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07BUDAPEST447
2007-03-23 15:34:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Budapest
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HUNGARY'S VIEW ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED

Tags:  PREL PHUM HU 
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EUR/NCE MICHELLE LABONTE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/23/2022
TAGS: PREL PHUM HU
SUBJECT: HUNGARY'S VIEW ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED
TERRITORIES MANDATE AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

REF: SECSTATE 35404

Classified By: POL/ECON-C Eric V. Gaudiosi. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).

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C O N F I D E N T I A L BUDAPEST 000447

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SIPDIS

EUR/NCE MICHELLE LABONTE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/23/2022
TAGS: PREL PHUM HU
SUBJECT: HUNGARY'S VIEW ON EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED
TERRITORIES MANDATE AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

REF: SECSTATE 35404

Classified By: POL/ECON-C Eric V. Gaudiosi. Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d).

(C) 1. Hungary favors the U.S. position on this issue, but
expects "a close vote" for support, even among EU countries
at the UNHRC meeting in Geneva next week, according to Istvan
Lakatos, acting director of the MFA's International
Organizations Department Human Rights Office. Though
noncommittal on how much sway the GOH will exert on its EU
partners, Mr. Lakatos said that Hungary, an observer country,
finds it more troubling to have "an open ended mandate like
the OIC proposal" than to vote down an individual country
mandate. For that reason, Hungary supports our position.

(C) 2. When asked about influencing the mandate directly
with OIC sponsors, Lakatos found no possibility of Hungary
influencing the issue and elaborated that he "doubts any
western, pro trans-Atlantic" actor can persuade the OIC.
Said Lakatos, "we are in the minority on this vote and
without Latin American support, I doubt we will win. Nobody
can influence Latin American countries, more than the U.S."

(C) 3. As in most foreign policy questions, the GOH will
follow the EU consensus on this issue. The GOH is in favor
of our position, but not so much in favor as to openly
influence the broader EU or the sponsors of this resolution.
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