Identifier
Created
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07GUATEMALA1944
2007-09-25 23:22:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Guatemala
Cable title:
EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
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UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001944
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TAGS: KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
ADVOCACY
UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001944
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL AND WHA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
ADVOCACY
1. EMBASSY officers gave a presentation, entitled "Human
Rights Advocacy: The Roles of the USG, Other Governments, and
Human Rights NGOs," on September 19 to first and second-year
international relations and journalism students at Francisco
Marroquin University in Guatemala City. The presentation was
part of a series of similar presentations by EMBASSY officers
to universities and civil society groups.
2. EMBASSY Public Affairs Officer and Human Rights Officer
briefed the audience of about 100 students on USG mission
goals and policy objectives in the area of human rights, the
role of international organizations and local NGOs, UN
conventions and the UN Human Rights Council, USG-funded
projects in Guatemala, and the rewards and challenges of
promoting and defending human rights.
3. The one-and-a-half hour presentation, which prompted a
range of questions, from the USG role in Iraq to the
international community's lack of response to Guatemala's
internal conflict to the UN Security Council and veto power
of permanent members, was the first in the Embassy's 2007
university lecture series on human rights. The series is
aimed at educating local students on USG efforts to promote
human rights and democracy by strengthening Guatemala's
democratic institutions and civil society, defending human
rights defenders, and promoting transparency, accountability,
and respect for the rule of law.
Derham
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR DRL AND WHA
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT
SUBJECT: EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
ADVOCACY
1. EMBASSY officers gave a presentation, entitled "Human
Rights Advocacy: The Roles of the USG, Other Governments, and
Human Rights NGOs," on September 19 to first and second-year
international relations and journalism students at Francisco
Marroquin University in Guatemala City. The presentation was
part of a series of similar presentations by EMBASSY officers
to universities and civil society groups.
2. EMBASSY Public Affairs Officer and Human Rights Officer
briefed the audience of about 100 students on USG mission
goals and policy objectives in the area of human rights, the
role of international organizations and local NGOs, UN
conventions and the UN Human Rights Council, USG-funded
projects in Guatemala, and the rewards and challenges of
promoting and defending human rights.
3. The one-and-a-half hour presentation, which prompted a
range of questions, from the USG role in Iraq to the
international community's lack of response to Guatemala's
internal conflict to the UN Security Council and veto power
of permanent members, was the first in the Embassy's 2007
university lecture series on human rights. The series is
aimed at educating local students on USG efforts to promote
human rights and democracy by strengthening Guatemala's
democratic institutions and civil society, defending human
rights defenders, and promoting transparency, accountability,
and respect for the rule of law.
Derham