Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KUWAIT663
2007-05-02 11:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kuwait
Cable title:  

DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY

Tags:  PHUM PREL UNHRC BO KU DEMARCHE 
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PP RUEHDE RUEHDIR
DE RUEHKU #0663 1221127
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 021127Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY KUWAIT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8966
INFO RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1220
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 3124
C O N F I D E N T I A L KUWAIT 000663

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA AND EUR/PGI, USUN NEW YORK, US
MISSION GENEVA

E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/02/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC BO KU DEMARCHE
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY

REF: STATE 58054

Classified By: DCM Matt Tueller for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)

(C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 2 to First Secretary
Mohammed Al-Shamlan in the Americas Department at the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Shamlan agreed that
countries with poor human rights records should not be
members of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He said
Kuwait would consider U.S. concerns about Belarus' candidacy
and undertook to convey them as well to Kuwait's UN mission.
Post will report any additional response septel.

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