Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SEOUL808
2007-03-20 07:52:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Seoul
Cable title:
ROKG MULLING EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE
how-toVZCZCXYZ0008 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHUL #0808 0790752 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 200752Z MAR 07 FM AMEMBASSY SEOUL TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 3459 INFO RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 2214 RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 2325 RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 7909 RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1863 RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J5 SEOUL KOR RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA J2 SEOUL KOR RHMFISS/COMUSKOREA SCJS SEOUL KOR RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC//OSD/ISA/EAP//
C O N F I D E N T I A L SEOUL 000808
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO AF/S STEVE HILL, DRL/MLGA JULIETA NOYES, IO/RHS
DOUG ROHN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/20/2017
TAGS: PREL PHUM UNHCR KS ZI
SUBJECT: ROKG MULLING EVENTS IN ZIMBABWE
REF: A. STATE 33284
¶B. STATE 34009
Classified By: POL M/C Joseph Y. Yun. Reasons 1.4 (b/d)
(C) On March 19, poloff delivered reftels urging capitals to
speak out against atrocities in Zimbabwe to Kim Pil-woo,
Deputy Director of the Human Rights and Social Affairs
Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim
responded on March 20 saying that the ROKG had not yet
decided how to respond, and he confirmed that the ROKG had
not issued any official statements about the incidents. Kim
noted that his division had conveyed USG points about
possible UN HRC action to address the situation to the ROK
Mission in Geneva, but he declined to speculate on what role
the HRC could or should play or what action the ROKG would
support.
VERSHBOW