UNCLAS ABIDJAN 000108

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KDEM PREL IV
SUBJECT: AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE

REF: STATE 10434

POL/ECON Counselor delivered reftel demarche January 29 to
Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director of the Office of
United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Boutchoe assured us
that Cote d'Ivoire would support the draft charter, but said
he had heard that with all the other urgent matters on the
agenda for that day's AU Summit, they might not have time to
discuss it. He promised to call the Foreign Minister at the
summit to relay the U.S.message of support for the charter.
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