Identifier
Created
Classification
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06SUVA455
2006-10-25 19:59:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Suva
Cable title:  

KIRIBATI PROMISES TO SWITCH ITS UN VOTE TO

Tags:  UNSC PREL GT VE KR 
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/26/2016
TAGS: UNSC PREL GT VE KR
SUBJECT: KIRIBATI PROMISES TO SWITCH ITS UN VOTE TO
GUATEMALA

REF: A. STATE 175110

B. SUVA 443

Classified By: DCM Ted Mann per 1.4 (B) and (D)

(C) Kiribati's Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Elliot Ali,
told Ambassador Dinger 10/26 that Kiribati has decided to
switch its vote from Venezuela to Guatemala. Ali said the
decision was made by Kiribati President Anote Tong after
separate conversations 10/25 in Nadi with the Ambassador and
EAP/ANP Office Director McGann. Ali said formal instructions
are being drafted to change Kiribati's vote via the proxy
cast by New Zealand. The instructions should be conveyed by
the end of the day 10/26 (Kiribati time).
DINGER