Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07SOFIA589
2007-05-15 14:23:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sofia
Cable title:
UNHRC: BULGARIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA AND
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C O N F I D E N T I A L SOFIA 000589
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/15/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC BU
SUBJECT: UNHRC: BULGARIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA AND
BOSNIA
REF: A. STATE 633455
B. SOFIA 581
Classified By: A/DCM Brad Freden, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
Deputy Foreign Minister Todor Churov confirmed to Charge' May
14 that Bulgaria would vote for Slovenia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina for the UNHRC. Churov seemed to take
pleasure in formally conveying the government's decision,
noting both Minsk's abysmal human rights record and the fact
that Bulgaria lost out to Belarus for a seat on the ECOSOC
last year.
Karagiannis
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/15/2017
TAGS: PHUM PREL UNHRC BU
SUBJECT: UNHRC: BULGARIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA AND
BOSNIA
REF: A. STATE 633455
B. SOFIA 581
Classified By: A/DCM Brad Freden, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
Deputy Foreign Minister Todor Churov confirmed to Charge' May
14 that Bulgaria would vote for Slovenia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina for the UNHRC. Churov seemed to take
pleasure in formally conveying the government's decision,
noting both Minsk's abysmal human rights record and the fact
that Bulgaria lost out to Belarus for a seat on the ECOSOC
last year.
Karagiannis