Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BEIRUT1539
2007-10-03 08:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beirut
Cable title:
LEBANON: "SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM" TO SUPPORT
how-toVZCZCXRO5078 PP RUEHAG RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHROV DE RUEHLB #1539 2760800 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 030800Z OCT 07 FM AMEMBASSY BEIRUT TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9602 INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 1545 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0514 RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIRUT 001539
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
NSC FOR ABRAMS/SINGH/GAVITO/YERGEN, STATE FOR NEA/ELA,
NEA/FO
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/02/2017
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC UNGA LE
SUBJECT: LEBANON: "SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM" TO SUPPORT
GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
REF: A. (A) STATE 126155
¶B. (B) BEIRUT 1405
Classified By: DCM William Grant for reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
(C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche to Acting
Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri on October 1, 2007. This was a
follow-up to the demarche delivered by Poloff on September 6,
2007 (reftel B). Mitri did not think there would be a
problem supporting the re-election candidacy for Ms. Felice
Gaer to the seat on the United Nations Committee Against
Torture, and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment of
Punishment, which is scheduled to take place in Geneva on
October 8, 2007. Mitri also noted the U.S. and Lebanese
diplomatic missions had discussed the issue in either New
York or Geneva.
FELTMAN