JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY

UNCLAS KINGSTON 000708 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/RHS STATE FOR DRL/MLGA STATE FOR EUR/PGI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM RPEL UNHRC SUBJECT: JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT REF: A. STATE 63345 ¶B. STATE 58036 ¶1. (U) Poloff sent talking points to XXXXXXXXXXXX, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. All relevant officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - including XXXXXXXXXXXX - have been involved in two days of training and have been unavailable for comment. Poloff is scheduled to meet with XXXXXXXXXXXX on Monday, May 14 and will report Jamaica's response septel. ¶2. (SBU) Post, however, is able to give a preliminary assessment of the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) response based on previous demarches delivered on UN voting. The GOJ, on matters of UN voting, seldom reveals their intended vote. Generally, the GOJ reports to emboff that Jamaica is a sovereign nation and will exercise its own judgment at the time the vote is cast. Jamaica currently votes approximately 12 percent of the time in concordance with the U.S. Johnson