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07ROME2241
2007-10-24 17:18:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rome
Cable title:  

UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG

Tags:  PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002241 

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DRL/MLGA LYNN SICADE, SYLVIA HAMMOND
IO/RHS AMY OSTERMEIER, DEEPA GHOSH

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/24/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT
SUBJECT: UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG
PRIORITIES

REF: SECSTATE 145641

Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan R. Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ROME 002241

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DRL/MLGA LYNN SICADE, SYLVIA HAMMOND
IO/RHS AMY OSTERMEIER, DEEPA GHOSH

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/24/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT
SUBJECT: UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG
PRIORITIES

REF: SECSTATE 145641

Classified By: A/Pol M/C Jonathan R. Cohen, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
.


1. (C) Poloff met October 22 with MFA Office Director for
Human Rights Laura Carpini to discuss USG priorities in the
UN Third Committee as outlined reftel.


2. (C) Carpini said the EU position on "no-action" motions
remained unchanged, and Italy supported open debate in the UN
as a matter of principle. As evidenced by EU sponsorship of
country-specific resolutions on Burma and the DPRK, she said
Italy and the EU as a whole recognize it is appropriate to
pursue our common human rights goals in the Third Committee,
given the flaws of the UN Human Rights Council.


3. (C) Carpini said that EU consultations were underway in
New York in an effort to achieve common positions on a number
of issues, including the U.S.-sponsored resolution against
state-sanctioned rape. She said she understood our concern
over amendments to the resolution but that it may be
difficult for Italy and other EU members to avoid referring
to conventions such as the Convention on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, as the EU considers them important points of
reference and sources of "common language."


4. (C) Given the difficulty she foresaw in passing the
Religious Intolerance resolution, Carpini thought it made
sense to see if the OIC would be tabling a Defamation of
Religion resolution first. If that happened, she thought
Brussels would be more inclined to move forward with the
Religious Intolerance resolution.
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