Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06SUVA189
2006-05-09 01:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Suva
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - TONGA OPPOSES IRAN
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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
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