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07PORTOFSPAIN1176
2007-12-06 19:41:00
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Embassy Port Of Spain
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DEMARCHE IN UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
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UNCLAS PORT OF SPAIN 001176
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DEPARTMENT FOR DRL/MLGA--PAZ
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PHUM UNGA TD
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE IN UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC
RESOLUTIONS
REF: (A) STATE 163935 AND PREVIOUS (B) PORT OF SPAIN
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(SBU) Pol Chief met December 6 with MFA's new Multilateral
Affairs Director Margaret Rousseau and requested GOTT support
for the four human rights resolutions in ref A. Ms. Rousseau
replied that, while Trinidad and Tobago was a strong
supporter of human rights, its traditional position on
country-specific resolutions was to abstain (ref B). She
also noted that certain issues might be more appropriately
addressed in the Human Rights Council than in the form of
country-specific resolutions before the General Assembly.
Finally, she underscored her view that abstaining was in fact
a principled position reflecting due consideration of the
issues at hand and the process by which they were addressed.
KUSNITZ