Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07FREETOWN289
2007-05-09 16:48:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Freetown
Cable title:
FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L FREETOWN 000289
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/RHS (DOUG ROGN AND DEEPA GHOSH),
DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
REF: SECSTATE 58056
Classified By: Classified by Ambassador Hull, reasons 1.4 b/d
C O N F I D E N T I A L FREETOWN 000289
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/RHS (DOUG ROGN AND DEEPA GHOSH),
DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
REF: SECSTATE 58056
Classified By: Classified by Ambassador Hull, reasons 1.4 b/d
1. (C) On May 8, DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director
General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to convey points reftel
concerning U.S. concern over the Human Rights Council
candidacy of Belarus. She emphasized the U.S. desire to
support candidates who show a genuined committment to human
rights. Ambassador Wurie stated that he would order the
Sierra Leone mission in New York not to support the candidacy
of Belarus. During the meeting he ordered a subordinate to
call New York with this instruction immediately. Wurie
agreed that it was not helpful for the HRC to have members
who had a poor record of human rights.
HULL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/RHS (DOUG ROGN AND DEEPA GHOSH),
DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/01/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL
SUBJECT: FREETOWN DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN HUMAN RIGHTS
COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
REF: SECSTATE 58056
Classified By: Classified by Ambassador Hull, reasons 1.4 b/d
1. (C) On May 8, DCM met with Sierra Leone MFA Director
General Ambassador Umaru Wurie to convey points reftel
concerning U.S. concern over the Human Rights Council
candidacy of Belarus. She emphasized the U.S. desire to
support candidates who show a genuined committment to human
rights. Ambassador Wurie stated that he would order the
Sierra Leone mission in New York not to support the candidacy
of Belarus. During the meeting he ordered a subordinate to
call New York with this instruction immediately. Wurie
agreed that it was not helpful for the HRC to have members
who had a poor record of human rights.
HULL