Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MOSCOW2063
2007-05-04 13:45:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002063
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC KTIA RS
SUBJECT: GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Classified By: Ambassador William Burns. Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002063
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC KTIA RS
SUBJECT: GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Classified By: Ambassador William Burns. Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S.
assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that
the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for
various UN boards be discussed at the next international
organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said
that the GOR wanted to raise the issue after Britain and
France failed to support the Russian candidate for the
Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues. The Russian candidate
had been elected by one vote, and Yakovenko said that the
Western European Group had unanimously voted against him.
2. (C) Britain and France's lack of support was so obvious
that it called into question whether the gentlemen's
agreement still held, Yakovenko said. The GOR supported the
agreement and wanted to continue it but if other P-5 members
felt differently, then it needed to be discussed and a
decision taken on its future.
BURNS
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/04/2017
TAGS: PREL UNSC KTIA RS
SUBJECT: GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT
Classified By: Ambassador William Burns. Reasons 1.4 (b and d).
1. (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S.
assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that
the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for
various UN boards be discussed at the next international
organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said
that the GOR wanted to raise the issue after Britain and
France failed to support the Russian candidate for the
Permanent Forum of Indigenous Issues. The Russian candidate
had been elected by one vote, and Yakovenko said that the
Western European Group had unanimously voted against him.
2. (C) Britain and France's lack of support was so obvious
that it called into question whether the gentlemen's
agreement still held, Yakovenko said. The GOR supported the
agreement and wanted to continue it but if other P-5 members
felt differently, then it needed to be discussed and a
decision taken on its future.
BURNS