Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07NEWDELHI2107
2007-05-03 07:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy New Delhi
Cable title:
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L NEW DELHI 002107
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC BO IN
SUBJECT: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS
DEMARCHE DELIVERED
REF: SECSTATE 58036
Classified By: Acting PolCouns Atul Keshap for Reasons 1.4 (B, D)
(C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 1 to Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA) Acting Director (UN Economic and
Social) T. Armstrong Changsan, who said the Government of
India (GOI) would take into consideration the USG point of
view on the candidacy of Belarus for the UN Human Rights
Council (UNHRC). The GOI was aware of the issue of the
appropriateness of countries with poor human rights records
running for the UNHRC, he said, but the GOI was not prepared
to disclose for whom it would vote in a secret ballot
election.
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