responded that if the resolution had been drafted by the Arab Group, Morocco would be hard-pressed to disassociate itself from it, but would work within Arab Group and other caucus discussions to moderate the text. Noting the short time-frame Farhane also encouraged USUN officers to raise directly with the Moroccan delegation U.S. concerns about the resolution. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat ****************************************** Riley