Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06ROME3114
2006-11-17 15:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Rome
Cable title:
ITALY: EU CONSENSUS UNLIKELY ON UNGA ISRAEL
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 003114
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NOFORN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/17/2016
TAGS: PREL UNGA IS IT
SUBJECT: ITALY: EU CONSENSUS UNLIKELY ON UNGA ISRAEL
RESOLUTION
REF: STATE 188244
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor David D. Pearce for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d).`
(C) Poloff delivered ref demarche on the UNGA 10th Emergency
Special Session to Leonardo Bencini, Acting Office Director
for UN Affairs, November 17, urging Italy to vote against the
resolution on the incident in Beit Hanoun. Bencini responded
that the EU was very divided on the issue and it seemed an EU
common position would be impossible to achieve. However,
Italy would not share its national stance until all efforts
to reach a common position had been exhausted.
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