Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06RABAT913
2006-05-10 18:37:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:
WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
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UNCLAS RABAT 000913
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
SUBJECT: WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
DESPITE MISGIVINGS
REF: RABAT 671
UNCLAS RABAT 000913
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
SUBJECT: WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
DESPITE MISGIVINGS
REF: RABAT 671
1. (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser
Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the
Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was
going forward, and the program had been prepared. The
delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would
arrive in Rabat May 15 for a meeting with MFA Secretary
General Omar Hilale. They would proceed from Rabat to
Laayoune (Western Sahara),where they would spend the bulk of
their time.
2. (SBU) Bourita said the GOM still had concerns about the
delegation's stop in Algeria, which he understood was only
half a day and even then lacked a "precise program."
Reiterating reftel concerns, Bourita said this was not enough
time to take up human rights issues with the GOA. The GOM
was preparing a dossier on violations of human rights that
took place on Algerian territory, and the commission needs
time to investigate the Moroccan claims, he insisted. All in
all, the commission's visit was "very imbalanced, and it is a
bad start." Morocco, nevertheless, did not wish a to make "a
bid deal" out of it, but he hoped that countries like the US
that support the mission would work to ensure that Morocco's
concerns were taken seriously and Morocco's charges were
properly addressed.
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Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
Riley
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR NEA/MAG, IO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR
SUBJECT: WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT
DESPITE MISGIVINGS
REF: RABAT 671
1. (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser
Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the
Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was
going forward, and the program had been prepared. The
delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would
arrive in Rabat May 15 for a meeting with MFA Secretary
General Omar Hilale. They would proceed from Rabat to
Laayoune (Western Sahara),where they would spend the bulk of
their time.
2. (SBU) Bourita said the GOM still had concerns about the
delegation's stop in Algeria, which he understood was only
half a day and even then lacked a "precise program."
Reiterating reftel concerns, Bourita said this was not enough
time to take up human rights issues with the GOA. The GOM
was preparing a dossier on violations of human rights that
took place on Algerian territory, and the commission needs
time to investigate the Moroccan claims, he insisted. All in
all, the commission's visit was "very imbalanced, and it is a
bad start." Morocco, nevertheless, did not wish a to make "a
bid deal" out of it, but he hoped that countries like the US
that support the mission would work to ensure that Morocco's
concerns were taken seriously and Morocco's charges were
properly addressed.
******************************************
Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat
******************************************
Riley