Identifier
Created
Classification
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07PRAGUE498
2007-05-09 07:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Prague
Cable title:
CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000498
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NOFORN
SIPDIS
EUR/NCE FOR ERIC FICHTE, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI, UNSUN
NEW YORK, USMISSION GENEVA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHR EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT,
BUT PREDICT BELARUSIAN SUCCESS NONETHELESS
REF: STATE 58036
Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Mike Dodman
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L PRAGUE 000498
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
EUR/NCE FOR ERIC FICHTE, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI, UNSUN
NEW YORK, USMISSION GENEVA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHR EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT,
BUT PREDICT BELARUSIAN SUCCESS NONETHELESS
REF: STATE 58036
Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Mike Dodman
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika
Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic
will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will
not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has
announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one
vote. They do not plan to write in a candidate.
2. (C/NF) Stromsikova believed the EU will not issue a
statement opposing Belarus's candidacy because of the EU's
"non-cooperation rule," pursuant to which EU member states
agree not to take a common position on the candidacy of any
country running for a seat in a multi-lateral organization.
She expressed concern that some unidentified EU member states
will vote for Belarus. When pressed, she was purposefully
vague, saying only that she was thinking of certain counties
in southern Europe.
3. (SBU) In conclusion, Stromsikova pessimistically predicted
that Belarus would be elected.
GRABER
SIPDIS
NOFORN
SIPDIS
EUR/NCE FOR ERIC FICHTE, IO/RHS, DRL/MLGA, EUR/PGI, UNSUN
NEW YORK, USMISSION GENEVA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/03/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHR EZ
SUBJECT: CZECHS WILL NOT VOTE FOR BELARUS FOR UNHRC SEAT,
BUT PREDICT BELARUSIAN SUCCESS NONETHELESS
REF: STATE 58036
Classified By: Political-Economic Counselor Mike Dodman
for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Czech MFA Director Human Rights Department Veronika
Stromsikova informed Poloff on May 5 that the Czech Republic
will vote for Slovenia for a seat on the UNHRC, but will
not/not vote for Belarus. Because no other candidate has
announced its candidacy, the Czechs plan to cast only one
vote. They do not plan to write in a candidate.
2. (C/NF) Stromsikova believed the EU will not issue a
statement opposing Belarus's candidacy because of the EU's
"non-cooperation rule," pursuant to which EU member states
agree not to take a common position on the candidacy of any
country running for a seat in a multi-lateral organization.
She expressed concern that some unidentified EU member states
will vote for Belarus. When pressed, she was purposefully
vague, saying only that she was thinking of certain counties
in southern Europe.
3. (SBU) In conclusion, Stromsikova pessimistically predicted
that Belarus would be elected.
GRABER