Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07RIGA500
2007-07-06 12:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Riga
Cable title:
LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000500
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DRL/MLGA (LAURA JORDAN) AND IO/RHS (RACHEL
LEATHAM)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2017
TAGS: PHUM EUN UNHRC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH
SESSION, BUT DISAPPOINTED IN HRC PERFORMANCE OVERALL
REF: STATE 91929
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey for reason 1.4(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000500
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DRL/MLGA (LAURA JORDAN) AND IO/RHS (RACHEL
LEATHAM)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2017
TAGS: PHUM EUN UNHRC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH
SESSION, BUT DISAPPOINTED IN HRC PERFORMANCE OVERALL
REF: STATE 91929
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey for reason 1.4(d)
1. (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 6 to Aiga
Liepina, Director of International Organizations and Human
Rights at the MFA. Liepina was unfamiliar with the exact
details of the UN Human Rights Council 5th Session and
reserved comment on the specific events that occurred in
June. However, she stated that on all the general reftel
points regarding the poor performance of the Human Rights
Council (HRC),the GOL "couldn't agree more" and that "we are
in a worse situation than we used to be (before the creation
of the HRC)." She stated that the GOL did not like the
elimination of the special rapporteurs on Belarus and Cuba
and argued against this in EU coordination meetings that took
place in Geneva. She added that on Palestine the GOL also
took a strong position in favor of a less biased approach in
the EU coordination meetings in Geneva. She closed by
noting, however, that as an EU member state Latvia does
eventually support EU consensus opinions.
BAILEY
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DRL/MLGA (LAURA JORDAN) AND IO/RHS (RACHEL
LEATHAM)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2017
TAGS: PHUM EUN UNHRC LG
SUBJECT: LATVIA NO RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 5TH
SESSION, BUT DISAPPOINTED IN HRC PERFORMANCE OVERALL
REF: STATE 91929
Classified By: Ambassador Catherine Todd Bailey for reason 1.4(d)
1. (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points July 6 to Aiga
Liepina, Director of International Organizations and Human
Rights at the MFA. Liepina was unfamiliar with the exact
details of the UN Human Rights Council 5th Session and
reserved comment on the specific events that occurred in
June. However, she stated that on all the general reftel
points regarding the poor performance of the Human Rights
Council (HRC),the GOL "couldn't agree more" and that "we are
in a worse situation than we used to be (before the creation
of the HRC)." She stated that the GOL did not like the
elimination of the special rapporteurs on Belarus and Cuba
and argued against this in EU coordination meetings that took
place in Geneva. She added that on Palestine the GOL also
took a strong position in favor of a less biased approach in
the EU coordination meetings in Geneva. She closed by
noting, however, that as an EU member state Latvia does
eventually support EU consensus opinions.
BAILEY