Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SAOPAULO556
2006-05-19 18:18:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; SAO PAULO
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UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000556
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; SAO PAULO
"Change To Remain The Same"
Liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/19) editorialized: "The UN Human Rights
Committee no longer exists. It was replaced by a new Human Rights
Council. But everything will remain as was before. The Committee had
53 members, including some of the world's main human rights
violators. An organization responsible for taking care of human
rights that includes among its members nations such as Saudi Arabia,
China, Cuba, Indonesia, Pakistan and Russia cannot be taken
seriously.... The farce of the Committee has been changed for by the
tragedy of the Council. But what would be just one among so many
setbacks has a bitter taste for Brazil. The GOB has proclaimed that
Brazil was the second most voted nation among the Council's 47
members. But such a performance only became possible because the
Foreign Ministry adhered to a practice of trading votes. It obtained
so many votes because it made a composition with the worst human
rights pariahs, in a process that undermines the credibility not
only of the Council, but also of the UN. The art of diplomacy
consists in balancing pragmatism and respect to greater principles.
When, in a human rights matter, the foreign relations head
sacrifices the second on behalf of the first, it becomes distant
from the pattern that once placed Brazilian diplomacy among the best
in the world."
Wolfe
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; SAO PAULO
"Change To Remain The Same"
Liberal Folha de S. Paulo (5/19) editorialized: "The UN Human Rights
Committee no longer exists. It was replaced by a new Human Rights
Council. But everything will remain as was before. The Committee had
53 members, including some of the world's main human rights
violators. An organization responsible for taking care of human
rights that includes among its members nations such as Saudi Arabia,
China, Cuba, Indonesia, Pakistan and Russia cannot be taken
seriously.... The farce of the Committee has been changed for by the
tragedy of the Council. But what would be just one among so many
setbacks has a bitter taste for Brazil. The GOB has proclaimed that
Brazil was the second most voted nation among the Council's 47
members. But such a performance only became possible because the
Foreign Ministry adhered to a practice of trading votes. It obtained
so many votes because it made a composition with the worst human
rights pariahs, in a process that undermines the credibility not
only of the Council, but also of the UN. The art of diplomacy
consists in balancing pragmatism and respect to greater principles.
When, in a human rights matter, the foreign relations head
sacrifices the second on behalf of the first, it becomes distant
from the pattern that once placed Brazilian diplomacy among the best
in the world."
Wolfe