Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TOKYO3096
2006-06-06 06:55:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPAN "FAVORABLY CONSIDERING" PROFESSOR WEDGWOOD'S
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TOKYO 003096
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/11/2011
TAGS: PHUM US UNHRC JA
SUBJECT: JAPAN "FAVORABLY CONSIDERING" PROFESSOR WEDGWOOD'S
RE-ELECTION ON UNHRC; SEEKS CONSIDERATION FOR JAPAN'S
CANDIDATE
REF: STATE 85722
Classified By: Pol MinCouns Mike Meserve for Reasons 1.4 b/d
(C) In response to reftel demarche, on June 5 the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Human Rights Division's Yoriko Suzuki
notified Post that while Japan will not make public its
position on the various candidates, it is "favorably
considering" re-electing Professor Ruth Wedgwood to the UN
Human Rights Committee. Suzuki then said while Japan
acknowledges that the U.S. does not enter into reciprocal
support arrangements, MOFA was formally asking for U.S.
support for Japan's UNHRC candidate, Professor Yuji Iwasawa.
Japan intends to continue to lobby for U.S. support for
Iwasawa in New York, Suzuki stated.
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