Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07BUENOSAIRES913
2007-05-11 12:00:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Buenos Aires
Cable title:
AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
VZCZCXYZ0001 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHBU #0913 1311200 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 111200Z MAY 07 FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8099 INFO RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 0152 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE 0639 RUEHGT/AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA 0231 RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS 0066
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000913
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
DRL/MLGA PASS TO LYNN SICADE AND SYLVIA HAMMOND
GUATEMALA FOR ALEX FEATHERSTON
VILNIUS FOR THOMAS KELLY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
(UNHRC) ELECTION
REF: A. A. STATE 63345
B. B. STATE 058054
C. C. STATE 058056
D. D. STATE 058036
E. E. STATE 061121
F. F. USUN 000353
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4(b)and(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BUENOS AIRES 000913
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
DRL/MLGA PASS TO LYNN SICADE AND SYLVIA HAMMOND
GUATEMALA FOR ALEX FEATHERSTON
VILNIUS FOR THOMAS KELLY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
(UNHRC) ELECTION
REF: A. A. STATE 63345
B. B. STATE 058054
C. C. STATE 058056
D. D. STATE 058036
E. E. STATE 061121
F. F. USUN 000353
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4(b)and(d)
1. (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister
Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia
Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for
Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked
that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in
the issue, and that Argentina has been, and will continue, to
raise the issue with other countries. He disclosed that he
had met with the Ambassador of Belarus on May 10 where he
told the Ambassador that Argentina would not be supporting
Belarus's candidacy for the UNHRC. Garcia Moritan asserted
that the UNHRC is "too important" to allow countries with
poor human rights records, like Belarus, to sit on the
Council.
WAYNE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR P, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
DRL/MLGA PASS TO LYNN SICADE AND SYLVIA HAMMOND
GUATEMALA FOR ALEX FEATHERSTON
VILNIUS FOR THOMAS KELLY
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/10/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC
SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
(UNHRC) ELECTION
REF: A. A. STATE 63345
B. B. STATE 058054
C. C. STATE 058056
D. D. STATE 058036
E. E. STATE 061121
F. F. USUN 000353
Classified By: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne for reasons 1.4(b)and(d)
1. (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister
Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia
Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for
Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked
that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in
the issue, and that Argentina has been, and will continue, to
raise the issue with other countries. He disclosed that he
had met with the Ambassador of Belarus on May 10 where he
told the Ambassador that Argentina would not be supporting
Belarus's candidacy for the UNHRC. Garcia Moritan asserted
that the UNHRC is "too important" to allow countries with
poor human rights records, like Belarus, to sit on the
Council.
WAYNE