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Classification
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06SUVA189
2006-05-09 01:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Suva
Cable title:  

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - TONGA OPPOSES IRAN

Tags:   KUNR  PHUM  UNHRC  PREL  TN  FJ  KR  NR  TV 
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VZCZCXRO7780
PP RUEHPB
DE RUEHSV #0189 1290148
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 090148Z MAY 06
FM AMEMBASSY SUVA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3067
INFO RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA 1205
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON 0999
RUEHPB/AMEMBASSY PORT MORESBY 0824
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0039
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0248
C O N F I D E N T I A L SUVA 000189

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/09/2016
TAGS: KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL TN FJ KR NR TV
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - TONGA OPPOSES IRAN
CANDIDACY

REF: A. SUVA 180


B. SUVA 174

Classified By: DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION TED MANN. SECTIONS 1.4 (B) AND
(D).

(C) Tonga Foreign Minister Tu'a told us May 9 that Tonga is
opposed to Iran's inclusion in the UN Human Rights Council.
He will instruct his UN Mission to vote accordingly. All
five countries that Embassy Suva is accredited to, Fiji,
Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tuvalu, have now indicated they
oppose Iran's candidacy (reftels).

DINGER