Identifier
Created
Classification
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07COLOMBO712
2007-05-16 12:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Colombo
Cable title:
SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000712
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR P, SCA/INS, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
REF: A. COLOMBO 686
B. STATE 63345
C. STATE 58056
Classified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b,d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L COLOMBO 000712
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR P, SCA/INS, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/16/2017
TAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS UNHRC CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
REF: A. COLOMBO 686
¶B. STATE 63345
¶C. STATE 58056
Classified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b,d).
¶1. (C) Ambassador spoke today with Foreign Secretary Palitha
Kohona to urge that Sri Lanka vote on May 17 in the UN
General Assembly for Bosnia and Slovenia -- and not for
Belarus -- as members of the UN Human Rights Council.
Several other western embassies also demarched the GSL on
this issue. Kohona confirmed Sri Lanka's support for
Slovenia and Bosnia, saying Sri Lanka wanted to be "counted
among the best on human rights" and seen as "one of the good
guys."
¶2. (C) Deputy Director for UN and Multilateral Affairs Satya
Rodrigo had previously informed Pol Off on May 15 that Sri
Lanka plans to support Bosnia in the UN Human Rights Council
election. However, it was not immediately clear that Sri
Lanka would support Slovenia as well, prompting Ambassador's
intervention to assure Sri Lanka's support for our candidates.
BLAKE